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Wedding Special
sensitivity high. Increasing ISO boosts
shutter speeds when you are shooting
in a low light situation but along with it
comes unwanted noise and loss of colour
in the images. However, cameras are
getting better day by day and full frame
cameras these days can shoot anything
upwards of ISO 3200 easily without
breaking a sweat. To avoid unnecessary
noise in the images, consider shooting
RAW fi les so that you can later edit them
in post production and retain the same
amount of detail and colours without
having too much noise.
keep it steadY
The most important factor in shooting
low light is camera shake. A little shake
can spoil the entire image. Assuming
you are shooting with a prime lens and
shutter speeds of 1/60th or 1/125th, any
minor shake will totally spoil an image. To
keep things less shaky and still allow the
image stabilization system on the lens or
the camera to do its job. Cameras and
lenses now can offer up to 3-4 stops of
image stabilization. So at times if needed
you can still drop your shutter speeds
and get usable shake free images. A
lot would depend on the lenses as well.
Telephoto lenses are more prone to
giving shakes at the tele end, so using a
monopod to stabilize the setup would be
recommended. Brace yourself to walls,
posts and objects for support which is
also a great way of reducing shake in the
images. Blurry and shaky shots will not
make the cut.check YoUr camera
settings
Camera settings are important when
you are shooting in multiple indoor and
outdoor locations, typically a wedding
scene where you will have to shoot both
indoors and outdoors as well. Outdoor
settings will be a lot more different than
the settings for inside a room. Be sure
to check the camera settings when
switching places. Even if you have
multiple camera bodies with different
lenses, you might just prefer one camera
for shooting in low light. Make sure the
settings are appropriate before you fi re