location bridal shoot checklist...?

im going to be doing my sister in laws bridal photos here in the upcoming weeks, and most of the shoot i plan do at an old abandoned barn. i wanna be sure that i have everything and do not forget anything important! i will be shooting in the morning light and maybe later on...around sunset... i have a 55-200mm, 50mm 1.8, 18-55mm, soft filter, tripod, should i bring lighting with me as well? is there anything else i should have with me?

[kencaleno]

Essential Equipment

Two camera bodies that share the lenses
Two flashes (strobes) plus cables, etc.,
18mm-55mm zoom-for groups-at 18-24mm settings
50mm standard lens F1.8 -for low-light situations
Not essential, but handy for candids and from back of church images- 70mm-300mm zoom lens
large capacity digital storage cards
At least triple batteries as you think you will need
Two white reflectors
Diffusion (soft-focus) filter
85c warming filter for grey days (Shade white balance)
Tripod for formal photos
Lens hoods to control flare
Murphy, being the Patron Saint of Wedding Photographers, will no doubt ensure that if anything can go wrong-it will, and usually at the most inopportune moment.

Originally Posted by kencaleno

Essential Equipment

Two camera bodies that share the lenses
Two flashes (strobes) plus cables, etc.,
18mm-55mm zoom-for groups-at 18-24mm settings
50mm standard lens F1.8 -for low-light situations
Not essential, but handy for candids and from back of church images- 70mm-300mm zoom lens
large capacity digital storage cards
At least triple batteries as you think you will need
Two white reflectors
Diffusion (soft-focus) filter
85c warming filter for grey days (Shade white balance)
Tripod for formal photos
Lens hoods to control flare
Murphy, being the Patron Saint of Wedding Photographers, will no doubt ensure that if anything can go wrong-it will, and usually at the most inopportune moment.

thank you for such a great list! this is for bridal shoot (only) right now (wedding not til next year).

should i just use reflectors or should i bring the umbrella along?

[candleman]

Originally Posted by ntinlizi

should i just use reflectors or should i bring the umbrella along?

an umbrella is useless without a flash.. based on your other thread you dont have a flash yet.. right?

take an actual reflector,
i have one of these, i'd recomend the same

Originally Posted by candleman

an umbrella is useless without a flash.. based on your other thread you dont have a flash yet.. right?

take an actual reflector,
i have one of these, i'd recomend the same

will have everything i need, should i only use reflectors outdoors or should i bring an umbrella (and flash ) along too?

[candleman]

Originally Posted by ntinlizi

will have everything i need, should i only use reflectors outdoors or should i bring an umbrella (and flash ) along too?

thats your call.. it depends on what you want to achieve and how you want to work.

(curiosity)
how are you going to be triggering the flash if you do take it with?

Originally Posted by candleman

thats your call.. it depends on what you want to achieve and how you want to work.

(curiosity)
how are you going to be triggering the flash if you do take it with?

i want the light to be pretty soft and natural, so im guessing reflectors!?
as for flash trigger, there are several ways to do this (as im sure you well know!), id probably go with the wireless.

[oldwolf]

bring the flash, wireless triggers and umbrella as well as the reflectors.

you could always use the flash to light up the background a bit them outside but want the inside of a building lit up slightly so it's not one big black hole.

[kencaleno]

Originally Posted by oldwolf

bring the flash, wireless triggers and umbrella as well as the reflectors.

you could always use the flash to light up the background a bit them outside but want the inside of a building lit up slightly so it's not one big black hole.

Dragging the shutter will do this:

set camera to shutter priority or manual mode,flash on Manual, and adjust speed to between 1/30 and 1/8 second-these are normal settings for fairly dark conditions, because of the actual flash speed, blur won’t be a problem.

Ken