Taking a Stab at Wedding Photography

This past weekend, I had a chance to attend my friends, Jen and Jay’s wedding. The ceremony took place on Grouse Mountain, overlooking Vancouver. At first, I wasn’t going to take my camera along, but how many times do you actually get a chance to shoot a wedding? Besides, there’s no better experience than the real thing and I doubt I’d shoot my own wedding.

Since I knew that they had hired a professional wedding photographer, I decided to go a bit low profile and left my main body, the Nikon D200, behind. Instead, I took my smaller Nikon D80 with me and popped on one of my favorite lenses, the Nikon 35mm f/2.0. Unlike my D200, this setup allows me to hold my camera one handed with my strap wrapped around my wrist. Since there was an open bar, it would also let me take pictures while enjoying a beverage. Not to mention, the smaller camera and lens lets me get shots without people trying to pose on me.

Here are a few of my favorite shots…

The top of grouse was covered in a layer of cloud and mist, making it difficult to get really tack sharp photos sometimes. Everything I shot outside seemed to have a fuzziness to it. I did my best and surprised myself with the results.

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