I had the huge privilege of photographing a friends wedding last week. Sian and David had their wedding on a farm and it had a very relaxed feel to it, which is just what they wanted. I was covering the wedding with my Fuji kit ( X-T1, XE-2, 35mm, 56mm, 23mm,55-200mm), along with my brother, who now also shoots with Fuji gear. Here are some of the images, the ones with the TV in are from a lovely moment after the ceremony where David’s brother surprised him with a video showing moments from his very eventful life. Sian looked amazing and the weather was beautiful, all in all it was one of the most fun weddings I’ve shot.
As for the Fuji system…this is my third wedding with these cameras and it keeps getting better. There were some very harsh lighting conditions, especially at the ceremony but the Fujis did really well. I shot half the wedding on jpeg ( burst mode to try and capture some candids ), and just used RAW for the ceremony where I knew the light was very harsh and I might need the ability to pull back the highlights. This really cut down on my post production and the jpegs were just fine, needing nothing more than a quick crop..they came out looking sharp and vibrant. My most used lens by far was the 56mm 1.2, I did end up using the 55-200 a lot too, I don’t normally use it much outside the studio but whenever I do I’m reminded how good it is. It is not super fast, but it is very sharp and produces really lovely images.
