I’ve already posted some of the images on my wedding website for this, but thought I’d do a post for the photographers going through the gear used etc. I shot the bridal prep and my second shooter did the groom prep. I’ll avoid posting any of Marks images, excellent as they are, as this article is focused on the Fuji system and he was shooting Nikon. I will note however that after seeing me use the Fujis and the images I produced he was looking at the Fuji website the next day! So..bridal prep..small room, lots of excited people, some small people. The X100s with the TCLX100 converter was the camera I used most here. Its completely silent, so I was able to grab lots of candid moments. I like the 50mm point of view the converter gives, and the extra DOF. Here are some of the images..
Next, onto the ceremony. I used the 50-140 for these next two, they are some of my favourites from the day. I’d talked to Jenny before their big day and the moment I captured with Simon seeing her come up the aisle was one of the key moments she wanted captured from the day, so I was really please it worked out ok. My second shooter was up at the front getting the walking up the aisle shots. I opted to stay at the back as I figured the Fuji was more suited to capturing a static groom than a bride walking up the aisle in a VERY dark church.
For the ceremony itself I was mostly back on the X100s. I was in a little alcove at the front of the Church and I didn’t want to disturb the ceremony, so the totally silent X100s was the best choice.
After the ceremony I dug out the 56mm 1.2 and one of the X-T1s and used the 16mm 1.4 on the other body. Those were used for the reportage style shots and also the couple shots and I pretty much stuck with those two lenses for the rest of the day. The 16mm 1.4 is awesome for group shots and for the dance shots. I used a flash for the dance shots as it was getting pretty dark and there was a nice low white ceiling to bounce it off. To fire it remotely I used a Cactus trigger ( the flash was a Cactus RF60 which has a built in receiver ).
