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Originally Posted by berettafan
nostatic wrg to background/composition i was thinking a longer lense would help to blur the background more. it was a reasonably tight space at the reception and the ceremony was a lighting nightmare for a slow lense. Lense is the 18-70.
faster lenses would allow me to use much less flash so i'm looking forward to that.
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The 18-70 is a really good lens actually, but it isn't the fastest one around. That's one reason I like primes but there are some reasonably fast zooms out there. My 77mm is f1.9, while my 50-135 is f2.8. I also have shake reduction in the body which helps with low light quite a bit.
I don't own a flash and almost never use the onboard one so I can't help you with that. I do drop the output quite a bit on the rare occasions I use it. I like things as diffuse as possible.
I think your candid "crowd" shots are nice - that seems to be where your eye works well. The more portrait ones are tough because of lighting and position. Plus I personally have a really tough time with them...just isn't my thing.