A whole minute of recycle time is useless. You need half a second
for any event incorporating people. And that's max. Immediate
recycle is nearly essential.
Find some other way to power your flash, like a battery pack on your waist.
Remember, the best images of people happen after they're finished
posing for the photographer. That means you need to expect having
enough flash power to shoot continuously, and to shoot many, many
images.
Assess the attenders with the cardboard cameras. They may be getting
the posed shots and you may better spend your time shooting the
candids.
If the bride, groom or parents expect you to shoot the formals,
search the web for wedding sites with lists of formals. Some pros
have a list of 30-50 formal posed family shots which they check off
as they shoot the formals. That's all the set up shots of the
leading characters and all their appendages.
Many brides expect the formals and do not regard the candids as an
adequate substitute.
--
Emily L. Ferguson
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508-563-6822
New England landscapes, wooden boats and races
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