Last Sunday I shot my first wedding as an official photographer. I stressed for weeks beforehand about it, but in the end everything worked out perfectly. I am super-pleased with the results (and I think the couple is too).

As I mentioned earlier, I rented a Canon 70-200 2.8 IS L lens from lensrentals.com for the shoot. On my 1.6x crop camera, the lens was just a bit too long for a lot of the shots, but when it worked, it worked beautifully.

I really liked renting a lens for the shoot. It let me try a lens I otherwise couldn't afford, and as a result I feel I learned a fair bit more from the shoot than I could have otherwise -- not to mention I think the pictures came out well. I've ordered a Canon 17-55 f2.8 IS EF-S for a month, during which I'll be shooting Christmas at Jen's parent's house and another wedding. I'll report back.

posted: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:30 | permanent link to this entry