Wedding Photography 📸 What Are My Settings? (Sony, Canon, Nikon and Fuji)

Today I'm sharing the process I go through to lock in my camera settings when photographing a wedding day or engagement session. Obviously, because every situation is different, I can't give you my exact settings, but this is the process I go through every time I enter a new lighting scenario.

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0:00 - What We're Talking About Today
0:15 - My Introduction
0:35 - The 3 Parts
0:53 - My Aperture Settings
2:00 - My Shutter Speed Settings
3:29 - My ISO Settings
4:57 - The Wrap Up
5:33 - Closing

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[ArcosGonzalez]

I got my first wedding in a few hours wish me luck

[stopthink]

I know I'm a year late to the party but I might offer some other thoughts about camera settings in regards to weddings if someone sees this:
Wide (low) Aperture- yes it will give you creamy bokeh backgrounds but it can also cause headaches with having focus issues, especially couples. Just remember a 1.4, 1.8 aperture has a thin focal plane. A few inches forward or backward will be soft unless you're focusing at infinity. Using a longer lens and positioning the subject closer to you will also give a similar soft background effect to low fstop.
Shutter speed- you can get some amazing effects with slower shutter speeds, especially at dusk / night. If you have to shoot indoors with flash or strobe sometimes you have to shoot slower. Don't be scared to experiment.
ISO - most cameras have a setting for auto ISO. This is super handy because it's one less thing to think about. You can set upper / lower limits and then not really have to think too much about it.
Learn how to "see" and understand light! Knowing all the camera settings in the world won't help if you don't know what quality of light you're shooting in.

[DocMatthews]

Just jumping into wedding/event photography and have a ceremony today. You help validate my game plan. This is gold. Thanks for sharing. 🙏🏽

[don]

Great video. Wide open can sometimes degrade sharpness a bit. Wouldn't f/2 be a better setting for widest aperture? Still fast but arguably getting better sharpness? I am doing my niece's wedding later this month and I have never shot a wedding or anything else for that matter and I am quite nervous about screwing it up so looking for all the tips I can get.

[ArcanePath]

I leave ISO on auto in M mode. with a Canon 6D it handles noise so well I don't generally need to worry about it if my speed and aperture are within reason. When they aren't if it's really low light the flash comes out.

[southerngirlsociety]

...nobody teaches this and it's soooo frustrating to me. I know my way around a camera pretty well, but some of these more technical types of tricks and effects are things I still have yet to conquer and really figure out. THANK YOU soooo much for doing this for us!! I would sure give the world for you to also do a couple of videos teaching us how to photograph sparkler exits, light trails with wedding reception dance photos, how to photograph those cigar smoke photos of the guys on wedding day, and how to get that hair spray shot when the bride is getting ready. I'd also love to learn how to do some of those trick photos that so many of you do on wedding days - the reflection, shooting through things, bokeh lights, ring shots with an extra fun flair, etc. A super fun photographer that does a lot of this stuff is Jason Martin with Concept Photography. This guy has some super cool photography tricks and effects and I still have yet to figure out how he does a lot of them.

[joliver]

Hey I have a wedding on Sunday my first one and this was one of my thing I wanted to make sure I had correct. Recommendations for Canon 90D?

Thanks

[marraentezary]

When i have 2.8f and two people...some times one person isnt in focus why is that

[AJGalecki]

For videography on wedding days, I usually always use auto ISO and auto WB, because im moving between so many different spaces so quickly. I have to trust my camera to a degree on a wedding day, they're a different beast

[gerryrowley]

Excellent, short to the point, in the correct order. Very well explained.

[eternityfilm]

Thank you so much for this clear, straightforward advice! I’m doing wedding photography for the first time tomorrow and am trying to keep it simple, so this was perfect! I feel much more confident and less nervous about it all.

[artsmodelstation]

Q: what mode? M, A, S or P ? Is setting it to M but use auto ISO ideal ?

[antoniosbarakos]

for weddings you use aperture or manual priority?

[silverdoggg]

The correct response is, your settings should be whatever they need to be to achieve the shot. Knowing his settings don't mean a damn thing to you because in order to replicate the shot you would have to have the exact same subject, in the exact same spot at the exact same time of day and shoot with the same camera and lens. Knowing his settings will only hurt your photography because you will waste time locked in trying to make the setting he's using work on a totally different camera setup while not fully understanding how or why to make adjustments.

[beitmenotyou]

ok so I have a canon R7 and would love to use ISO 100 what other setting do you recommend for this as an example so I know where I can get started

[DebbieWatkins]

If the bride and grooming moving do you have it set on AI Servo and continuous ?

[chrisboyce]

Thanks for the tips, I'm going to give those settings a go today at a wedding 👍👍

[ericcarlson]

I would assume you probably just use f1/4 for one or two people correct? It would be really hard to get a full line of people in sharp focus with that setting. Personally I shoot the gamut of settings when doing weddings . While I love to the look of 1.4 with an individual I don't think there is anyway I could do group family portraits at that setting.

[mannyshakur]

Amazing video fam! Really appreciate this

[michaelkane]

Josiah! Found your video by accident. This video is top quality, nice work my friend! Looking forward to working with you again bud and keep up the good work you influencer you.