Quick Pic - Sand ceremony

Nikki and Mark's wedding was the first time I had seen a 'sand ceremony,' which was a neat twist on a unity candle etc. Since both have children, it was a cool way to include them in the ceremony as well.


The table was set back in a corner (not much room in the chapel) so they granted me permission to place a remote camera back there. It worked out pretty well. Luckily there was a light on the wall directly to camera left, but it was still pretty dark as you can see by the noise in the image.

Remotely functional

I have used Pocket Wizard remotes with some success in the past, generally at stage events where I can prefocus and know pretty much what I will get.

After seeing this photo I decided to go ahead and break out the remote for basketball.

The fun thing is having two perspectives of almost the same moment of the game...

Here is the view from my handheld camera with the 70-200..


And the remote set up under the basket..


That is all fine and good, but setting up is a real hassle, so you have to be prepared for that. I was using a big gorillapod with no tripod head, so getting the camera pointed where I wanted it was somewhat time consuming.

You must pre-focus the camera and settle for what you can get. And if you leave it on autofocus (which I did after changing lenses above) the camera may or may not focus where the action is. In this case, It was happily focused on the back wall for the last quarter of the game. Details Details....

Finally, with the remote set and firing, you also have to be careful not to ruin your own backgrounds.... Like this.

Have a great week, and Merry Christmas all around,

Don J.