Ok, I will never again do this shot.
This is the result after we removed the flowers!
This is the culprit! The florist normally remove the pollen in the StarGazers but sometimes they open up during the wedding and the florist couldn’t do anything about it. 
We got it cleaned off thankfully, but it wasn’t coming off for a while!
During last night’s wedding reception it was a typical lighting situation and what I expect to see when I take a photo at a wedding reception. I look for properly exposed subjects in the center with the ambient lighting being shown in the background. In the photo below, this is exactly what I look for. This beautiful woman is looking great under lighting bounced up to the low ceiling. Settings are 1/40s at F/4 @ ISO200 flash at -2/3 exposure on TTL exposure (due to the low ceiling).
How did I choose -2/3 flash exposure? By looking for blown highlights on my display. Most DSLR will have a display setting that displays a view of blown highlights, once I determine it I usually keep the settings all night long. With this low ceiling, the Quantum 2×2 was hardly using any power and kept 4 full bars all night long.
See another expample of good flash exposure below.
Now with natural lighting, white balance is key, I hope your DSLR is as good as mine, it’s so hassle free with minimal image editing required.
There is an example of light bouncing incorrectly. This girl was walking back to her table carrying a drink or two or six and I just had to snap a photo. She was standing underneath a florescent light chrome reflector thing and you can see the reflector on the ceiling caused hotspots on her. Not everything can be perfect but it’s still a funny moment.
Jeff and Stephine are a great couple, I had a hoot shooting their wedding. Starting off was really quite something Steph had 2 black eyes, she looked like a football player! No Jeff didn’t do it to her (I asked the wittinesses), apparently 2 nights before she went face first at full stride into a glass door. It took quite a lot of work and a lot of stress but she was able to hide it great! 
Here is Steph with her girls having a good laugh.
The ceremony started off alright and the photos turned out quite well. I did adjust the temperture -4 on the warm color slide because a lot of the photos were a bit too yellow but the minor adjustment in Lightroom did it’s job just fine.
Formals went well though the light was dying quick! The guys were having a good time as always not wanting to have formals taken.
Here is Jeff and Stephanie with a sunset kiss. It turned out great!
The reception was at The Benchmark in Covington, KY. I have shot there 3 times before so I was pretty familiar with the place and the DJ was pretty good.
Here’s the couple with their first dance and first kiss on the dance floor.
Steph getting a bit teary eyed when Jeff was saying a lot of really nice things about her.
So all in all, it was a great night!
I had the pleasure of having Lauren with me, she took this picture below, right on Lauren!
Jeff will be leaving for Iraq soon for 15 months, good luck buddy thanks for serving!
Here are some more photos
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Well I have done it, well pre-ordered 2 of them anyways.
Initially I thought that I wouldn’t order it, my D200s do a great job but as with the advancement of technology electronics get better with time.
The features that interest me most.
I shoot at higher ISO a lot during the wedding ceremony because of no flash allowed and the low light( receptions are no problem). All of my lenses are f/2.8 covering zoom ranges from 17mm-200mm so I’m shooting at as wide open as I can for the most part.
I have been extremely happy with the D200 and that is why I am confident that the D300 will absolutely ROCK. Though my first D200 I preordered and did have the banding issue but I’m sure Nikon tested the hell out of these for that problem so they won’t happen again.
The Nikon D200 focusing sensor works just fine but knowing that I could get the best focusing sensor that Nikon makes would really be excellent.
I’d love to get the Nikon D3, I really would, but at this point in my career, it’s not practical or economical.
I’ll certainly keep you all updated when the first batch arrives in November.
Well as you can see above, I melted an SB-800. Above are 2 of my SB-800s, a normal one of the left and the melted one on the right. During the reception last night the wedding party was having a hell of a good time and I was taking a lot of photos and a very short time period. Now I have a Quantum 2×2 powerpack hooked up to both flashes at the same time and as you can see, the excessive heat caused it to bubble up. Without the powerpack, a flash cannot do this, there is enough recharge time that you cannot over heat the flash head but when using the high-voltage cord, this can happen as you can see here. I have only heard of discoloration due to excessive heat but mine looks to be pretty clear still. This shouldn’t effect any shots as I bounce almost everything. I don’t know how much it will cost to replace but you can see that the was not damaged in vain.
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