I tried to stay out of the way of the main photographer. I brought my stuff because the groom had not heard from the photographer the morning of the wedding. He asked me if I can take photos if his photographer didn't show up. He was freaking out. I have absolutely no idea how to shoot weddings. Most of the photos came out fairly well. I had driven from Chicago to New Jesery to attend his wedding. Good thing I brought my stuff.

Equipment I used was a D80, Nikon 70-200VR 2.8, Sigma 10-50 HSM 2.8 and a Nikon SB-600.

All photos were taken with the 70-200VR with the exception of the first and last photo which was taken with the new Sigma 18-50 2.8 HSM.

All photos with the exception of the first one was shot at ISO1000.

I only used a flash in the last photo. I did not use a flash during the ceremony.

I have a whole new respect for wedding photographers. These guys handled everything perfectly. With the exception of scaring the groom on the day of his wedding.

ISO100
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haycon/1528858207/
ISO1000
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haycon/1528859653/
ISO1000
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haycon/1529724736/
ISO1000
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haycon/1529030373/
ISO1000
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haycon/1529726952/
ISO1000 (I've seen this shot from other weddings. I like the idea)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haycon/1528859409/
ISO1000
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haycon/1528868517/
More can be seen here:
http://www.flickr.com/gp/20572298@N00/01Hu0F

 

Wow, Conrad, really nice shots. Give yourself some credit, they turned out great, and you caught some terrific expressions. I especially like the B&W treatment.

 

Nice work Conrad! I'm sure they'll be very grateful to have them.

 

these are really nice. I won't say I've seen a lot of pro wedding shots, but I have seen a good number. And, these surpass many many of them.

 

Your friend will be very happy to have these. Nice job.

I hope your didn't have the E46 as the slowest on the highway for the trip?

 

Wow those are nice. I hope one day I can take some pics like that. I am still having trouble with DOF.

 

Thanks everyone. I'm happy on how these photos came out. I've always had a hard time with B&W photos, but I think this time I picked the correct ones to convert to B&W.

We drove a mini-van. LOL! There were four adults and three kids for 14 hours! Oh man that road trip was long. lol. Good thing we had a DVD play with 2 screens.