Shots in the Dark!

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It was dark before the formals were finished. The only light was coming from my flashes, and lights from a distant building that were very dim. The two "volunteer" photographers with impressive looking cameras had already given up. Fortunately, my cameras can focus down to -3EV, a light metering term in camera speak that means, when it is --- dark! A wedding photographer has to be prepared to deal with all types of lighting, including lack of. Something else one needs to consider when looking for a photographer. (Sympathetic groan!)

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