Congratulations to Tereza and Guillaume!

Did my first solo wedding today! I was pretty nervous and didn't sleep too well last night... but the wedding was great and the photos turned out really well (well, I think they did...). The wedding was at the Helm Winery in Murrumbateman, with a lunch afterwards at Grazing in Gundaroo.

I used the 18-200mm lens and my new SB-800 (and obviously the Nikon D300). I took my other lenses with me, but didn't need to use them. Occasionally I would have liked to use the wider 11-16mm, but didn't bother changing since it would have been a bit of a hassle because all the other lenses were in the car (might need to think of some kind of small bag to carry a little bit of gear around with me).

Anyway, ended up with 539 exposures from around 11am till 1:45pm (yes, quite a short wedding and there was also a 20 minute drive to Gundaroo in there too). Batteries lasted well - I used 8xAA's in the battery grip and the D300 only switched over to the internal battery right at the end. The internal battery ended at about 96% I think.

I should also say that it was a fairly challenging location. Bright sunlight, heavy shade from the house and a deciduous tree, and in the cellars it was very dark. But I suppose there's never an easy wedding :) I also have only very lightly touched up two photos - over the coming days I'll hit 'em with Photoshop and see what I can come up with!

So, without boring you further, here's a selection of shots: