The bride was Romanian, the bridegroom was Bulgarian, his family went through Hungary and Berlin, the spouses met in France ten years ago, they were married at the greek orthodox church in Lille by a Bulgarian pope assisted by his greek colleague answering in old slavonic and, like Babylon before the curse, nobody was confused because the challenge is not for everybody to speak the same language, but for each one to understand each others' speech.
The above portrait is from a Berlin member of the family. Df, 50/1.8G @ f/6.3
I did otherwise a regular shoot. There was a hired photographer using conventional means (incl. flashlight) and I complemented her job with odd shots in ambient lighting. I even portrayed her, so she is to be found at least once in the album.
By the way, doing a full wedding with a 50mm lens seems OK. Some cropping will help at times. But this was an intimate ceremony and "getting closer" was always possible (without flashlight and with the Df in quiet mode, it is fine). The other photographer's Pentax was by the way very quiet, even better than the Df in that respect.
