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Photographer Sergei Yurin on Using Mirrorless Cameras for Weddings

Chris Gampat
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03/17/2014
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All images by Sergei Yurin. Used with permission.

Sergei Yurin is a photographer based in Russia that shoots weddings–and does an absolutely spectacular job. More than anything, he has proven that gear doesn’t totally matter as long as your creative vision is there, but he has recently been making waves in the mirrorless community due to the fact that he dumped his Canon DSLR and lenses for Olympus’s Micro Four Thirds OMD cameras.

And in his eyes, there are so many more advantages besides just the fact that he’s carrying less.

Phoblographer: What is the biggest advantage that you can think of since moving from a DSLR to mirrorless?

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Sergei: I am a wedding photographer for 8 years & I’ve used Canon DSLRs with Canon L zooms and primes until last year. The biggest advantage of mirrorless systems to me is weight & size of my backpack. Wedding in Russia often begins in early morning and ends up around midnight, so I have to be up for about 10-15 hours. In that case, weight and size matters.

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I always shoot in manual mode & the EVF is a very good feature to me because I can see the change of my settings instantly. There’s no need to make test shots, so work becomes faster and I can react quickly on changing conditions.

I prefer to use low angles while shooting portraits, so I had to lay down on the ground to be able to focus properly back in DSLR times. But with Olympus cameras I can just flip the screen and compose my shot easily – it saves a lot of time and keeps my clothes clean.

AF speed on Olympus cameras is fast enough for my needs, I can catch the groom with Olympus 75/1.8 while the groom is running towards me. Have to mention that AF is well accurate, it means that when I focus on brides eye, it will be in focus, with DSLR I often had problems with AF accuracy.

Almost every M43 lens I have is sharp wide open. Back in my DSLR times I had to stop my lenses down to get image that sharp. In that case DSLR advantages in DoF & noise performance are not so noticeable.

Phoblographer: How is the editing workflow different?

Sergei: There’s no such difference to me. Recently Adobe released Lightroom 5.3 which finally supports Olympus cameras profiles & I must admit that my life became easier. Now I can get my best colors much faster and they’re pretty good right from the RAW.

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Phoblographer: How has working with mostly primes changed the way you work at a wedding?

Sergei: With primes you have to move a lot, but you’ll get sharper images instead. Primes and Olympus IBIS gives you a lot of advantages in low light conditions – you can shoot at lower ISO than with DSLR for example.

Phoblographer: When it comes to lighting, what are you using?

Sergei: I have the Olympus FL-600R flash and two Yongnuo YN560-III with Yongnuo RF-603C synchronisers modified by me. All the flashes are always in manual mode.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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