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Genre settings data

Wedding photography settings observed in real photos

Observed exposure and focal-length patterns from public albums of professional photographers, classified by explicit title keywords.

Current dataset

Sample and data quality

Photographs
1,800
Professional photographers
25
Public albums
38
Settings completeness
81.7%

The largest contributor accounts for 13.0% of this sample. Status: strong. These are observations, not recommendations or universal usage estimates. Observed dates span 2003-08-21 to 2024-10-09.

Data summary

Key observations

  • The sample contains 1,800 photographs from 25 professional photographers across 38 public albums.
  • ISO 101–200 has the highest ISO photo count, while ISO 201–400 has the largest photographer-balanced share.
  • These are observed metadata patterns, not recommended settings.

Observed settings

Settings distributions

Bars show photo-weighted frequency. The table separates photo counts from photographer-balanced share.

Photographer-balanced share gives every professional photographer equal total influence across a distribution, then reports the percentage assigned to each bucket. This reduces the effect of unusually large portfolios.

ISO

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ISO distribution data
Bucket Photos Professional photographers Photographer-balanced share
ISO 50 or lower 17 2 0.4%
ISO 51–100 229 10 11.0%
ISO 101–200 365 18 24.1%
ISO 201–400 322 19 25.2%
ISO 401–800 261 18 16.5%
ISO 801–1,600 123 15 14.7%
ISO 1,601–3,200 141 10 6.3%
ISO 3,201–6,400 14 5 1.8%
ISO 6,401–12,800 1 1 0.0%

Aperture

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Aperture distribution data
Bucket Photos Professional photographers Photographer-balanced share
f/1.4 154 7 5.0%
f/1.7 16 2 0.8%
f/1.8 69 9 2.6%
f/2 116 11 11.6%
f/2.2 60 6 2.4%
f/2.5 35 8 2.3%
f/2.8 176 14 11.4%
f/3.2 136 12 4.9%
f/3.5 55 11 5.5%
f/4 170 15 14.0%
f/4.5 150 16 10.9%
f/5 44 11 3.3%
f/5.6 109 14 9.5%
f/6.3 40 8 3.7%
f/7.1 13 6 1.5%
f/8 29 7 2.8%

Shutter speed

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Shutter speed distribution data
Bucket Photos Professional photographers Photographer-balanced share
1/1625 s 29 10 1.4%
1/1290 s 37 11 2.0%
1/1024 s 46 12 2.4%
1/813 s 54 12 2.8%
1/645 s 51 12 3.1%
1/512 s 164 17 15.4%
1/406 s 61 13 3.0%
1/323 s 57 14 3.4%
1/256 s 124 14 8.2%
1/203 s 93 15 5.7%
1/161 s 141 18 14.5%
1/128 s 196 18 10.5%
1/102 s 57 14 4.1%
1/81 s 39 12 2.1%
1/64 s 63 16 5.6%
1/51 s 29 9 1.8%

Focal length

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Focal length distribution data
Bucket Photos Professional photographers Photographer-balanced share
16 mm 31 6 5.5%
17 mm 26 8 3.5%
20 mm 25 9 1.4%
23 mm 68 9 4.0%
24 mm 215 10 9.7%
28 mm 51 7 3.1%
32 mm 15 7 4.7%
35 mm 136 11 15.3%
50 mm 337 11 11.2%
55 mm 14 4 0.6%
70 mm 63 7 4.0%
85 mm 88 8 4.1%
105 mm 17 5 1.4%
120 mm 67 2 4.7%
135 mm 31 4 1.0%
200 mm 27 7 2.9%

35mm-equivalent focal length

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35mm-equivalent focal length distribution data
Bucket Photos Professional photographers Photographer-balanced share
20 mm 12 2 0.5%
24 mm 178 3 9.0%
25 mm 9 3 1.1%
27 mm 7 2 0.6%
28 mm 41 5 6.3%
30 mm 7 2 0.9%
35 mm 15 4 4.4%
42 mm 10 3 2.9%
48 mm 7 2 6.0%
50 mm 30 2 1.4%
52 mm 9 2 1.4%
53 mm 37 3 19.9%
75 mm 11 2 0.8%
85 mm 56 4 5.3%
105 mm 36 2 2.7%
120 mm 67 2 8.0%