These were shot in a museum in Salem, MA, and as you can tell it was a Jewish ceremony.
Getting the lighting right is always difficult with an indoor ceremony. Most are inside churches, and they tend to be dark. You can set up flashes, but people find that distracting. Also, it does strange things to the color. You end up with very white light. The museum had a lot of natural lighting through big picture windows, but they were in strange places, like right behind the alter. Also, the walls and floor were cool, pale stone, so the reflected light was very cold.
This image has some lens flare, which is an anomaly caused by reflection in the glass or on the sensor. Sometimes it is distracting, but often it provides a pleasing effect. The light source here is a large, reflective disk-shaped piece of art. It's tough to figure out what to do with something so conspicuous in an a composition.
Although I do love the full-frame sensor on my 5D, I also love the tight crops I get from the 50D with the 100mm lens. This one is not as sharp as I prefer, but a tight crop has a level of intimacy.
Putting a lot of people in a single shot is a balance between telling a story and having a busy shot. It helps that there is a clear focal point, and all of their eyes redirect the viewer to that point.
And this is one of those shots that breaks the rules, but works anyway. I cropped off their heads. Rupert's head is right int he way. It was underexposed, and when I pushed the exposure, the white balance became too hot. But it tells a story. And this shot is meant to be fun rather than beautiful.
Of course, it's allowed to be beautiful and still tell a story.
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