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Wedding Photography at reception (too dark)?

I have just started doing weddig photography and I am using a Canon sx10 IS and when I am trying to take photos at a reception they come out like newspaper photos if I dont use a flash they look aweful. I used an external flash for some of the photos and they come out ok but are very bright. I just want to capture what the room looks like when I see it. I have tried to over expose the photo but still have a grainey look to them. Nothing blurs but looks aweful. I have edited some on the computer but I dont think I should have to edit everything that I took!! Seems to be ok out side. What do wedding photographers do In a case when they need great photos but have aweful lighting??

you will need flash for sure in this situation.

I was taking pics at my sister's wedding recently. I was watching the pros very carefully. At dinner service, the lights were very dim. ALL of the pros had their flashes pointed straight up towards the ceiling, to bounce the light....none of them had their flashes pointed directly at the people the were taking pictures of.

MOST of them also had what seemed to be some sort of diffuser on their flash as well.

It takes a lot of practice to get the flash settings just right....do you have flash compensation??This allows you to dial up or dial down the flash power as needed...

Also, I recently read a good tip for shooting people indoors. If you set your settings to SLOW FLASH SYNC, this option allows you to capture more of the ambient light in the scene, which prevents the brightly lit foregound with a very dark background look.

Also, wedding photographers do not use point and shoot cameras, because they are waay too limited in low light situations.
You really need to think about investing in
a digital SLR for sure.

One of the things about NOT using a flash in low light means you need a HIGH ISO setting....your camera might say it can shoot at ISO 1600, but really, ALL point and shoot cameras are totally crappy at high ISO settings.....grainy newspaper looking images, as you say.
Digital SLR cameras are EXCELLENT for being able to shoot at high ISO settings.
That's what I mean...just from one respect. A point and shoot style camera...such as the one you have just doesn't have what it takes to produce the images you want. As a TOOL, its severely handicapping you.

Just in case you are thinking you camera is NOT a point and shoot.....sorry, but it is.

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