Looking for outdoor lighting suggestions...

divamum

I posted my query in weddings since it's for an e-shoot, but for those of you who spend more time here in people and don't cross into Pretty Pretty Princess land as much ... please feel free to chime in! Looking for any and all ideas. Thanks in advance! :thumb

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=1507745#post1507745

Hackbone

I would try three speed lights. One on them, the second as some type of kicker to get some depth and the third raking the bkg. You could get a neat effect with one just keep it high nad coming in over the females shoulder.

Nikolai

I agree. I'd say at least 3 lights, one per person and at least one on the B/G, to make it more 3D and add depth. If you can afford it - plus 1-2 more for hair/rim, at least for the bride (nobody's interested in groom anyways;-)
Very cool location!

BradfordBenn

You might want to look at The Photographer's Ephemeris http://stephentrainor.com/tools/ AKtse told me about it and it was pretty accurate the one time I used it to get the lay of the light. The

The Photographer’s Ephemeris (TPE) is a free application for Mac/Windows/Linux designed for landscape photographers.

divamum

Thank you!! Sadly, 2x speedlights is my maximum at the moment, but I'll see what I can do to use a kicker with the 2nd. ANd thanks for the link, Brad - cool program! I think the issue with this location will be how close the buildings are to each other; the r and l buildings are probably only 16-18ft apart (it's an alley/driveway), and as you can see in the bg of the 2nd shot there's also buildings on the 3rd side - the light just gets blocked.

We'll see if I manage to come up with something or not!

divamum

This is SERIOUSLY awesome (and helpful!!) - what a great tool.

Here's my alleyway as per the software mentioned above - I fear that those buildings are going to block the late afternoon sun (we'll be shooting from 2pm on Sunday, and sunset is 4.43, I believe), but if a shaft of sunset light finds it's way through there it could be gorgeous....

divamum

Bumpity bump - anybody else?

zoomer

I shoot outside all the time with 1 speedlight. I use ambient for fill and or back light as the occasion requires. I use a 42" softbox on a stand with an sb800. Easy and fast.

reyvee61

Yep, I'm with the guys on the three speed lights triggered via radio and using manual settings to control the lighting.
I do like Zoomer's simple approach since it's all I have to work with at the moment as well....
Since you only have two lights perhaps a reflector?
BTW, that is a very cool tool indeed....