lighting at weddings; examples

BP2U

Couple of my favorites made at weddings last month, both with 580exII small flash(es) and both with the Phottix Odin triggers (which I've since swapped for the new 600 EX RTs, even though they dont' do 2nd curtain sync over radio --- which is what I used for this one:



This was done during reception on the edge of a pitch-black parking lot, as they had sparklers for their exit that night. You can see more of this wedding on my blog. One of my all-time favorites that includes a cool stop-motion video too.

Used two flashes and radio control for this one (below). Also love the magenta filter and +Green gel, tip from Joe McNally. Lucky to have a magenta car and sky for that technique



You can see the rest of their wedding here on my blog.
The beauty of creating your own light is that all of these are VERY close to SOOC looks

When I'm shooting during the day, my go-to light is the Einstein in a Mola Demi beauty dish. Sometimes, like for groups, I'll do a composite of three shots:



same setup to get f20 light in this situation (1/200th):



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Icebear

Very creative.

KMpics

Wonderful technique and execution! You pull off shooting wide very well... my only critique is that group shot could use a little fixing at the edges to make the people look properly proportionate.

michaelglenn

Whoah. Thanks for sharing. You're post was seriously inspiring. You shoot great in both natural light and flash photography. Keep up the amazing work.

p27rpy

Just had a look at the whole set, beautiful job! Great, consistent lighting all the way through.

FlyNavy

Very creative! Excellent work.

BP2U

hey thanks guys Yep, most of my faves are from the wide end of the 16-35! (not much you can do about group shots of 13 people...except avoid them :P

Cheers,

VayCayMom

OMGAWD I could never ever live long enough to accomplish something like that vision in purple OMGAWD