Hello There New here with a wedding question?

Dreamcatcher

Good Day,
Im new to this forum and my photography business is also new. I have done weddings before, but next weekend I am doing a 14 hour Indian wedding. I'm inside for four hours with not great lighting. I have a 530 speedlite and so does my partner. Im concerned with lighting for that. bouncing and if I need a difuser or not. But also I have never done a wedding of this type even though the planner and I have been working together on this and Ive been doing so much research on this type of event. There are many ceremonies, and events for this day. I know Ill have to make some corrections and I use Coral photo x2 but Any pointers you have would be wonderful. Thank you so much for your time!:D

Scott_Quier

Much of what I think about weddings is found in the link in my siggy (so I don't have to repeat it here)...

That having been said

Check out the Better Bounce Card. This will greatly improve the quality of light from the speedlight.

If you are bouncing off wall, shirts, ceiling, etc. I think I would not worry about adding a diffuser - that would just rob you of another stop or two of light and not improve the results that much. Your bounce surface will be your diffuser.

joshhuntnm

check out Scott's page as well as doing a search on this site for wedding. You will find lots of good insights.

Agnieszka

14 hours???? Wow ... my hand usually falls out after 11 hours. Good luck!

Dreamcatcher

Thank you I read and saved your advise from your website. Im just a little nervous on a occation of this type, being it not the "normal" wedding procedures I am used to. And thank you for the info about the bounce card, I will practice with that method. You all very kind. And yes 14 is a long day there are three breaks but just to eat and then continue or to travel to the next location.