Wedding receptions can be scary to say the least, with the battle of DJ lights, dark lit rooms, poor lighting, ambience and just a whole bunch of terror.
As a firm believer that says use natural light when its good...thats a mere 10% of the time, meaning only 10% of your shots are perfect, the other 90% you are technically not happy with.
So here are some scary moments made better.
The Room:
Under a tent, blue DJ lights, no white lights at all, this set up stayed from speeches through to dancing.
The image on the left is natural light, and as you can see, the settings are a recipe for a grainy and terrible photo, besides the scary blue lights.
However...the image on the right has a massive reduction in ISO, all the way down to ISO 1250, and the shutter speed at 1/40sec will deliver sharp photos purely because of the flash.
Lets take a look at another one with the exact same tent style set up, with no ambient lighting, in this shot we used a 3 light set up to fix the poorly lit room.
So you may ask why multiple flashes?
Well to answer it simply, 1 flash, would give you the usual, 1 dimension look, it wouldn't create depth. Imagine a straight on flash, kinda like a cell phone shot, now regardless of 1 flash off camera, its still somewhat 1 dimensional.
BUT, using multiple flashes to create hair light that can be seen in both the final images creates a much more professional yet REAL feel.
Any questions please ask :)
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i get it now.. thanks for the tips.. now I'm confident to do photograph in poor light condition..
Thanks for the comment :) will definitely check it out.
The 3 light flash clearly makes a huge difference in the clarity of those photos.
I've got some good example of flash photography versus natural light photography from some wedding venues in Guelph that I photographed at. Check it out.
Hi Novarazka, generally I use 2 to 3 flashes (I use the Nikon SB910 flashes) with the PocketWizard wireless system. I dont use studio flashes.
The flash set up is generally the same, 1 flash rather deeper in the background (if the room is big then there is 2 flashes (1 in the one corner, and 1 in the opposite corner).
Then the main flash is in the center (or close to) of the room/area. This allows me to move around, never changing flash power but rather positioning myself correctly.
The flash doesnt bother people, also remember, your client needs to understand, they provided the dark room, you there to make it look photographically correct :)
I'm still waiting you to reply..
How you placed the location of the flash? and what flash did you use? studio flash or dedicated camera flash? and can I use dedicated camera flash to create same light as studio flash? and one more, is the flash not bothering people? not flashing to people eyes? please answer my question.. :)