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Bridal portraits with on-camera bounce flash

October 7, 2009 Neil vN 22 Comments

Bridal portraits with on-camera bounce flash

With the formal portraits of the bride & groom, and their families, I usually set up off-camera lighting.  But I also try to bring in some variety to the portraits - and I shoot on-location portraits of the bride beforehand, just after prep.  It's a good idea to get as much done as you can, earlier on in the day - just in case the time-line gets compressed and things don't quite follow the original plan. You'll be much happier then for having some solid portraits in your pocket. In this example, I wanted a few portraits of Michelle  Read more inside...

lighting the wedding formals (part 1)

October 6, 2009 Neil vN 59 Comments

lighting and photographing the wedding formals

With this, the first in a loose series on lighting and photographing the family formals at weddings, I would like to show that with a simple approach it is possible to get clean results that work every time. In lighting the formals, I don't try to get all Rembrandt, but prefer a fairly flat way of lighting everyone.  I keep the lighting static for all the images, whether I am photographing one person or twenty.  With time usually being a real constraint during the wedding day, there simply isn't the opportunity to play around too much  Read more inside...

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