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Wedding photography – Using video light for macro detail photos

January 8, 2014 Neil vN 10 Comments

Wedding photography - Video light for macro detail photos

With the details photos of the wedding rings, I generally resort to on-camera bounce flash for enough light ... and for interesting light. Sometimes though, I mix it up by using video light instead. Here I used an LED video light (affiliate). What I love about this LED video light, is that the White Balance can be changed from Incandescent to Daylight. This helps you blend the additional light to that of the existing ambient light where you are photographing the subject. The need for smaller apertures with macro  Read more inside...

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