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Lighting styles in wedding photography

September 1, 2017 Neil vN 7 Comments

Lighting styles in wedding photography

Two interesting questions came up in the Tangents FB group - both posted by Matthew Ciscart, one of the regulars: The first question was whether a client had ever asked for a specific lighting? Such, hard light, soft light, natural, or ocf?  The other question was whether any of the photographers had a specific go-to style of using lighting. That one thing they do. My reply to this, relating it to lighting styles in wedding photography, was I haven't had a client ask for any specific lighting. However, I do believe my website shows a  Read more inside...

wedding photography ideas – going above and beyond …

February 15, 2010 Neil vN 8 Comments

This week's guest blog post is by a Calgary wedding photographer, Mark Pawlyszyn.  Mark's style in his wedding photography has steadily become more impressive over the course of just a few years.   As such I am very honored that he agreed to a guest spot on the Tangents blog.

wedding photography - going above and beyond

a guest post by Mark Pawlyszyn Before I start into the main area of my blog article, I wanted to say that I really admire what Neil has done here. Tangents has always been one of the best resources around for learning flash and  Read more inside...

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