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Lighting styles in wedding photography<\/h1>\n

Two interesting questions came up in the Tangents FB group<\/a> – both posted by Matthew Ciscart, one of the regulars:\u00a0The first question was whether a client had ever asked for a specific lighting? Such, hard light, soft light, natural, or ocf? \u00a0The 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.<\/p>\n

However, I do believe my website shows a consistent style. Therefore, when they book me, they do indirectly ask for that. So I need to be consistent in the look I give them, even if I use a variety of lighting sources and types. Similarly, I don’t think I have one specific way of using lighting. But for all the variety, the images need to mesh as a combination, without anything jarring about the specific lighting or look.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, I would like to show these 6 images from the portrait session of a wedding – time that I had with the bride and groom – and show that even with a diversity in lighting that was used, these and all the other images, are still part of a coherent style. Of course, it has more to do than just the lighting – other things come into play as well – framing, composition and posing, as well as the post-processing. Still, just looking at the lighting and the color and skin tones – there is a consistency in the style.<\/p>\n

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