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FAQ : Off Camera Lighting at Wedding Receptions
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T his past week I was contacted by Nate at Photoflex inquiring about a link I posted on my blog a while ago. At first I had no clue what his email referred to, but after a little research, I realized I posted a blog entry back in 2007 about my off-camera light set up for receptions. When I went back to this post, it brought back so many warm memories...the photos were from my first year as a wedding photographer and experimenting with off-camera flash for receptions. I learned so much about myself and the type of light I prefer, so I thought I'd update my previous post a bit...
I'm still using the same light setup, so here's what it looks like: |
It's comprised of:
*A Photoflex Small LiteDome soft box (16"x22")
*A light stand
***You can find a my entire set up on this page of Photoflex.com
*Pocket Wizards (with one attached on the lightstand itself, and one mounted on my camera)
*Sunpak Auto 383 Super Flash
I also use a Canon 580EX Speedlight on my camera, so I love when I can capture a subject backlight or with a little rim lighting…. Here are a few recent photos using off-camera flash during wedding receptions to illustrate its affect on my photos...
In the following two photos, the light was set to camera left, behind one of the band's speakers...
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| The off camera light was placed to camera left about 15-feet from the subjects, and pointed toward the guests, and I used on-camera flash to illuminate the the bride and groom... |
| Off-camera light was placed to camera right and my on-camera flash was bounced from the ceiling.... |
| Off-camera light was placed behind a pillar to camera right, about 15-feet from the bride and groom... |
| Off-camera light was placed behind a pillar, and in this photo, the light is directly behind the bride... |
| The off-camera light wasn't moved from its location (behind the pillar) for the ceremony and reception, so you can see how it can achieve two very different looks... |
| Off-camera light was placed adjacent to the DJ's speaker to camera right |
| Off-camera light was placed behind the camera, and no on-camera flash was used... |
| Off-camera light was placed 15-feet away from subjects (and guests) to camera right, and on-camera flash was bounced using a white bounce card... |
| I know this post might have been repetitive, but seeing how the other post is two years old, I thought it'd be cool to revisit the topic....if it bored you, please forgive me. Tomorrow I have something else in store, but thanks for stopping by anyway! ;) |
    
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