cowboy wedding photography

I have a wedding to shoot and the theme is country. So the bride and groom
and their friends will be wearing cowboy hats.

Now this will also be outside and all in one location.

Any suggestions on how to get away from the shadows in their faces caused by
these hats or do I blast them with fill flash? I don't want to wash away the
brides whites so I'm really scratching my head here.

Let me know.

"Peter" wrote in message
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I have a wedding to shoot and the theme is country. So the bride and groom
and their friends will be wearing cowboy hats.

Now this will also be outside and all in one location.

Any suggestions on how to get away from the shadows in their faces caused
by
these hats or do I blast them with fill flash? I don't want to wash away
the
brides whites so I'm really scratching my head here.

Let me know.




Turn the camera upside down so the flash is below the lens. That'll
fill the shadows right under the hat. Awkward though ;-)

If you have an assistant you could also use a few Lite Disc's.


"Peter" wrote in message
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I have a wedding to shoot and the theme is country. So the bride and groom
and their friends will be wearing cowboy hats.

Now this will also be outside and all in one location.

Any suggestions on how to get away from the shadows in their faces caused
by
these hats or do I blast them with fill flash? I don't want to wash away
the
brides whites so I'm really scratching my head here.

Let me know.

If you have an assistant you could also use a few Lite Disc's.


"Peter" wrote in message
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I have a wedding to shoot and the theme is country. So the bride and groom
and their friends will be wearing cowboy hats.

Now this will also be outside and all in one location.

Any suggestions on how to get away from the shadows in their faces caused
by
these hats or do I blast them with fill flash? I don't want to wash away
the
brides whites so I'm really scratching my head here.

Let me know.

I have a wedding to shoot and the theme is country. So the bride and groom
and their friends will be wearing cowboy hats.

Now this will also be outside and all in one location.

Any suggestions on how to get away from the shadows in their faces caused
by
these hats or do I blast them with fill flash? I don't want to wash away
the
brides whites so I'm really scratching my head here.


The best time to shoot outside is at twilight. However few weddings happen
around sunset outside.

Next best thing is open shade, an over hang like a porch or a tree, pose the
subjects close to the penumbra or edge of the shade.

Then you can hang your own shade, subtractive lighting, a complicated and
impractical thing for a wedding, (that's what those black 'reflectors' were
for.)

So what can you do? put some light on their faces.

It shouldn't effect the bride's dress, look what would happen without fill
flash, the faces are darkened so the lab tries to adjust to get some detail,
what happens to the dress then?

use an off camera flash, either a key fill system with a slaved light or
just put a cord on your flash shoe to the camera hot shoe and hold it out to
your side as far as you can hold it, have an assistant hold it. Then you
will get better modeling/definition and more detail and texture out of the
dress.

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I have a wedding to shoot and the theme is country. So the bride and groom
and their friends will be wearing cowboy hats.

Now this will also be outside and all in one location.

Any suggestions on how to get away from the shadows in their faces caused
by
these hats or do I blast them with fill flash? I don't want to wash away
the
brides whites so I'm really scratching my head here.


The best time to shoot outside is at twilight. However few weddings happen
around sunset outside.

Next best thing is open shade, an over hang like a porch or a tree, pose the
subjects close to the penumbra or edge of the shade.

Then you can hang your own shade, subtractive lighting, a complicated and
impractical thing for a wedding, (that's what those black 'reflectors' were
for.)

So what can you do? put some light on their faces.

It shouldn't effect the bride's dress, look what would happen without fill
flash, the faces are darkened so the lab tries to adjust to get some detail,
what happens to the dress then?

use an off camera flash, either a key fill system with a slaved light or
just put a cord on your flash shoe to the camera hot shoe and hold it out to
your side as far as you can hold it, have an assistant hold it. Then you
will get better modeling/definition and more detail and texture out of the
dress.

This reply is echoed to the z-prophoto mailing list at yahoogroups.com