Hi Chris, just came across your blog today and I’m lnivog it! I’m shooting a wedding on Friday and it’s at 3p .not a lot of shade. (This is my first outdoor, mid-day wedding.) I went to the venue last week to do some test shots. Really struggling with the bright sun. I’m finding it a challenge to try and keep the subjects properly exposed without blowing out the background (as in sample photo #2 above). Do you meter for the background or the subject? I’d prefer not to use flash but I think I’m going to have to in order to fill in shadows that or I may use a reflector. Any advice is appreciated! Thanks for all you do in helping us to become better photographers!
Chris, thanks for the tip. Gotta bring msleyf back to that basic photo class I got in college, where we didn’t use flash at all! Your enthusiasm for natural lighting is refreshing. And it’s great to see you use a photo of my friend Lynn to explain this, because that’s how I got connected to your website in the first place since I was a guest at her wedding in April!Again, props for the beautiful images, I hope I can get some equally great ones for an upcoming new england fall engagement photo session I’m doing!
Hi Chris, just came across your blog today and I’m lnivog it! I’m shooting a wedding on Friday and it’s at 3p .not a lot of shade. (This is my first outdoor, mid-day wedding.) I went to the venue last week to do some test shots. Really struggling with the bright sun. I’m finding it a challenge to try and keep the subjects properly exposed without blowing out the background (as in sample photo #2 above). Do you meter for the background or the subject? I’d prefer not to use flash but I think I’m going to have to in order to fill in shadows that or I may use a reflector. Any advice is appreciated! Thanks for all you do in helping us to become better photographers!
Chris, thanks for the tip. Gotta bring msleyf back to that basic photo class I got in college, where we didn’t use flash at all! Your enthusiasm for natural lighting is refreshing. And it’s great to see you use a photo of my friend Lynn to explain this, because that’s how I got connected to your website in the first place since I was a guest at her wedding in April!Again, props for the beautiful images, I hope I can get some equally great ones for an upcoming new england fall engagement photo session I’m doing!