This past weekend I faced just this situation - on the fly. We ended up getting some amazing pictures.
I heard people wondering, why is he using flash when it's so bright out? Well, notice the shadows above. They're heading toward the camera. The only way to compensate for the sun is to push back with an equal or greater amount of flash. Not to sound weird, but really not many wedding photographers do this. Look at these below. The first was purposely taken to show how the camera would take the shot without any modification to the settings or addition of secondary flash:
In the above situation I'm using natural light trying to get a sunset shot. The sun is still a little high. Their skin and clothes look fine (a little dark but can be fixed) but the sky is blown out. Not very appealing, right?

I only put this in the blog so people can know what to look for when checking out photographers. Anyone can pick up a camera and shoot, but sometimes you can be faced with a tough situation and you've got to know how to work it. Also, every picture presented needs to be better than any other picture taken by any guest who happened to buy themselves a nice camera.
1 comment:
"Not to sound weird, but really not many wedding photographers do this. "
That's a sweeping statement.....
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