Off Camera Lighting For Weddings

I still use natural light when i need to and i ll use on camera bounce flash when that s appropriate.

Off camera lighting for weddings. Wedding photography is something that has a great deal of power behind it because it is one of the most important days for two people. 5 off camera lighting techniques for wedding photography. Here are the items i use regularly at weddings. A few weeks ago i wrote about our must haves for reception lighting so if you haven t read that post yet be sure to check that one out first.

Use flash when needed. Wedding and portrait photographer moshe zusman knows the importance of using off camera lighting for wedding portrait sessions. Remember that most off camera lighting concepts and principles are totally universal. In this article i m going to share all of my different off camera lighting setups for weddings.

But with that you need to know how to use different tools and light shapers to perfect off camera lighting. There are hundreds of options of flash triggers speedlights and other accessories that you could use for your off camera lighting setup. Today i ll be introducing how we use those must haves during wedding receptions. He says that as most photographers grow and become more creative they want to use off camera flash.

When we first started using off camera lighting it took us a bit of experimenting to figure out how we wanted to use lighting during receptions but in the last few. For most wedding days i m a natural light shooter. I am primarily a wedding photographer therefore all of my examples will be related to weddings. Most if not all of these techniques will work for just about anything when using off camera flash.