Would this look better gelled?

[olgabe]

So, I shot at this wedding a couple of weeks ago, and here is a typical shot in terms of lighting: f4, 1/60, ISO 800, flash fired in compulsory mode, may have been dialed down a little and bounced off the ceiling (high ceiling - prob 16 ft or so).

Ceiling color was off-white, nearly beige, walls in the reception hall dark yellow-reddish stucco.




I chose not to gel my flash because I figured with all that yellow/brown bouncing it would tone down a bit and get an acceptable result. Now I'm looking at this and wondering if I should have gelled it instead - or done something else.

Note that I do like the moderate yellow cast, it reflects the atmosphere of the room, but my couple seems a bit too white to me after the fact... What do you think?

Image not manipulated in photoshop, shown as taken, just reduced in size/resolution. It was shot in jpeg as I was running low on memory towards the end of the event.

[peeperita]

i like the warmth of the light too......and, honestly, i don't think your couple is too white....especially when i look at the bride's dress......there's lots of lovely detail in it.....

peeper

[MSidPhoto]

If the bride's dress was pure white....then you could try to increase temperature(if you're using Lightroom) or maybe you could play with saturation to get the best results

Good Luck

[olgabe]

Thank you for the feedback!