Outdoor wedding photos...just not sure.

[snowfalldesigns]

I am looking for some help with some wedding photos. The ceremony was in direct sun and I'm not sure if there is a way to make this look better. Is there something else I should have done? Any thoughts?



1/800Sec.
F5.6
Evaluative metering
Exposure -2/3
ISO 200
EF50mm f/1.4 USM
I was also using a fill flash but I don't know that it fired on this one.

[candleman]

ok, heres a few off the cuff things.(not exposure or light related)
holding the camera straight is a good start
not chopping off the bridesmaids legs.
one step to the left would have made the celebrant and couple look a bit more centered between the pillars.

in direct sunlight, you dont need f/1.4, so you could have easily used a kit lens, and made use of a but of zoom to help your framing. i cant live withut my 24-70.

the exposure is good.. i cant complain. you did well in the direct sunlight on the white dress.

using flash for fill.... good idea, thats all you really can do.
expose for the ambient, then dial your flash exposure compensation to something like -2EV.
That will help "lift" the shadows off, and reduce the harshness of the light.
at that sort of distance though i doubt you would see much difference.

in POST, , open the RAW file and drag the "fill light" slider up a little.
pull it too much, and it will look like a bad HDR where things start looking silver. *i feel sick thinking about it*
you can also drag the "highlight recovery" slider up a touch, which will save the highlights a bit.
(less is more )

i'm shooting one soon where i'll possibly be shooting directly into the setting sun.... OMG.. i hope my flash doesnt fry itself. kinda nervous already.

[snowfalldesigns]

Thank you for the lighting tips.
Thankfully, I didn't use this lens for long - I switched to my 55-250mm soon after this. Compositionally, this isn't wonderful but I was fairly restricted with the aisle space (it curved and wasn't straight-on to the front)
Good luck with your next one!