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I’ve been talking about off-camera flash this we

I’ve been talking about off-camera flash this week, and how it can be used to transform poorly lit, or ugly spaces, but today I want to showcase how it can both enhance a beautiful space, and also create just a kiss of light when needed.

✨Liz and Ryan’s engagement session in Newport fell on a gray and drizzly day, but since we had travelled to the location specifically to shoot, we didn’t want to reschedule, so when we found a good spot to shoot, I put them under a tree to keep them out of the rain, and then popped a flash behind them to create a warm glow — it looks like sunshine! You’d never know that it was super gross that day.

✨At their wedding, they wanted a photo in front of the iconic bridge; since it was already dark, I used off-camera flash to pop just a touch of light on their faces, while keeping the ambient light from the bridge.

✨What is your favorite way to use off-camera flash?

✨Off-camera-flash is the key to turning so-so (o

✨Off-camera-flash is the key to turning so-so (or downright ugly) locations into something special. I took the series above in the hotel bar during daylight; lots of brown and orange wood and neon beer signs. I noticed that the surface of the bar was reflective, and so this idea was hatched.

✨I positioned my couple at the end of the bar where I could capture their reflection. I had one gridded flash camera-right set to 1/64th power, and one gelled flash behind the couple set to 1/128th power.

✨I arranged some water glasses from the bar just to the left of my camera and used my iPhone flashlight to create a sparkle. Some of the lights stayed clear, and some turned pink, which was a surprise!

✨Finally, I cloned out both flashes and some random bar items in post.

📷 Settings:
Canon 5D Mark 4
Sigma Art 35mm lens
ISO 160
Ƒ4
1/200
Canon 600 flashes
@magnetmod grids and gels

✨I hope this was helpful! Please feel free to DM me with any questions about the set up or about how I use off camera flash to make creative portraits in ugly spaces.

(Swipe to see the before!!) 🔥When I first bega

(Swipe to see the before!!)

🔥When I first began photographing weddings, I had absolutely no idea how to light a tiny hotel room, a vast and dark ballroom, or to capture a sunset without throwing my couple completely in the dark. I’d managed to learn how to shoot ETTL with an on-camera flash, but those shots were never creative and always had that harsh “flash-look”; flat and washed out and sad.

🔥When I finally learned (initially from from the amazing @ericmccallister ) how to use off-camera flash to creatively light my clients and to rescue dark spaces from the gloom, it made an incredible difference in my confidence heading into a wedding, and in the resulting images. All of a sudden the concepts of ambient light and directional lighting and creative portraiture after dark were available to me, and I no longer had wedding-day dread about reception lighting.

🔥This week I am going to focus a bit on how I use off-camera lighting to enhance location and capture amazing color. I’ll discuss the flashes, modifiers, and settings that I use, and I’m happy to answer any questions.

More goddess goodness from @andiegreene1811 out in

More goddess goodness from @andiegreene1811 out in the snow. This magic is making it so that I don’t actually loathe winter!!!

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