kevy73
Senior Member
Shot a wedding on Saturday and the light died sooo quickly - there was burning off being done which was causing the light to be darker to start with and it was also the first really cloudy day of our autumn here - which again meant no golden hour.... The shoot didn't start until about 5pm and the light died by 5.20pm
So what did I do? I used what I had with me and what was in my surroundings to make our own sun.
This first shot is my assistant stood to the side just behind the couple, I put enough of the strobe head in to make it look like a setting sun through the trees without blowing it too much...
These next ones I saw a yellow light in the car park behind where we were shooting - this first image is just to show what it looked like,
so we made our way over and by positioning myself and framing it right, I reckon we got a good likeness for a beautiful golden hour shot.
This is how dark it actually a few mins later.
There was also a fountain nearby and again just by right positioning and framing, I managed to use the water droplets to create some nice light bokeh. First pic shows the fountain more, 2nd is where we got the effect I wanted.
Even though the shoot light was less than ideal, I was pretty stoked with what I managed to eek out of the location, and more importantly, the couple were stoked!
So what did I do? I used what I had with me and what was in my surroundings to make our own sun.
This first shot is my assistant stood to the side just behind the couple, I put enough of the strobe head in to make it look like a setting sun through the trees without blowing it too much...
These next ones I saw a yellow light in the car park behind where we were shooting - this first image is just to show what it looked like,
so we made our way over and by positioning myself and framing it right, I reckon we got a good likeness for a beautiful golden hour shot.
This is how dark it actually a few mins later.
There was also a fountain nearby and again just by right positioning and framing, I managed to use the water droplets to create some nice light bokeh. First pic shows the fountain more, 2nd is where we got the effect I wanted.
Even though the shoot light was less than ideal, I was pretty stoked with what I managed to eek out of the location, and more importantly, the couple were stoked!