I haven't had a chance to shoot sparkles at a wedding yet- it's a great tip to me that you used 1/50 shutter speed. Great picture!!! I can't wait to get some sparkler practice in now :)
This was shot with direct flash but the key is to blend in the ambient by slowing your shutter and then also adding the kicker light from the back. If you have enough dramatic lighting, you can actually use direct flash from time to time and it won't look horrible. Obviously this is common for departure shots that happen super fast and you can't bounce light.
I was always afraid of shooting with people under 1/60th. I've seen some shot at 1/10th and boggles my mind understanding they're not in motion and sharp. I guess its the flash that freezes everything into sharpness?
Yep! I shoot many of my reception photos with a shutter speed less than 1/60th. As long as your flash is about a stop or two brighter than the ambient you will have sharp images
Yeah def. This was shot at f5 just to give a little more DOF (moving shots at night can be tough to nail). You can see how slow the shutter is because of the blur in the sparklers. Again, your flash will create sharp images as long as the flash is a few stops brighter than the ambient.
Damn you were good even back then. ;-)
Haha, yeah this image is 6 years old now; don't question my abilities Bo!
Wow 6 yo. Some couple might be splitting already after this time. The image stand still! Nice job!
Great wedding shot!
Or should I say 'weddin'!
I haven't had a chance to shoot sparkles at a wedding yet- it's a great tip to me that you used 1/50 shutter speed. Great picture!!! I can't wait to get some sparkler practice in now :)
I'd love to know how did you light the subjects without the cheesy direct flash effect here?!
This was shot with direct flash but the key is to blend in the ambient by slowing your shutter and then also adding the kicker light from the back. If you have enough dramatic lighting, you can actually use direct flash from time to time and it won't look horrible. Obviously this is common for departure shots that happen super fast and you can't bounce light.
I was always afraid of shooting with people under 1/60th. I've seen some shot at 1/10th and boggles my mind understanding they're not in motion and sharp. I guess its the flash that freezes everything into sharpness?
Yep! I shoot many of my reception photos with a shutter speed less than 1/60th. As long as your flash is about a stop or two brighter than the ambient you will have sharp images
Would that be on any lens/body and disregard camera shake?
Yeah def. This was shot at f5 just to give a little more DOF (moving shots at night can be tough to nail). You can see how slow the shutter is because of the blur in the sparklers. Again, your flash will create sharp images as long as the flash is a few stops brighter than the ambient.