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Wedding photographers need to be ready for just about anything on the day of the shoot. There are many challenges that come up when photographing on location. Flexibility is key. If weather or problematic lighting forces you inside for your shoot, finding the perfect setting can take some creativity. The following techniques are very useful when shooting outdoors is not an option due to weather, lack of areas to shoot, or problematic lighting conditions.



This lesson gives you a peek at a fast approach to creating beautiful bridal portraits using two StarFlash 300w strobes with silver umbrellas. The beautiful light produced by these lights and umbrellas cannot be duplicated with on-camera flash units. This lesson shows how the pros do it.

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Topics Covered:

  • The Indoor Set-up
  • Monolight Main Light with a Silver Umbrella
  • Monolight Fill Light with a Silver Umbrella
  • Balancing Artificial and Natural Light
  • MultiDisc as a Bottom Fill Light
  • Posing Techniques-full length, 3/4 & close-up

Equipment Used:

Camera/Media

  • Adobe® Photoshop® CS3
  • Compact Flash Card
  • Manfrotto 3265 Pistol Grip Head
  • Sturdy tripod
  • Canon EOS Mark III 1D and Canon 70-200 f2.8L lens and Sekonic L358 light meter.Pocket Wizard Plus remote transmitter/receiver.

  
 

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