problems with church lighting

[Stephanie Miller]

I got in some practice at this wedding was not the main photographer but had permission to shadow him at this event, so these are a couple of my shots. So my question is this. Are these orangish tints normal for church weddings with wierd lighting and stained glass windows? Is their any pp I can do to make these look better. And the group shot, well the legs on the girls are really dark. Any ideas as to why these look this way? Sorry i can't figure out how to get the pictures here only a link.



http://http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk297/millerphotography/TysonHeather196.jpg

http://http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk297/millerphotography/TysonHeather257.jpg

[eddarr]

You just need to fix the white balance in PS. Or set a custom white balance before you start taking pics.

[Kathy H]

Hey stephanie, Yes, they can be fixed.
1. In lightroom develope mode, click W to get the WB eyedropper, put it on her dress. Adjust with sliders to suit you
2. In PS, create a new layer, on drop down menu choose soft light, make sure your foreground color is chosen white, get the paintbrush and paint over their legs. You may need to slide the opacity to get it how you want. You can also choose the foreground color to black to darken their faces a bit, to match the legs.

This may not be the perfect solution, but I think you can get satisfactory results.

[Alexajlex]

Hey stephanie, Yes, they can be fixed.
1. In lightroom develope mode, click W to get the WB eyedropper, put it on her dress. Adjust with sliders to suit you
2. In PS, create a new layer, on drop down menu choose soft light, make sure your foreground color is chosen white, get the paintbrush and paint over their legs. You may need to slide the opacity to get it how you want. You can also choose the foreground color to black to darken their faces a bit, to match the legs.

This may not be the perfect solution, but I think you can get satisfactory results.


That is a nice technique (the soft light layer)

[arcallc]

I got in some practice at this wedding was not the main photographer but had permission to shadow him at this event, so these are a couple of my shots.


http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk297/millerphotography/TysonHeather257.jpg
hey, how did you go about asking the photographer to shadow him? were you his/her assistant? Were you an actual invited guest at the wedding? Just curious.. I'm a newbie, but would love to learn how to shoot nice weddings shots.. just as a serious hobby, not a job.

Anyways, this 2nd shot looks like you used the on-camera flash. Did you? I don't know that much yet, and even less about flash. But, i've seen this dark-leg phenomenon when I use the on-camera flash. When I tinker with my 530EX flash and bounce or use a diffuser, these dark-legs seem to have gone away.

Also, the set-up is kind of.. ordinary. Sorry.. Like everyone else, I really like the Toogy-style formals. You should search "toogy" here and check those out. I also don't like the cross coming out the top of his head.

Best of luck and keep posting!

[Stephanie Miller]

thanks for your suggestions I will try playing with them a bit in my ps since I don't have lightroom. I was an actual guest at the wedding, but I am not shy about asking to shadow someone, I guess I figure it is one way to learn. I used my 550ex speedlight, no on camera flash, but the lighting at the church was kinda wierd. The main photographer was very nice and did not mind, but I did stay out of her way. I don't care for church weddings myself, and they were pushed for time with pictures because the 4pm confessions were coming in. So made for a rush job for regular photographer. I do love the toogy myself, in fact we did a couple of those, will see if I can post one for you.
Good luck to you as well.

[xmacvicar]

black and white

LOL

[Stephanie Miller]

yep black and white is an easy fix for sure, I did a few that way and they look ok,
Thanks to Kathy H for the ps tip, did that and it worked well.