Wedding photos without flash strobes ect

I wanted to see some wedding photos without any kind of flash or strobe. Please post your photos and give a short summary of how you achieved the look.

Pretty much everything on my Facebook page (excluding some of the photos at the receptions).

Just find some pretty and/or interesting light and background.

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Agree with above poster, just find the right light.

you are going to need artificial light at some point during a wedding. I prefer to work without it but if the reception is indoors, its required.

mike_311 wrote in post #17762524
you are going to need artificial light at some point during a wedding. I prefer to work without it but if the reception is indoors, its required.

This is very true. I have seen some horrible results from the "natural light" photographers who attempt to shoot a reception with only available light.

i rarely use artificial for the formals and bridge groom session unless i really need some fill. lights are just a hassle to work with when you are pressed for time.

tha said you will get absolutely stellar results if you know what you are doing and have an assistant to work the lights for you.

Rarely ever use flash for anything at a wedding other than dancing in the evening!

As others have said, find the even or interesting light, or not - depending on what you have going for you. Sometimes you can't pick and choose, sometimes you need to use a load of fill flash on a really bright day to not have everything blown out.

Hi,

What you must do is not get fixated on one course of action and approach each wedding differently. Some weddings, if the light is right, you won't need flash at all but other weddings you might need your flash on all day or a mixture of the two.

I read so many posts with comments like 'I am a natural light shooter'. That's all well and good until that moment you need a bit of fill flash to bring out the best in a picture and because they have not developed skills in the use of flash they fail to get the killer shot.

Took some group photos at a wedding recently when it was late in the day and overcast with poor light. I was using two cameras, one controlling off camera flash, and the other with no flash. Because of the lighting conditions when I compared the two the ones with flash were night and day better.

I had a wedding at this same location earlier in the year and the light was perfect so did not need flash during the day.

Approach each wedding or shoot with an open mind regarding the use of flash or natural light.

It depends the venue and the quality of the DJ lights.

If using flash you need to balance the ambient lighting, your couple have paid for the lighting to create that ambiance and preserving it is vital.

It can look awful with flash just the same as without.

Sometimes you don't need flash at all, and not having to wait for the charge cycle gets you a better shot.

I prefer not using flash, but I still bring it with me and have it on camera just in case.

Difficult to say without seeing a venue. One church I've shot twice will let you shoot flash but not during the vows. You need to understand also that light changes during the course of a service. My last gig was a great example. Bride arrived in overcast skies and rain, and left in bright sunlight so much that as I was in hs burst as they walked down the aisle the first couple of shots as they exited the church were awfully overexposed. And clouds passing by can quickly change your light in seconds.And even the smallest amount of flash can sometimes be too much. And keep your exposure in the middle so you know it'll be there or thereabouts.
So the hard and fast rule is that there's no hard and fast rule. Sunny 16 is good to remember, as is auto iso with an upper limit of 3200 indoors, 1600 for overcast outdoors and 800 for bright sunlight. In churches you often get tall narrow windows so light is uneven. And That's when a balancing act is needed with your speedlight. So experiment with fill in til you get it right. If anyone has any more tips, please share here.

Colin Glover wrote in post #17766713
If anyone has any more tips, please share here.

Use a camera with an EVF and getting exposures right is a walk in the park.

Why is that? My personal experience of evf has been of a darker picture on the evf with considerable lag.

What you see is what you get.

You can use a similar method with any camera with liveview that has exposure compensation. Getting correct exposures has never been easier.