Challenging Venue-Advice Please

mpriest13 · July 25, 2011

Shooting a wedding in this catholic church with huge windows. It won't be a catholic service but in a catholic church..go figure. I am worried about not only the back lit subjects but the ghosting that can often happen when the subject is back lit by windows. No flash allowed to help the back lit subjects.

I will be using a 24-70f2.8 and a 85mm f1.4G. Both are pro lenses but I still get a fair amount of ghosting with the 85 especially when shooting wide open toward a window which I anticipate having to do.

Any advice on how to not get silhouettes without flash and zero ghosting while shooting subjects back lit by huge windows?

Thanks!

Qarik · July 25, 2011

honestly..if you have bright day out..with out flash you might be screwed on big pano shots. You may have to limit youself to tight shots and angles where the window doesn't play into the shot as much. Otherwise get some nice pano shadow shots!

tenoverthenose · July 25, 2011

If the window is significantly brighter than the rest of the room (90% chance it will be) just treat it as a big light source. Shoot around it to get nice soft light, shoot into as needed, etc. If there is that much light coming in, chances are it will be bouncing around inside and reflecting back at the couple - so you'll have plenty of soft light on them too - just expose for the couple and forget the background. You will want to test before hand which of your lenses does best shooting into light. Also, you will find that most of your lenses will loose contrast shooting into the light, so you may need to add some back in during post.

Challenging Venue-Advice Please

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