May 21, 2011 was the day the world was going to end for some but for Justin and Jennifer it was a just the beginning. It was a real treat to go back to Monroe where I had worked for the paper when I first moved to Wisconsin over a decade ago. And it was also very interesting to go back with a digital camera to shoot at Turner Hall where I had shot my first magazine cover in the days of film. Since my Blog is mostly about lighting modifications and/or technical aspects of shooting I'll highlight, pun intended :P, some of the lighting I used especially backlighting. I knew the venue would be dark and wanted to add some life to it so I set up two extra lights, along with my main camera flash, as seen in the pic below. The goal was multi-purpose to use as fill, separation or rim lighting depending on my shooting perspective. Plus look at that huge black space behind them.
I originally had cross lighting set up but too many kids were playing around with my lightstands so I had to move it to a safer place up front. Ideal? No, but you gotta do what you gotta do and roll with the punches.
here I used natural window light...
things go fast and not always perfect but I had my assistant try to hold a flash on the opposite side of the couple from me as they danced
And I felt the cake ornament should be backlit to show it off
