wedding background

wedding background

To properly expose your wedding couple, and not have your flash producing harsh shadows on their face, you need a bigger light source. Remember, the bigger the light source, the softer the shadows. That is why when you use an umbrella the shadows are so nice and soft, the umbrella is the source of light and it is a lot bigger than your flash. This is the way it is and there is no way around it. These little cups that you put over your flash do not make the shadows softer, they only even out the light so that there are not any hot spots. Other light modifiers you see do increase the size of your light source. Examples of these may be the big Tupperware looking things you see, or else a large bounce card. But wouldn't the shadows be even softer with a bigger light source? How about one the size of a wall or ceiling? This is what bouncing your flash is: turning the head of your flash so that the light first bounces off a wall, ceiling, people, etc., before hitting your subjects. This increases the size of your light source. I like to bounce my flash off corners if possible, the corners where the walls meet the ceiling produces some very nice results. If you have an assistant, make sure your assistant is bouncing the light for you. Now you just have to worry about your camera communicating with your assistant's lights. If it is wireless, or you are connected through a cable, no problem. If it is through Nikon or Canon incorporated system, you just need to make sure your flashes can see each other.