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p.1 #1 · Mixed lighting and B&W

The last wedding I shot had some nasty mixed lighting in the chapel, which shows up in almost all the shots. It was due to different light temps on the in-house lights; I didn't use any of my own lights in the chapel. I'm just planning to go B&W for the ceremony shots, but I'm wondering what you all do in this type situation.

Nov 25, 2008 at 03:14 AM

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p.1 #2 · Mixed lighting and B&W

B/W all the way baby! RAW helps of course sometimes you can save it but I went B/W last time this happened.

Nov 25, 2008 at 03:17 AM

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p.1 #3 · Mixed lighting and B&W

Hi Gilly,

Post some images for us to play with!

Nov 25, 2008 at 04:12 PM

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p.1 #4 · Mixed lighting and B&W

ummmmm shoot raw

Do a custom wb on location

bw as a last resort of course but I have found very very few churches where an acceptable wb can not be obtained. Even if mixed, one is normally the predominant color temp. You can then gel your flash to match it and not have to worry any more about colors...

Nov 25, 2008 at 04:17 PM

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p.1 #5 · Mixed lighting and B&W

A custom WB doesn't necessarily solve mixed lighting issues and the same goes for RAW, though both can help alleviate the issue a bit. Also, I don't keep a full set of gels (just a couple), so depending on the temp of the venue lights, I may be throwing in a third temp.

Close up shots are just fine, but shots that show a lot of background really make the issue come out. The lighting on the area with B&G were one temp and the rest of the room was another temp. Actually, the perimeter of the room may have been a third temp.

Nov 26, 2008 at 01:48 AM

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p.1 #6 · Mixed lighting and B&W

in aperture/photoshop etc. you can selectively reduce the saturation of certain colours which is what i sometimes use in this sort of case.

Nov 26, 2008 at 02:00 AM

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p.1 #7 · Mixed lighting and B&W

sejanus - thanks for the suggestion. I didn't think about that, though I use that in other situations.

Brad - thanks for the suggestions.

Nov 26, 2008 at 02:09 AM

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p.1 #8 · Mixed lighting and B&W

no problem....surely you cant always match all the various lighting colors out there. I simply dont try. I tackle the main lights. If I can match them I do. If not....then so be it. We arent hired to re light the venue. Its wedding coverage. Some things are just out of the scope of what we are hired to do. Accept that, do the best you can and move on to the next gig.

Or charge obscene amounts of money to bring in a lightiing director and do it hollywood style

Nov 26, 2008 at 02:30 AM

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p.1 #9 · Mixed lighting and B&W

one wedding i shot - the bride's face came out looking all green-ish. the groom was blue-ish. i didn't even bother.. went straight to the B&W conversion.

Nov 26, 2008 at 03:53 AM

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p.1 #10 · Mixed lighting and B&W

timster - That happened to me at another wedding. Bride insisted it be in color...

Nov 26, 2008 at 05:24 AM


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