Hey everyone. So I’ve been an assistant photographer on a few weddings and handed the photos to the primary to edit. My question for those who shot weddings, are you keeping the same WB on all the photos to have uniformity across the images or do you edit some in one way and others in another? Is uniformity in colors/edit/post processing what clients desire from your experience, or are they happy with what you do. Thank you also I guess this would also apply to wedding video
I would keep the overall aesthetic the same for the entire wedding. Obviously, lighting is different for ceremony, receptions, etc, but keeping the colors similar makes a more pleasing album or gallery. For each lighting scenario, you could apply the appropriate WB to all images that have similar lighting, outdoors, dance, reception, etc., but matching the overall aesthetic.
I would say consistency across an entire wedding is one mark of an experienced wedding shooter.
Simple question: is the white dress the same shade of white through out the entire day?
Except for a few epic styled images or very unique shooting scene.
A couple hour wedding. Easy.
All day or multi day wedding…. Hotel, church, formals and reception…. And there is consistancy.
I have strived to provide the bride with a FAITHFUL rendition of her wedding gown...brides can be quite picky about that.
However, absolutely correct WB does not recreate the scene of the wedding in the mind's eye...sunset shots the brain assumes to have a bit more noticeable warmth than 'neutral'.
Even lighting inside, with incandescent ambient lighting from wall fixtures, etc. can have a touch of warmth to them, rather than absolutely 'neutral'...shooting with flash on film, I put a 1/4 CTO filter on my flashead. With digital, I find that setting about 400K shift rather than absolutely 'neutral' to be quite acceptable and almost unconsciously still seen by the observer as indicative of 'indoors'.
You should be striving for mostly consistent skin tones throughout all different types of light.
One of the primary reasons to control light (i.e. off camera light) during receptions is because the ambient light during receptions is generally awful for photography.
Other parts of the day you likely have less direct control over, and do your best with the light available to you.
also I guess this would also apply to wedding video 