The Flash Book

Chapter Seven

Using Flash at Weddings

Here comes the bright . . .

Shooting a wedding is a tremendous responsibility, and one you shouldn’t take lightly, because you are fully in charge of the one thing that can go inextricably wrong at the wedding, and that one thing is overlighting the bride. No one cares if the groom is a bit too bright. He wasn’t that bright anyway. But, this is an incredibly important day for the bride, who happens to be wearing white (well, she’s probably wearing white, but she could be wearing beige, which means . . . well . . . the whole town knows this isn’t her first rodeo. But, I digress). Let’s assume she’s wearing white. Do you know how easy it is to blow out the highlights and lose detail in a white wedding gown? ...