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camerageak · Apr 10, 2008, 6:50 PM

is there a trick to not blow out the hilights in a wedding dress?

Photo 5 · Apr 10, 2008, 7:56 PM

What worked for me at my recent family wedding was to us my hot shoe flash as a fill flash (superflash 383) set at 1/8 power setting and bounding it off the cieling.

dave

tjsnaps · Apr 10, 2008, 8:46 PM

The real trick is to get detail in both the brides dress and the groom's tux. Whoever came up with this tradition was not a photographer.
Set you exposure compensation to under expose by a stop, give or take, experiment

John at the Beach · Apr 11, 2008, 10:33 AM

I bounce flash with a diffuser and make sure I meter off the brides face...If you meter off the dress, you will end up with a dark bride smile...Not good...If the groom is there, do not meter off the tux....Results will be a blown dress and faces...:-?

feetjai · Sep 19, 2008, 4:44 PM

Don't meter from the tux or the white dress.... Point the dslr in Aperature, shutter priority, program modes and point in towards a color that reflects 18% grey.

Think about the human skin who are light skin color in ...or green grass. For instance point the camera towards your own hand....

If you take the shuttertime / diafragma / iso 100/200combination of these, you will be close to the settings you need for a good picture. Some people use a grey card to measure the exact settings.

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Apr 10, 2008, 6:50 PM	#1
camerageak Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 185	is there a trick to not blow out the hilights in a wedding dress?

Apr 10, 2008, 7:56 PM	#2
Photo 5 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Decatur, GA Posts: 2,053	What worked for me at my recent family wedding was to us my hot shoe flash as a fill flash (superflash 383) set at 1/8 power setting and bounding it off the cieling. dave

Apr 10, 2008, 8:46 PM	#3
tjsnaps Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 652	The real trick is to get detail in both the brides dress and the groom's tux. Whoever came up with this tradition was not a photographer. Set you exposure compensation to under expose by a stop, give or take, experiment

Apr 11, 2008, 10:33 AM	#4
John at the Beach Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Southeastern NC Posts: 491	I bounce flash with a diffuser and make sure I meter off the brides face...If you meter off the dress, you will end up with a dark bride smile...Not good...If the groom is there, do not meter off the tux....Results will be a blown dress and faces...:-?

Sep 19, 2008, 4:44 PM	#5
feetjai Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 202	Don't meter from the tux or the white dress.... Point the dslr in Aperature, shutter priority, program modes and point in towards a color that reflects 18% grey. Think about the human skin who are light skin color in ...or green grass. For instance point the camera towards your own hand.... If you take the shuttertime / diafragma / iso 100/200combination of these, you will be close to the settings you need for a good picture. Some people use a grey card to measure the exact settings.