 Mindy Shores |
Wedding Pictures Dark and Reddish
I have a Nikon D80 with a Nikon SB800 on a bracket. All batteries were brand new in the flash, and all fully charged within a day before the wedding. I have always had an issue with my LCD showing fine but when downloaded my images are dark and am working w/Nikon on this. To try and compensate I selected more vivid on my camera for this wedding. But still images downloaded a lot darker than what was on my LCD. So nonetheless I have a lot of adjusting to do, which I don't particular like to do. I couldn't use TTL Bal on my flash, it didn't generate enough light. It was a cathedral ceiling church no way to bounce. I had to keep adjusting my flash adding or taking away more light throughout the formals. Is that normal? Why are some images darker than others, using the same amount of flash, when they are about the same distance. Why do some people photograph more reddish than others and how do I fix that or is that something I have to fix later? In natural light with backlighting illumination, what do you recommend in trying to light the subject (I would think expose for the couple and shoot but wanted to verify), what are the thoughts on the golden hue of the background? I have attached photos. Thanks,
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
Did you have the camera on an auto setting with the flash, like aperture priority or program? 'Bridesmaid' and 'Ring Girl' look like it. Switching from vertical to horizontal caused the difference for those examples. You have more of the distant back wall in the viewfinder for the vertical, so the flash communicating with the camera, adds more light for the extra distance. For 'ring girl', the pews take up more of the frame. They're closer, about the same distance as the ring girl, so the flash lights for that distance. Or it could be just the flash alone. The way flashes spread their light is more horizontal than vertical. So the sensor for the flash may read the same, so switching from vertical to horizontal could have the same effect as I said before. The other two pictures, your whites look white on the clothes of the bride and father, so I don't believe the red look of the skin is coming from mixed lighting. I think you're seeing the problems with recording things photographically. Surfaces can record differently depending on light source, and light modifications, like diffused light or direct light. They don't come out exactly as the eye sees them. Skin tones are one of the things that can be the trickiest. The ceremony picture is due to color temperature of the light source, incandescent light. Auto white balance isn't always accurate. A camera that can be set to a specific color temperature is best, being able to set a custom white balance is usually better than an auto white balance.
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Mindy Shores |
Yes I was using program mode. What would you recommend when photographing the ceremony? With regards to the flash and vertical vs horizontal...that makes sense, I never really thought of it that way. Any suggestions on getting rid of the reddish tones would be appreciated. This is my nieces wedding and she had bridesmaid that were very pale all the way to very tan, so the more tan the bridesmaids the redder they got. I have been adjusting them in Photoshop but this is very tedious and am looking for a better way of getting the right skin tones. Thanks for the information, any help is appreciated.
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
You can use manual for the camera and flash and make your adjustments based on distance. If you anticipate through out the ceremony what is going to happen next, and always be aware of where you are and what you camera is set to, you make small adjustments to aperture or flash power to get around the usual pitfalls of using auto. Be aware that it's time for everyone to come down the aisle, set your camera for a certain distance. Any pictures you take closer or farther, you make changes to your aperture. Then you anticipate for whatever is next. What spot is good to shoot from, etc... Your skin tone problem may be due to the skin tones actually being slightly red, since it's from being tanned( sun or bottle tan). So you might be making what is, into something more appealing. Skin tones are tricky, but you also notice things more when they're frozen in a photograph, such as when a person's left and right eye aren't quite shaped the same way. But,you said you had the camera set to vivid, in the future that might make things easier if you shoot in a standard setting. Otherwise, if only certain people are coming out red, than you might have to deal with adjusting after the shoot. Because if you do something to change the look of one, then that will affect whatever else is in the frame.
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Randy A. Myers |
A lot of the problem you are seeing is a white balance problem with the latter images. I would check my camera settings for color and tone. DO NOT use vivid or more vivid for shooting people. These settings emphasize the reds. It's better to shoot where you need to add a little saturation than to try and remove it. As far as the LCD not showing the same brightness what you see when you download, I suggest you go to the setup menu and adjust the LCD brightness to closer match what you are seeing. With that said, the only true way to judge exposure is to use the HISTOGRAM. I know most people don't want to, but that is the only way.
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