sinclairphoto
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OK - my wife and I have been in the photography biz for a few years now and mainly shoot portraits but get several weddings a year. I have been trying to figure out the lighting setup for large groups for a while now but the photos either look too bright or the subjects in the back are too dark.
I have two White Lightning x1600s shooting through two 48" umbrellas and we usually have groups anywhere from 10-20 people. I have been hiking up the umbrellas to about 12' pointing down and the two lights are pointing toward each other at about a 45 degree angle. We usually set the camera to f/8 1/250th, and adjust the lights until we get a decent exposure (initially testing with 1 person). This is where it starts to look like crap.
Lately we have also been having problems with a black bar showing up on the bottom of the frame when shooting horizontally, or the right of the frame when shooting vertically.
I would love some guidance and welcome criticism and comments alike! How do some of you light large groups? Keep in mind, most of the churches we shoot in have high ceilings, occasionally we'll have lower ones.
Thanks
I have two White Lightning x1600s shooting through two 48" umbrellas and we usually have groups anywhere from 10-20 people. I have been hiking up the umbrellas to about 12' pointing down and the two lights are pointing toward each other at about a 45 degree angle. We usually set the camera to f/8 1/250th, and adjust the lights until we get a decent exposure (initially testing with 1 person). This is where it starts to look like crap.
Lately we have also been having problems with a black bar showing up on the bottom of the frame when shooting horizontally, or the right of the frame when shooting vertically.
I would love some guidance and welcome criticism and comments alike! How do some of you light large groups? Keep in mind, most of the churches we shoot in have high ceilings, occasionally we'll have lower ones.
Thanks