Available light photography at weddings 167Doing double duty: photographer
and fl ower girl. The photograph
was taken in the bride’s suite while
the ladies were getting ready. The
bride, wanting her day documented
as a photo story, appreciates
these types of photographs more
than the traditional posed photo-
graphs. The morning sun stream-
ing through the windows behind
her naturally lighted the scene.
The shadow side of the scene
was lightened using the Fill slider
in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
and the Highlight Recovery slider
was used to bring some of the
out-of-range highlights into the
acceptable range. © 2007 Barry
Staver.
In an album layout, both photo-
graphs are used in a storytelling
way. The girl is cute enough just
using the camera, but this photo-
graph completes the story, telling
us what she was photographing. It
also shows the detail in her dress,
a very important detail for wedding
photographers to include in their
coverage. © 2007 Barry Staver.