Night and Low-light Photography Photo Workshop

the toss and then be able to very quickly

rotate to capture the catch. If you are using an

accessory flash for this, and I suggest that you

do, make sure that the batteries are fresh and

increase the ISO on the camera so that the

flash doesn’t have to work as hard. This will

enable you to get a sequence of shots like

Figures 5-8 to 5-10 of the single women vying

to catch the bride’s bouquet. This was taken

using an on-camera flash unit to light up the

scene. The flash was aimed over the heads of

the women and bounced off the relatively low

ceiling. The flash is actually so bright that in

Figure 5-9 the light is causing the bride’s dress

The solution is to gel the flash to the same

color as the ambient light so that all the light

sources are the same.

ABOUT THIS PHOTO For this photograph, I used a slower shutter speed and a flash to add a little fill light to the scene. Taken at 1/50 second,
f/2.8, and ISO 800.

5-7

For more information on using

gels with flash, see the section in

Chapter 4 discussing lighting a room with multiple

light sources.

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■   Garter and bouquet toss. The garter and

bouquet tosses can be a bit of a challenge
because they happen really fast. Try to set up
so that you can capture the subject making