Wedding lighting

julesm (e2 Member)

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26 Oct 2008 - 7:37 PM

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Staring down the barrel of my forst winter (read dark) wedding, I am tempted to take along some lighting for the group shots and wondered what people thought of these continuos lights?

linky thing

mark_delta

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26 Oct 2008 - 8:23 PM

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1000 watt, that will produce some serious heat, small children in party dresses chasing boys in suits, the absolute chaos of a wedding, drunken guests, wires with extension cables to run them, absolute nightmare, a kid touches one, you have a law suit, someone snags the wire and pulls it over you could have a serious fire in seconds and a room crammed with guests.
Look in to wireless slave flashes or bouncing techniques, they are cool to touch, need no wires, fast to pack up and many many times brighter than those lights.,

andytvcams

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26 Oct 2008 - 9:02 PM

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Quote: Look in to wireless slave flashes

Ive just spent two very enjoyable days with a very well known wedding photographer from derbyshire.
When i say top he was in the top ten in 2007.

Needless to say he showed me some cracking lighting techniques using Pocket wizards and a few well placed flash heads.

And i had the chance to use the pre production 5D Mk II

Bloody brilliant.

julesm (e2 Member)

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26 Oct 2008 - 10:24 PM

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Thanks for the advice.

I alreay use a 580EXII and a 550EX speedlites and an ST-E2 transmitter, which I use well, but Iam just a bit concerned about lighting the entire wedding party in a dark Barn!

Jules

julesm (e2 Member)

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27 Oct 2008 - 8:20 AM

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Cheers, but I have Interfit Stella 300's and was tempted to take them but wondered about the whole hassle of setting up and looking after them etc. Seems really impractical at a wedding.

mark_delta

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27 Oct 2008 - 5:19 PM

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In the good old days the metz cl 60 hammerhead with it thyristor sensor and diffuser would have had little problem lighting up the whole barn from a single flash, it was a "true" 60 guide flash, unlike the ones we have today that use lenses and tricks to focus the beam, the old ct and cl 60 were just shear brute force at it's best and can be picked up for £50 on e.bay, white balance to flash, set guide aperture and boom ! they were still glowing a week later.

Just Jas

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27 Oct 2008 - 11:08 PM

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Can't beat a 100 joule gun!

doug_7

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28 Oct 2008 - 10:10 AM

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Just seen this, its for the 50, I think its the next one up from the 70.
The 50MZ-5 is utterly reliable, offers about 1-2 stops more power than the best hotshoe flashes, recycles quickly, and produces excellent exposures in "auto" mode. The power allows me to use a Stofen Omnibounce AND bounce walls and ceilings in large spaces. Standing 20' away in a large room with a 30' ceiling, I lit a speaker at a podium by bouncing the 50 off the wall 20' behind me. That's 20' to the back wall, then bounce, then 40' to the speaker. That kind of power lets me create nice, soft light in all but the most cavernous event halls - I hate direct flash.