Stephcouture

Can you explain OCF reception lighting? (i.e., can you set up your flashes and shoot away, or will you have to readjust the lighting and camera setting for each shot?) Thanks in advance!

  • Nathan Elson Photography

    Depends how you light the venue. If it's a small venue with a lower ceiling and you are putting your flashes in opposite corners and aiming them at the roof for a soft blanket of light, then no, you don't have to re-adjust anything, fire away.

    If you're lighting people independently (i.e. people on the dance floor, speeches, etc) and shooting manually (not using TTL) then as long as the distance between your flash and subject(s) remains relatively constant, then you won't have to adjust your camera settings. If they do move closer or further away, you can always quickly account for that by adjusting your aperture without having to touch the power settings on your flash.

  • Nathan Elson Photography