1 speedlight on the floor pointing straight up with card pulled out to reduce bounce directly off the back wall (still there and I reduced a little in post but did not remove entirely.
Honstly, didnt really know what I would get.
My original shot intention was RIM light but had the couple standing in the wedding hut and got the photo attached. Light ounced down from the ceiling and covered them in the front !!
1 speedlight ! (largely unedited photo attached... need to remove the debris off the back wall, detune the light splash a little and detune the tree showing up in the background but you get the idea)

MOved the couple outside the Wedding hut to get the RIM shot.
Both are useable but I look the silhoutted one better....

There are as many business models as there are wedding photographers. I don't think you'll find a lot of "outrage" Sometimes, you'll get some advice, but it's up to you to take it or not.

If you promise not to tell anyone, I'll tell you a secret I learned a long time ago when I was in bands, or doing solo music. Trust me, I didn't get better, but I booked a lot more when I charged more. I couldn't book a gig to save my life, when I tripled my price, I started playing 4 nights a week. A very good friend of mine who was a professional magician taught me that. He claimed that the more he charged, the better people thought he was.

I'm not saying that we shouldn't strive to be the best by using education, the best techniques, and good equipment. What I'm saying is that "doing what the trend is" makes you blend in with the crowd. My business plan is to set myself apart any way I can. I use OCF, almost exclusively. (when allowed) I don't give digital images, but have a great explanation for the couple why I don't. (I frame it as a favor to them, disks get lost, and/or never printed) I include albums, my kids and grandkids still love getting my old wedding album out and making fun of the styles, the hair, etc. I still have my parent's album. It is so important to us, that our kids have actually fought over who gets the albums when we pass.

Is that getting angry or putting down your business model? Not in the least. It's just different.

I think it was a year ago, that I posted a suggestion to people who give out disks to set them apart from everyone else. Why not give the couple a nice size digital frame with a preloaded SD card that they "could" take to get printed if they want, but at least the photos won't end up lost in a drawer... It's all about not doing exactly what everyone else does. (In my humble opinion)

Yesterday's wedding: Dark church - ISO 1600 (no flash allowed); darker reception hall - so dark that one camera with an f/4 lens wouldn't focus.

Just before the garter toss, camera locks up (found out that the D7200 won't fire with a full card). Thankfully only two steps away from fresh card. Got it installed and fired back up just in the nick of time.

Lesson learned: DON'T loan your extra cards to your grandson to take on vacation !

One neat thing of the day: The bride asked for a special "fun" shot. We obliged. Later, at the reception saw that it replicated the topping on the grooms cake.

This is the first time I've had any of them be "sticky" on the shoe. I have 5 flashes and 6 622 triggers, (even though the 685 has radio, and doesn't need a trigger...... You know how it is, good deal on ebay, but I ended up with more than I need.

I'd be interested in hearing your experience with Godox after you have used them for a while. I know the 685's are a lot more powerful than my Nikons and I generally put 2 to 3 on a stand with a softbox when shooting outdoors, but one Godox is probably as powerful as 2 of the YN685's (guessing)



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