I was looking at one of our recent weddings where Sol Tamargo had spent some time with the bride who was getting ready at the Buckhead ATL Ritz Carrolton Hotel, who was heading downstairs for a ballroom wedding and reception, all at the hotel. For those of you who have been to similar city hotels, you may find that there inst too many places you can go for awesome setup shots.... Often enough, on the fly is the way you need to work. In this case, Sol's bride was headed downstairs for the ceremony, not "time for pictures" if you know what I mean. Sol made these quick portraits happen while walking down the dungeon like dimly lit hallway, on the way too the elevator. One of her bridesmaids was carrying the cathedral veil off the ground, sol just squeaked in there for this one :) I was impressed with her quick thinking to gel the flash here, mixing the tungsten ambient with her red gelled slave plus a little on-camera fill. The slave is operated by her assistant, just behind the bride, ducking down. I believe you can see the arm of the assistant on the edge of the dress (Sol just pointed that out to me). She had the flash on 1/32 power, with the Canon 5d set to ISO 250, 1/30th at 2.8. Pretty simple moment, kinda sexy. She finished it off in PS with a little cross processing.

 

I'm really looking for some color from other photographers, so lets see it! In the past, I've mentioned color HERE & HERE & HERE. If you have experimented with gels, please send them to the Flash Flavor Flickr group or email them to me :) I'd love to see what is happening out there!

 

Cheers! matt