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2 Day Wedding Course June 09

The forecast for the Saturday was wet, improving for the Sunday so I was expecting to do a little juggling with the programme, however the weather forecast,fortunately was not quite correct and we had 2 dry days.

We had a little jiggling to do around the set for Cranford that was being created for forthcoming filming.

James,one of the delegates has emailed me following the course, with some images he took on the day as well as his experiences on his first major wedding after the course where he had to handle the Paparazzi around Stephen Fry, who was attending the wedding. Oh what it is to work with Celebs.

Here are a few of his images form the course, where I demonstrated the control and balance of ambient light with flash, both camera and battery powered studio lights, Elinchrom Ranger and Quadra.

I do like "Grunge" settings, helping to enhance the beauty of the bride against textured settings. This location is around the back of the Tythe Barn, and being in the shade enables creative use of flash. The only comment I would make on this image is that I would have removed the padlock on the door above Sarah's head.

In the last set I do, we move into the Tythe Barn which is ideal for demonstrating the control of ambient light with the shutter speed. Here I set up an Elinchrom Ranger (1200 w/s) pack with a reflector and homey-combe grid to provide directional lighting tight to the wall. I love this location, despite an extremely dusty floor. The textuture on the walls as well as the whole feel of the place is just great.It also works on wet days.

We completed the two days ( 4 location shoots) with a 2 light set up. One Ranger on Sarah with a Grid to provide tight directional lighting and the second on Mark, simulating ambient light falling through the high windows to the right (just out of shot,believe me they are there).

The 2 lights were balanced and away we went, everybody shooting with Elinchrom Skyport triggers, all available from the Flash Centre.

What a great 2 days.

Terry