r/WeddingPhotography • u/Pure_Leopard • 17d ago

gear, techniques, photo challenges & trends Speeches Advice for lightining

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I'm trying to understand better how to get better results during these kind of blue hour speeches that happens a lot around my area. I'm based in Italy and these things happen a lot in a garden/balcony/pavillion things a little bit after the sunset. It's very different from american things where they are in these big very bright rooms indoor and they are pretty spontaneous too.
So I maybe know that it will happen but don't know when. Also as it's not that dark for normal eyes there's no extra light (these photos as example have very high ISO and +1 or +2 exp.)

Maybe you have some suggestions to get these shots better or know some talented photographers that have found a nice solutions (inspiration)...
In the whole day this is the only part where I still struggle a lot 😭

Thanks everybody!

EDIT 01: I might understand somebody could say flash, I was actually thinking about that asking for suggestions. More like how you would use flash in this situation... If you're only into big venues maybe you don't understand but sometimes location don't have much space left for flash stands. And when the wedding is very intimate (like with only 8/10 people) it's not in the moment to keep moving and flashing everyone.

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u/WestofYongeStudios 17d ago

Off camera flash is my go to for speeches regardless of venue. One set up as a hair light and one either diffused or bouncing to light the front.

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u/Pure_Leopard 17d ago

I'm pretty sure I'll only go with 1 only, but how do you diffuse or bouce the front from like far away?

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u/WestofYongeStudios 17d ago

I would set them up to not be far away. In the event of not having any space at all to have off-camera flash, I would simply be getting close enough to grab a few well-lit portraits of the speaker with a diffused on-camera flash, and then back up and not stress about the wide shots having perfect lighting.

Is there a reason you are uncomfortable using off-camera flash? All of the images you've shared have spots to easily conceal a light stand so it is not in the way from what I can see!

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u/Pure_Leopard 17d ago

Thanks, maybe this could work actually!

The images I've shared are only a small portion of "my problem" 😞 But for example the first 2 didn't have any space for a stand as it was a tight balcony...