Understanding Natural Light Wedding Photography

Natural light photography has become wildly popular for some years now and photographers have been shooting in natural light which creates some amazing images without having to worry about external lighting.

- Mrinmoy Choudhury

Natural light photography is also preferred during weddings as it’s fairly easier to wait for natural light than storming the location with artificial lights. Some wedding photographers purely shoot in natural light unless the need of an external light comes. Shooting in natural light is very interesting as it challenges the creative front of the photographer. Using natural light whenever possible is a no-brainer to give your images that beautiful, natural, dreamy quality that is synonymous with weddings. However, there is more to it than just not using lights. People who have mastered natural light photography did more than just not use lights while shooting. You must really learn and understand how light behaves, reacts, and interacts with your subjects.

Just to clear out things, many professionals do shoot weddings with flash and they are able to obtain very beautiful images. In fact, I’d say most wedding photographers actually mix the two lighting methods. Natural light when you have it available and flash when you don’t (think inside the church or randomly moving where you need action stopping shutter speeds).

Tip #1

USE PRIME LENSES