WEDDING DAY BLUES !

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Hi...........as a keen amateur, I have been asked and done several of my friends weddings recently. The problem I have is when shooting the groom, best man & ushers together. Their skin tones almost glow and look very waxy. It doesn't happen when you put the bride in the picture, only when "the suits" are all together. I am using a Canon 40d...........any idea on what I need to do to overcome the problem ?

Many thanks..............Paul
 
posting an example will help and welcome:)
 
i concur
upload the shots
pp can make red men look green...:D
 
CLASSIC1 said:
Hi...........as a keen amateur, I have been asked and done several of my friends weddings recently. The problem I have is when shooting the groom, best man & ushers together. Their skin tones almost glow and look very waxy. It doesn't happen when you put the bride in the picture, only when "the suits" are all together. I am using a Canon 40d...........any idea on what I need to do to overcome the problem ?

Many thanks..............Paul
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what settings...it may be a daft idea but do you meter for 18% grey?? it's easy to see what's white when the bride is in the shot but when you have lots of dark grey suits in the shot, is this upsetting the camera?
sorry if it's a daft question, for instance if you always shoot manual and meter properly..etc..
 
Sorry............I am new to this site. I have put three images in my gallery for you to view. Is there a better way to uplaod and present them to you ?

Thanks.Paul
 
Hi CLASSIC1 and welcome. It,s difficult to tell from the images as they are a bit small. Could you put larger ones in your gallery. Can be 800 on the longest side and up to 200mb.

What lens where you using?
 
I have put some more images in the gallery for you to view. The camera/lens I was using was: Canon 40d with 17-55mm lens using auto and flash
 
I think they look waxy becasue you've over exposed them - it looks as though the dark suits have thrown the metering off and the skin tone (plus sky and background) are over exposed and you need to add a little exposure compensation.

Hugh
 
Bruce120 said:
Could also be bare flash not diffused
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Am I doing something wrong too then :thinking: as I never use a diffuser when outside when the flash is used as fill light.

Just looked at the exif on one and 1/60 @f5 and iso 400 looks a bit wrong too me for 1pm on what looks like a bright day even in some shade.. Were you spot metering of the jackets or something?
 
I believe the "auto" mode on the 40D only allows JPEG - not RAW, so not much data to work with. The camera will also probably choose average metering due to the auto setting again.
 
IMO the easiest thing to do is to shoot with manual exposure so that your exposure does not keep bouncing all over the place as you add and remove dark suits and white dresses from the scene. Spot meter off your own palm and set an exposure that places the meter needle at + 1 1/3 stops. If you need to use fill flash then try setting FEC at around -1 to -1 2/3.

I'd suggest using any of the autoexposure modes, only if the light conditions are changing frequently and making it a chore to keep pace with manual exposure adjustments. If the lighting is steady then manual exposure is your friend.
 
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