Available light? Well sometimes it’s
yes and sometimes it’s YES! Often it’s not where you’d think it is.
Like in a bright field of flowers, which, while pretty, causes
squinting and dark shadows. I shudder every time someone fires off a
flash when there is great light all around them. For example,
Courtney’s hotel room window – such sweet soft light as she was getting
ready. Or light reflecting off the door of her white limo? It adds a
wonderful glow.
I had never been to Courtney & Nick’s reception venue, even though it’s only a couple miles away…The Pearl on – yes – Pearl Street in Portsmouth, NH. It’s a very traditional New England hall and that day it owned the setting sun. Somebody very perceptive put the cake right where the sun would catch it, or maybe that was just luck. And when Courtney & Nick did their ‘first dance’ it was just perfect. No flash, no telling anyone where to stand, just waiting a moment for it to happen. Twenty minutes later, we got a repeat of the same great light in the father-daughter dance. Available light? No, fabulous light, you just have to see it.