Wedding Photography Continuous Lighting?

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Hello all

I'm sorry that my first thread is such a mundane one!

I wonder if anyone can provide some advice? I'm looking to get hold of a continuous lighting lamp to provide interesting off-camera lighting to use for weddings - principally during the first dances - and wondered if anyone can point me in the right direction?

Firstly, am I right to be considering continuous lighting over flash?

If so, would something like this be suitable?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330896003890

Any advice will be greatly received!
 
There are loads of threads on here re. Continuous v's flash if you have a quick search . The general view is its too under powered . The few weddings I've shot I've used flash . Depending on the venue I've used various set ups . That said I have heard of people using high powered video lights , but I don't have any experience with this this first hand .
 
The only continuous light I'd choose for that would be the really high end video panels (battery powered).

We always use OCF with radio triggers, but there's no right or wrong.

Some people do some really interesting work with continuous, but for me it'd have to be battery powered, managing mains powered lighting at a wedding is just too much hassle. There'll be some people using mains powered but they will be the tiny minority, you'll find people using battery powered studio lights, flashguns, flashguns with external battery packs, video lights or just the available light.
 
Used to have a Lowell I'd light but never used it for first dance. Power and coverage is way less than a couple of off
 
BigJohn said:
There are loads of threads on here re. Continuous v's flash if you have a quick search . The general view is its too under powered
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Many of those are written by people who don't shoot weddings for a living....

Depends how bright it is. The rule of thumb is that the brighter it is, the more light you need. Which is why a small torch will help you find your keys in the dark but you can't tell if it's on or not on a sunny day.

If it's dark then those small video panels work pretty well.

Video team had them last week and they lit my shots nicely for me.
 
Aye, don't have one myself, but worked a Lowell video light with Ryan [ryanyboy] both on his weddings and mine and they have been very useful for certain scenarios - and I say that as a fully signed up flash user. However, I would say if you are going to buy one, buy a good one with a known reputation where you can at least get recommendations from other photographers that have used them.
 
Not so much a wedding shooter, but have used one at a wedding.... The eBay £30 light panels are surprisingly good for a nice small bit of fill in darkish places. I like them a lot...
 
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