The Natural Light Photographer

First off I prefer natural light to artificial light. However if you understand lighting you can have amazing results with artificial light.

 

Recently there has been this flourish of "natural light photographers." Most photographers use natural light but for the purpose of this blog we're only going to talk about wedding photographers that only use natural light. Since I've been doing weddings for almost 10 years I know the idea that a photographer would claim to use only natural light sounds like a disaster after sunset especially during the winter, outdoors at night and dark venues with no ambient light.

 

I recently met with a bride whose sister hired a natural light photographer for her wedding and had less then amazing results. When she told me she hired a natural light photographer I just shook my head. She laughed. "I know right, I didn't think about. What if there wasn't any natural light?" 

 

As a seasoned wedding photographer I will say I use flash at all my weddings. The only reason I'd use natural light for an entire wedding is if it was a June wedding during the day but even then I'd probably want to flash fill a little. 

 

Tip: If you're planning to meet with a photographer that only uses natural

 

Light ask to see wedding he or she has shot at you venue or venues with lighting similar to yours. Also ask to see lots of night photos.