1/400, f/1.4, ISO 100, -2/3 EV, 35mm (35)
The boys were great sports and up for everything!
I love the combination of E-TTL flash and the Lastolite micro Apollo. I had about 5 seconds to grab this shot before they left the ceremony room. I dialled the flash exposure compensation down by -2/3 (though it wouldn't have been a disaster if I hadn't) since I was so close to them. The ceiling was very low and there were guest between me and the walls - no opportunity for bouncing flash. This is the flash, softened by the micro Apollo on a bracket, pointed directly at them!
The sun was incredibly fierce. I trialled a few shots out in the open with the sun in various positions but I wasn't happy with the results. Fortunately Folkestone's band stand provided a small area of open shade - no disfiguring shadows on their faces. I could have underexposed for the ambient light and then lit them using flash to keep detail in the sky. Since I had a lot of big group shots to do, however, and not much time, I decided not to use flash. I exposed for them and waved goodbye to sky detail.
I added flash here to reduce the impact of side lighting from the window to the left.
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