Wedding Photography Edinburgh – The Corn Exchange – Lynsey and John

Wedding Photography Edinburgh – Edinburgh Corn Exchange

Edinburgh Corn Exchange is well known as a popular Venue amongst Wedding Photographers in Edinburgh as they also run a very popular Wedding Fayre.  Back in August I found myself at the Edinburgh wedding venue for the first time and I can see why it is so popular, as it is very contemporary inside with some fabulous lighting.

However, lighting like this can cause problems for photographers as it can fool your camera’s sensor and give very strange results.

In such circumstances wedding photographers have two options – cancel out the ambient lighting buy using flash – thereby providing your own lighting OR capture the ambient lighting, but you then run the risk of colour inconsistencies.

I would personally never use flash in a Wedding Ceremony situation as it is extremely obtrusive, so my choice would always be to capture the ambient light. So how do I ensure I get accurate colour results when you have “mood lighting” that renders a scene almost totally purple?

Fortunately I am always well prepared for such situations as I use the X-Rite Colour Checker Passport system to ensure I can get accurate colour reproduction no matter what the lighting conditions. The camera captures an image of the colour checker passport and when back at base I run the image through some software to calibrate the camera to those exact lighting conditions – it works extremely well and has saved me from hours of trying to correct colour correction due to a strange lighting mix at a venue.

Today’s event at Edinburgh Corn Exchange was the Wedding of Lynsey and John Deans – we started at Lynsey’s parents house on the outskirts of Edinburgh, before heading into the City Centre. Edinburgh Corn Exchange lends itself to some very contemporary wedding photography and Lynsey and John were great to work with, so I had great fun exploring the back alleys behind the venue looking for a different take on a Wedding Photography image – Lynsey and John “dared to be different” and as a result ended up with some stunning wedding photographs that made it into our Weddings with WOW showreel and have also been featured in some of our advertising.

Thank you Lynsey and John for being such a fabulous couple to work with on your Wedding Day. Here are some of my favourite Wedding Photography images from the day:-