At this time of the year many couples opt for a cosy candle light theme for their reception. Candle's give a lovely warm glow to the photographs. The key to getting great photographs is to have enough light and this is usually best achieved with a mix of both candles and other forms of lighting. This is especially true for dark venues with wood panelling, often the venue switch off the room lighting and place just a few candles on each table. Balancing the candle light with some room lighting gives a much nicer look to the room and photographs.
In the example above large candles are in the centre of each table and small spot lights have been positioned above each table. Uplighters have also been placed around the room.
This marquee uses a combination of floating candles as the centre piece of each table along with small tea light candles. Chinese lanterns hang from the ceiling and a spot light has been used during the speeches.
This was a small wedding with just one table at the wedding breakfast. Tea lights have been placed in coloured glasses and up-lighters in the corners add some extra light.
Tips for creating a lovely warm candle light look -
* Use lots of candles, a mixture of tea lights and large candles looks great.
* Leave some room lighting on, candles alone look too dark and make photography difficult
* During the speeches some extra lighting works well. I have seen venues so dark that the brides father was unable to read his speech. Turn up the room lights or use spot lights.
* Chinese paper lanterns look fantastic suspended from the ceiling of a marquee
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