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You could gel your flash so that the flash color matches the background color. Have a look here, http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101-using-gels-to-correct.html.
Kristi

I would have included their feet! I do however think the lighting is good.

There is nothing going on in the backgound (most everyone has their backs turned). I understand what you were trying to do, but there just isn't anything attractive about it. I would just crop this into a vertical....-Aimee

Aimee is right - but I'd say something further - shoot vertical...
Or at least get the feet.. ;-)

As to the light - I like it when tungsten lighting goes orange - very warm...
In this photo it is distracting though. But that's the nature of the composition - not the light.

eww but feet are gross. Who would want a picture of their feet

Who would want a picture of their feet?

Erm - almost all brides? Especially if they've chosen their shoes with care. And anyone who is human and doesn't actually float in midair :-)

Shots like this can work well but only if the crowd is looking at the couple - you need the tension between onlooker and dancers to make the composition work. And if, like this, the crowd is ignoring them, then it's not much of a shot for the wedding album. And things like chandeliers need to be in the shot or out the shot. Half and half doesn't work.

I would have moved in much, much closer and shot them wide open concentrating on their faces and the emotion. (Wide open would have diffused the background and the diners). Then I would have moved back and to camera right and got low down and shot them as a full length vertical, with the chandelier in top left of frame as the background. (The low shooting angle would have removed the diners). And then I would have moved right back with a wide lens and captured the whole room with dancers in the distance.

One moment, three very different shots. I'd also have shot it all in b+w as I think it would have looked more classic, but that's a personal thing.

Well, chance are the shoes are covered, but they probably want to see the whole dress. I shoot some full and some from the waist up....-Aimee

What would you have done differently in terms of camera settings(white balance, or other settings?)

. re lighting, used more, it appears underexposed, about 1 ½ stops at least, and there has been an attempt to correct that in PS I think.

. warm tone from the incandescent light is often good and does not affect me, you can gel the Flash to match if it is too off putting – but the problem with the colour balance this image is the fact that it was underexposed in the first place and the corrections did more harm than good, IMO.

. re camera angle – it is too low the emphasis should be on the faces, not the elbows

.re framing – a ¾ is the most difficult to pull, as others have said the feet are important. Even though the Brides Shoes might not have been is shot the Grooms legs are - and he wearing pants - even more obvious . . . the lady seated: “stumps” growing out of the base of the image is generally not a good look.

. re framing – if the wide FL is to be kept, then the Verticals need to be plumb – also because of the viewpoint relative to the corner of the room, the ceiling cornice needs to be better addressed.

. re framing - the light is very distracting

Is there a way to fix it in photoshop?

Colour balance changed to reduce yellow; curves enhanced to increase contrast RGB and then a bit more R to get depth back into Dress Uniform which was washed out, I suspect by the attempt to increase the incorrect exposure. As a result the background contrast is more, thus more pop to the subjects. (10 seconds work – it would be better to start with the RAW file)

Crop to:

. tight ¾ shot (above the knee) for better / more appealing overall visual

. remove distracting room light

. correct verticals (windows)]

. correct horizontals (remove ceiling cornice)

. remove “stumps” (lady seated)

. remove minor distraction (blue shirt)

. Overall more emphasis main subjects

WW

Well I did convert it to black and white for the couple. But I was just wondering for future reference is there a way to counteract the orange/yellow besides gels?