Photographing a Wish Lantern
We all know that wish lanterns are a supremely beautiful product, capable of lifting the hearts and moods of all who behold them. They are the number one item all brides desire at their weddings, but it seems that wedding photographers too are getting in on the act. The casual observer will stare in wonderment at the lovely floating light as it drifts gently and serenely into the sky, but for the artistic eye, wish lanterns hold huge potential as well. Put quite simply, they create stunning photographs which any photographer (wedding or otherwise) would be proud to own to. You would need to be an experienced photographer to get the best shots of course. You would need to have the camera on the correct shutter speed etc, so that the lighted lanterns weren’t over-exposed. The last thing you’d want, is to have a glare of light that you couldn’t identify as any object in particular. Some of the best photographs emerge from mistakes of course, but these need to be the right mistakes. An image of a single lantern rising with a train of light behind it because the shutter speed was too slow would still be beautiful though it is imprecise.
