Wedding lighting is one of the most important things for your wedding. A wedding photographer can capture beautiful photographs of your wedding reception only when the wedding lighting will be perfect. You can make your wedding reception a stunning event by opting for professional wedding reception lighting.

Lighting creates the perfect mood and the perfect ambiance. Professional lighting can make everything look better including your wedding cake, wedding flowers, décor, guests and most importantly the wedding photographs.

Here are some simple ways that can help you to plan your wedding lighting:

• Hire a wedding lighting designer: If you want professional wedding reception lighting, you need to hire a wedding lighting designer. You can ask your event designer to recommend a good lighting company. It will cost you a few extra bucks to hire a wedding lighting designer, but the result will surely be rewarding. A wedding photographer feels great to work at a venue which has good lighting.
• Use color: It’s great to use colored lights for your wedding reception. However, you should choose those colors that will be able to complement all types of skin tones such as soft rose or magenta. It’s better to avoid green lighting as it doesn’t look very flattering. The best thing will be to change the colors throughout the night. If your reception party starts after sunset, you can use golden tones. During dinner, opt for soft lighting that will look like candlelight.
• Outside Lighting: If your wedding venue has a path, illuminate it with beautiful paper lanterns. The outside lighting would look great and it would also help your wedding photographer to capture great pictures of your guests outside the reception hall.
• Assess your wedding venue: You should visit your wedding venue once before the special day and assess the site. Take a look around the reception hall and see where the lighting is focused. The lights that illuminate the ceiling, walls and windows can take away attention from the center of the room. In order to get stunning wedding photographs, the lighting should be focused on the tables and the dance floor.
• Common types of wedding reception lighting: Pin spot is a focused light beam that shines onto an object directly such as the wedding cake or centerpiece. Color wash, LED lights and Gobos are also common types of wedding reception lighting. Make sure that your lighting designer includes all these lights in your wedding reception.

If you follow these simple tips, you will be able to have great wedding reception lighting, which will make your reception perfect and also help your wedding photographer to capture awesome photos.