How to make photos less staged
The top 2 photos are both shot with natural light, which are mine, yet the 2 underneath are also natural light and look completely different, which is what I’d like to achieve.
Im quite confused as to what I may be doing wrong?
yoz wrote: Oh thankyou thats very helpful. The girl with the surfboard seems to have some light on her. Mine must be more though.
I haven’t shot a lot just shade, as often the eyes can get lost with being a bit dark. I’ll look out for white reflections
You need to make sure your model is facing the open sky. This will light up the eyes and add a catch light, which can add life to eyes that are too dark. This way, they are still in the shade, but you can see the sky in their eyes.
Here my daughter is sitting in a garage, with the large door open (they were playing with puppies), and I took a quick shot of her while she was sitting, waiting for her turn. Even though she was in the garage, which was surrounded by pecan trees, the open sky just passed them still managed to light her eyes up. If you look closely, you can see a pecan tree reflected in her eyes. I didn't take the time to set this shot up much better because I didn't want her to feel like she was going to miss her turn. xD
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