Outdoor shooting problems

12 years 8 months ago #116451 by JEL pics
My last three attempts to take outdoor portraits were under extremely difficult conditions. It was early spring. So we have no leaves on trees to create shade and the time of the day was out of my hands. Early afternoon left me no building shade either. Not to mention zero clouds or over cast. My subjects were squinting and way to bright.

Is it true that although not always but majority of the time you want your subjects in the shade?

How important is a reflector and under what conditions do you use it or for what purposes?


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12 years 8 months ago #116466 by gamer
You use a diffuser and you use strobed light so you can control the ambient sunlight.

That means you have to use a shutter speed faster than the normal flash sync speed.

Light advances and dark recedes. You don't want a subject that is darker than the background. You can just use a reflector for fill, but would still have a subject darker than the background.


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12 years 8 months ago #116469 by kyclover237
:agree: Also, for the squinting - I have found that have your subjects get their pose then close their eyes, count to 3 and have them open - take 2 or 3 pictures. No squinting!

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12 years 8 months ago #116474 by JEL pics

gamer wrote: You use a diffuser and you use strobed light so you can control the ambient sunlight.

That means you have to use a shutter speed faster than the normal flash sync speed.

Light advances and dark recedes. You don't want a subject that is darker than the background. You can just use a reflector for fill, but would still have a subject darker than the background.


Thanks. I guess all this time I had no idea how to control the light.


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12 years 8 months ago #116475 by JEL pics

kyclover237 wrote: :agree: Also, for the squinting - I have found that have your subjects get their pose then close their eyes, count to 3 and have them open - take 2 or 3 pictures. No squinting!


I'll give it a try. Thanks. Hopefully I'll remember at the next shoot.


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