Saturday, September 26, 2009

Inspiring article of shooting in the day

Traditional tips say: never shoot in the middle of the day, and even if you do, shoot in the shade. Then I saw a interesting article on how mid-day shadows emphasis texture on DPS, and later, I saw this great article.

It's about shooting portrait using natural light, with lots of great examples. Key summaries:

1. Be creative and look for interesting shadows and shapes, practice and shoot tons of them.
2. Put light in the back of the object to prevent blinks, and make it more natural.
3. Use silver reflectors to reclaim some details in the background (well, prob this tip is not for me right now).
in reference to: Shooting with Available Light - Lifestyle Portraiture (view on Google Sidewiki)

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