How to shoot portraits in the bright sun?

How to shoot portraits in the bright sun?

Original 2022-06-21 11: 29 · Photography Study Agency

#How to perform portrait photography in the bright sun at noon#

Many photographers do not like to take portraits when they are bright at noon. The main reason is that when the sun is bright at noon, the light is direct light, the light is strong, the light is hard, and the light is still light.

Then there is almost noon at noon. When the temperature is the highest in the day, the state of the model in such a shooting environment is not good, and it is also easier to spend makeup.

Although the shooting conditions are not satisfactory at noon, it does not mean that it cannot be photographed.

Adopting some techniques and measures appropriately, it can still be produced.

1. Make up light shooting

This method may not know that many photographers don't know.

Because in the impression of many photographers, shouldn't the light shooting be needed when the light environment is relatively dark? The light at noon is so strong that the light needs to be replenished?

In fact, it can be used in such circumstances. Under strong light, the lighting method can be used to suppress the ambient light with the output of the light lamp, and then appropriately shrink the aperture shooting. It is the same as the principle of large aperture in the weak light environment.

2. Avoid direct sunlight shooting

Here you can reflect the importance of the selection scene.

When the sun is bright at noon, it is difficult to take a direct shooting of the sun. If the film is not high, it will be very hard.

Therefore, when the sun is shining at noon, it is necessary to find a shooting scene like small woods to avoid direct sunlight.

In such an environment, you can avoid the direct light of the sun. Although there are also light, there is also a obvious advantage, that is, the light and dark mottled light and shadow can be formed in the woods, which is also a very beautiful effect.

3. Observation/filter shooting

Although this method is also a good choice, it is relatively difficult to operate.

Our daily shooting usually uses the soft light cloth filter or black surface in the reflective board to shoot directly. Someone is helping to help. If the shooting scene is large, you may need to use a larger soft cloth or other other. The shielding board, it must be on the shelves, which is troublesome.

What are the benefits of this method?

The soft light cloth filter can properly weaken the intensity of the direct light of the sun, the light becomes softer, and the shadow formed by the top light will not be too strong.

The shot of light is even more direct. It is to block the direct sunlight, and it is only shot with the light reflected light. The lighting of light is relatively small, because this will cause the main body of the blocking range to be contrast with the ambient light, and sometimes it is not easy to control the optical ratio.

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Take a portrait in the bright sun at noon, not using a small aperture to get the ideal effect. It is also necessary to consider the shooting effect produced by such light conditions.

Although shooting in such an environment, it will work hard, but some effective measures will not affect the film.

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