Foolproof Natural Light Scenarios | Inside Fashion and Beauty Photography with Lindsay Adler
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2024
- When you learn to see natural light, you don’t even need a reflector or diffuser to create natural results. In particular, many photographers fear the harsh light of the midday sun, but if you know what you are looking for you can find flattering and interesting pockets of light. You can train your eye to identify these lighting scenarios and reliably find stunning light at high noon!
There are three lighting scenarios I look for:
1. Natural Reflector
Look for a large, neutral surface hit by the sun. This becomes an extremely large reflector that creates soft bounce light onto your subject. This could be light bounced off a side of a building, a car, a sidewalk, or any large neutral surface.
Remember, the larger the light source is compared to the size of the subject, the softer the light. In other words, the light bouncing off a side of a building will create extraordinary soft (and flattering) results.
Don’t stop there! Be sure to analyze other lights in the scene. Take a look at other light sources like the open sky, other reflections, or even direct light hitting the subject. Each will contribute to the end results.
2. Covered Shade
Analyze the environment and look for a covering that your subject can stand beneath. This can be a porch, scaffolding, building overhang, or even an entry door.
Covered shade occurs when the subject is out of direct sunlight and there is something overhead to block out the top-down light of the overhead sky. This is flattering light because it is frontal, indirect, and soft.
After finding covered shade, analyze other light hitting your subject. Perhaps there is an opening to the side of the subject creating a rim light or another directionality of light. Maybe there is sunlight hitting a nearby wall that can act as a flattering rim light. Pay attention to all sources and directions of light in the scene!
3. Slice of Hard Light
On a sunny day, look for crisp shadows cast by the sun. This could be created by the edge of a building, an overhang, a street sign, and more. Hard light (required to create the shadow) is not ‘flattering’ per se but can allow for really interesting and creative photographic results.
This effect is more pleasing earlier or later in the day when the angle of light is not from directly above. Midday light is more challenging to work with because the subject must angle their face to achieve catchlights or a bounce reflector will need to be introduced.
In this video the shots were taken at high noon, and although a challenge still created interesting images.
None of the images created here required any artificial light or even the introduction of a reflector/diffuser! Midday sun can result in stunning photographs… all you need is to analyze for flattering or interesting pockets of light!
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Photographer: Lindsay Adler
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You are easily one of the top 5 photography teachers
Who are the rest of 4?
You are definitely one of our favorite teachers. We like the way you explain what your doing.
I think You're a lightsource on your own Lindsay. Your energy is amazing and so are your photos and teachings.
They should broadcast this video in every photography courses: Lindsay is really great!!!
This be great add for a fashion show or branding for designer who having a special. Great work by the photographer and Adorama.
I had to watch this twice. OMG,...LINDSAY!!! You doll up SO beautiful!!! WOW!!! So the first watch,....all I could see was YOU. I had to watch a second time to learn your lighting tips. Great video, great tips, Great look Lindsay!!
I could listen to you talk about light for hours and hours...
One of the best ever
Lindsay is a master photographer and talented instructor giving away great lighting secrets. See her channel for even more tips and useful information.
Brilliant video! Wonderful dress too 🙃
I knew about looking for natural reflectors and open shade. But I appreciate you pointing out looking for additional light sources that you can take advantage of to create subtle highlights on the subject. It will cause me to pay more careful attention when using natural light.
Love the tips on natural light and shadows outdoors. Awesome!!
All gorgeous images.
very good information on outdoor lighting. thanks
Thanks for the great video!
Great video, no GAS just techniques.
Gorgeous model!
One of your best videos. Since there are more natural light photographers we can all use this even with our phones
Excellent video and message Lindsay Adler! Yes, there is so much one can do with available light but as you pointed out we got o look for all the sources creating the lights. Thanks ADORAMA for having Photographers of the level of Lindsay Adler on your great Channel!
Excellent teacher !!
Thank You very match for the Great Explanations
Absolutely LOVE Lindsay Addler and her work/teachings!
Thanks, Lindsay. Great video.
Great video..definitely a save !!
This is great Lindsay !
A good technique I’ve always used is to hold your hand out in front of you and spin around 360 degrees and watch the quality of light change on your palm 😊
Thank you Lindsey 🙏🏾😊
thanks lindsay very helpful learned a lot from u......love from india
Wow… wow… and definitively… WoW!!!
Thanks Lindsay.
What a great video! Thank you!
really wonderful. your yt vids are always a thoughtful lesson. thank you for the effort and the sharing. thumbs up.
A real highlight among your enthusiastic and inspiring videos, Lindsey. You understanding of the perception of lighting is a Liebeserklärung for the core of visual arts in general and beauty in particular. Thank you. And greetings from Nuremberg, Germany.
Loooove all of this . Love the on your location shoots and teaching
Thank you. I think this is the first video of yours I have watched. It was packed with a ton of great information
Good practical information, Thanks Lindsay 😎👍🇨🇦
Thanks Lindsay, great video. The model, Sam Swan, is gorgeous.
Most enjoyable 😎
informative content,
That was awesome 😊
Excellent video!
Excellent insight !
Excellent pointers !
Priceless educational information !
But, when using this kind of natural lighting, you have got to keep in mind, while some lighting opportunities may be incredibly stunning, it can be fleeting, and you had better be prepared to work quickly, or lose that wonderful lighting opportunity !
Great video, thank you so much!
These are awesome tips! Thank you!
Helpful information and amazing images. Thanks Lindsay!
This is beautiful! And great tips! It's amazing how just a step or a slight tilt of the head makes a more flattering photo! Great job! And I love that lens it's my go to and hardly ever comes off my body!
Great tips… as always..
absolutely beautiful work. wow so no flash needed. I wish I had a friend or model friend or even a family member who supported me enough to help me practice. I'll keep trying though.
Great information, gorgeous images! Thanks, Lindsay!
Really useful tutorial! Thanks! 😊
Excellent tutorial...Thank You! The key is to slow down...take a few moments and think about the light, don't hesitate to move your subject.
Thank you soo much❤
Great natural light tutorial.
Awesome tips and easy to follow!
nicely done >
3:52 Lindsey amuses me 😁😁😁
I’ve been trying to notice all the details in photos I look at.
Thank you very much for such good advice. 👍
How do you deal with changing the color of light reflecting on different colored surfaces?
To give an extreme example, how would you handle if you have the model in the shade of a tree which gives the shadows a greenish tint and the highlights are coming from the reflection of a brick wall which gives it a reddish tint?
I wish you mentioned your settings 😊
Where would be the fun in that if you couldn't learn that on your own? :D
She mentioned using an 85mm f/1.2 lens. Notice the distance between the camera and her subject, and the subject and the background. Hmmm. Not much depth of field there. Now, remember the old sunny 16 rule? An object lit by full sun usually will be properly exposed at f/16, 1/60 sec and ISO 64. Well that "rule" also suggests that good exposure for an object under an overcast sky is about f/8 and full shade is about f/5.6. Lindsay seems to be no more than 2-3 metres from the model, and the model is no more than 1-2 metres from the background. But she didn't get that nice soft background shooting at f/8 or f/5.6. Lastly, what's the point of having a nice f/1.2 lens if you don't use that feature. I doubt if Lindsay would shoot at f/1.2 but she definitely would at f/1.4 or f/2. She also likes some "wiggle room" in terms of ISO, so I guess she is at ISO 200 even ISO 400. So doing the math from the rule, +3 stops for ISO 400, and +3 stops for f/2 equals +6, which from 1/60 sec is 1/4000 sec. The combination of f/2, ISO 400 and 1/4000 is well within the capabilities of the R5. I'm probably out a bit, but that's where I would start.
@@lindsayadlerphoto haha. It’s all good.
Is it possible to miss a shot with Canon RF 50mm 1.2 or Canon RF 85mm 1.2 ?
How do you read the ligth to have the proper expococion.
Why are you not using a lens’s shade shooting into the sun ??
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Really good! But I get so nervous seeing you using the camera without strap. OMG!
The grip bulge on the right front side of a modern camera really helps holding it comfortably. Camera straps and the female anatomy can conflict or feel uncomfortable and she also has a wireless lavalier microphone that would be plagued by contact noise. If she worried about dropping the camera she could use a hand-strap that connects the right eyelet with the tripod mount. Some L-brackets have a strap mount and some straps come with Manfrotto or Arca mount plate (with such a strap). Gitzo has one, or Camdapter. But to her a camera is a business tax deductible expense, so ...