Direct Sunlight
Direct sunlight is the quality of light you can expect on a bright sunny day. This quality of light, normally present in the middle of the day, creates a hard and harsh quality of light, which delivers pronounced shadows. It’s not an ideal light for shooting portraits, because of the shadows it produces on the face, but it is a great light for creating graphic imagery emphasizing shapes, lines, and texture. To be used effectively, direct sunlight requires an awareness of the presence and the impact of shadows.
Working with high contrast
Many photographers will tell you never to shoot a portrait under harsh and direct sunlight. They have good reason for saying that: The harsh shadows that this quality of light produces often ...
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