4. Working with Natural Light
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Identify the quality and direction of natural light to capture great shots
In this chapter, you’ll be taking your portraiture outdoors. By understanding the quality and direction of natural light, you can then work to tame or redirect that natural light for better portraits.
Natural light, or more specifically sunlight, is the most plentiful and affordable light source photographers have. That doesn’t mean it’s always pretty light, though. Before you begin to blindly fight an uphill battle with a very bright opponent, you first need to learn to see light and the different ...
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