4 Natural Light Outdoor Portrait Setups Using The Perfect Modifier
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
- How to get great natural light portraits outside on location using a modifier that is extremely cheap and easy to use. We show you 4 natural light outdoor portrait set-ups and variations of those set-ups using the sun and reflectors. Not using a reflector for outdoor portraiture can give you terrible results. Check this out and learn some lighting tips for shooting outdoors in the sun.
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Timestamps:
00:00 4 Natural Light Outdoor Portrait Setups Using Reflectors
00:16 Why Reflector is a Great Modifier?
01:22 What kind of reflector to buy?
01:47 Why get a 5-in-1 reflector?
02:00 Translucent Reflector
02:14 White Reflector
02:32 Gold Reflector
02:42 Silver Reflector
03:07 Black Reflector
03:23 Reflector should be flat
03:36 Reflectors are easy to use - bracket for holding
03:57 Use an a-clamp
04:05 A-clamp and stick to aim reflector
04:42 How to hold reflector
05:12 How to use a reflector
05:22 Set-up #1 - Find the shadow edge
06:23 Place reflector like key light
06:48 Tamron 70-180mm Lens at 100mm & Camera settings
07:45 Butterfly light set-up
07:54 Rotate body positions
08:04 Use hair to keep sun off top
08:33 Look for bokeh in background
08:58 Set-up #2 - Create a clamshell lighting look
10:45 Set-up #3 - Shooting in direct sun
10:55 Use one of the 5 key light portrait positions
12:19 Use second reflector as rim light
13:14 Work in direct sun with no shade
14:20 How to get highlights in eyes
15:11 Shoot almost 360 degrees in direct sun with translucent reflector
15:50 Use larger translucent reflector for group shots
16:14 Set-up #4 - Shooting in shade with gold reflector
17:20 Feather the gold reflected light - get a helper
17:46 White reflector gives softer look
18:29 Conclusion - different ways to use reflectors
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Back in the analog days, I worked in a couple of different studios specializing in weddings and portraits. During the summer, we would photograph high school seniors-to-be and I shot all of the outdoor sessions. This meant I was in one of our local parks from early in the morning to late in the evening, photographing a different person every 30 minutes or so. I didn't have time to use a reflector so I quickly learned how to best use open sky next to shady areas for a directional lighting. I could even get different light ratios depending on time of day and location. I wouldn't know how the sessions went until I saw the proofs about a week after the shoot yet I rarely had to do a retake for lack of good lighting.
I sometimes think we tend to make things more complicated than they need to be today simply because we can. Digital makes shooting portraits much easier today yet we tend to complicate things by trying to bring the studio outdoors. KISS is still the best method when shooting today.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
That is so true....the wind does not blow ever until you put up a reflector and then just then it blows all the time......lol Awesome. Great video.
It is crazy, but it does seem to be the case!
And that folks is how it is done. Another excellent video.
Thank you. Glad you found the video worthwhile!
Thank you for these great tips!
You are so welcome! Thanks for your comment!
That‘s a really nice tutorial about how to use it in different scenarios. Thank you!
You are very welcome. Thanks for the compliment!
That was great!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for your comment!
Good info like always👍
Thanks 👍. Appreciate your comments!
CHEETAHSTAND
Reflector Holder Arm
your assistant will be proud of you 😊
That is a nice little holder!
This is fantastic! I’m a OCF outdoor shooter, but it can come off as one dimensional and , of course it sought to fight and get balance in bright sun. I think I’ve just to be Ed n converted. Thank you!!
You are very welcome. Thanks for your comment!
Great video Jay P
I use reflectors all the time on exterior and interior
Great to hear. Thanks for you comment!
Great tutorial!Keep on click'n
Glad you found it worthwhile. Thanks for watching!
great
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how do you fasten them to the top of the stand?
Westcott has a clip that attaches to the stand and then clips onto the reflector. Jay P talks about it at time stamp 03:36
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Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video!
I like your videos JP, but fyi, the Japanese call it "bokê" and not "boka" like many Americans do. 😜
Yeah, I struggle to pronounce it correctly.
Had it muted and the intro looked like you were threatening to kill me!
Hope I didn't scare you. Hope you learned some good tips!
@@TheSlantedLens haha .Yeah some great stuff. good job :)
That “clamshell” is just under lighting, which isn’t attractive at all. I’m surprised you kept that footage in the video.
It is under lighting with one reflector and then side light with the other. Did you look at the images. We thought they turned out very nice.
@@TheSlantedLens Yes, I looked at the images and thought light from below was too strong
@@fuzzytalz I also thought the light from below was too strong. Or the light up top wasn't strong enough. It was very bottom heavy.