Pro's simple rules for good portraits in natural light.

[Hypop]

Came across this one in a news feed and thought it might be worth sharing for those new to photography.

http://video.news.com.au/2088802309/Escape-Top-Shots

Any particular reason you want to work with natural light for portrait shots rather than studio lighting?
Have had alot of bad experience capturing portrait shots on 'yellow' day light.

[WhoDo]

Any particular reason you want to work with natural light for portrait shots rather than studio lighting?
Have had alot of bad experience capturing portrait shots on 'yellow' day light.

No offence to a site sponsor/advertiser with a vested interest in artificial lighting but the sort of portraiture that interests me isn't studio, beauty, glamour or anything else that artificially enhances the subject; not that there's anything wrong with that. I'm more interested in capturing the person than what they "look" like, that's all. I may also invest in studio lighting kit at some point, but I want to explore the limits of natural lighting first and besides reflectors are cheaper than strobes and other modifiers.

[tompics]

Thanks, good tips and links.

[thenail]

Nice tip, simple and concise :-)

[WhoDo]

is a companion to the original post that shows the use of a simple $20 reflector and an assistant to hold it. Still natural light and still following the original rules BUT watch as this photographer shows his model how to "walk into poses" that look great every time.

[SandraS]

Thanks for both videos. I'm thinking about doing some portraiture practice soon so these will be helpful.

[treefrog]

great info thanks for the link

[watermelon]

Fantastic resource, cheers!

[wlehman]

Both videos are great, the second one i would of like some tips on how to use the reflector

[Mattzilla]

Thanks that's useful info

[bleAf]

Thanks for sharing the vid. Good tips.

[Peter58]

Excellent tutorials,

Cheers

Peter

[Gaza]

i like this 3 tips that are easy to remember