Working in natural light is one of the key elements of being a portrait photographer. Once you've mastered shooting in the various different lighting scenarios that you could come across, the rest of photography becomes a lot less daunting and a lot easier to deal with.

In this class, we're going to be exploring some of the most common types of natural light you might experience, what they mean and some of my best tips on how to tackle shooting in them. We'll be covering the theory of lighting scenarios and techniques such as direct light, backlighting and shadow play, as well as going behind the scenes as I shoot on a bright, sunny day and on a cloudy, overcast day, before jumping into Adobe Lightroom and looking at some common tools and techniques you can use to tackle natural light shooting.

This class will cover:

Exposure, what it is and top tips
Shooting in midday light
Shooting in overcast scenarios
Backlighting, and how to use it
How to avoid colour casts, and how to correct colour casts in Adobe Lightroom
Key tools in Adobe Lightroom
Fixing underexposed and underexposed film scans, in Adobe Lightroom

Extra Resources:

For more information on how to shoot in low-light scenarios, as well as a detailed understanding of the exposure triangle, check out my class Winter Portraits: Shooting in Low Light, Rain and Snow

Ashley Lott

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