Monday, December 16, 2013

Portrait Photography On The Beach

By Amy Renfrey


When summer comes around the first thing we love to do is grab our cameras and head straight for the beach. It's a great place to shoot friends and family. We can capture many happy times during summer holidays at the beach.

There is one problem with beach portraits. It's contrast. The images you can take on the beach are either so bright or extremely dark. When the rest of the beach is just perfect, the face of your friend can look extremely dark. What is the reason for this? This happens because the slr is exposing for the backdrop and forgetting about the rest. Facial features are hard to expose for, especially if you are shooting with your camera in automatic.

What is the reason for this? This happens due to the fact the compact is exposing for the rest of the scene and forgetting about the face for example. It can't create a nice exposure for two separate areas of the scene. Facial features are difficult to get the right lighting for for, particularly if you are shooting with your camera in auto mode.

You can always face the person toward the sun. The only difficulty with facing someone into the sun is that they may squint. If the person is wearing glasses you will see your reflection in their glasses. Sure, it's comfy for them, but it does not capture a very good photo.

A handy tip to create evenness of light on your friend is to face them toward the sunlight. The only difficulty with facing someone into the sun is that they may strain to see. If the person is wearing glasses you will see your reflection in their glasses. Sure, it's comfortable for them, but it does not capture a very good photo.

The only difficulty with facing someone into the sunlight is that they may squint. If the person is dressed in glasses you will see your reflection in their glasses. Sure, it's comfortable for them, but it does not create a very good photo. Making use of a different light source is an effective method to increase light onto your person. You can utilise a reflector to bounce the light back onto their face. Gold reflectors look nice at evening or the break of day. You can simply bounce the already warm light back onto the persons face, producing a beautiful gold tone throughout the photo.

You can always wait for a cloudy day. This gives you lovely subtle light and will strengthen the colours of clothing and the environment. Or you can wait until the sun has just dipped below the horizon at the end of the day. This will create a similar consequence.

You can always wait for the clouds to cover the sun. This gives you lovely gentle lighting and will strengthen the colours of clothing and the environment. Or you can wait until the sun has just dipped below the horizon at the end of the day. This will create a similar effect. Beach photography is a lot of fun, particularly when you are shooting friends or family. It's crucial to watch what your light is doing; brightness/intensity, contrast, evenness/unevenness, shadows, colour/temperature and direction/angle. Examination these things will be a terrific start for your photography in the years to come.




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