From the course: Travel Photography: Seaside Road Trip
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At the lighthouse: A portrait with a creative twist
From the course: Travel Photography: Seaside Road Trip
At the lighthouse: A portrait with a creative twist
So we made it. We're at the edge of the world. The Pacific Ocean is behind me, we can't go any farther. There's also the Point Cabrillo Light Station behind me, and this is a really well-known, well-photographed historic monument that we're going to be taking pictures of today. we're going to do it a little bit differently because this station has been photographed, I can't even begin to imagine how many times it's been photographed. But we want to add a little bit of a personal touch to it and we've brought along a couple of friends who are going to help us, acting like models. these are people that normally I'd use my wife or my children to kind of add a personal touch to a photograph like this. So why don't we go on down, check it out, see how the light is. Take a look at it, and go from there. What we did on this shot is it was just me and and Holly. And I handed her the red umbrella that I happened to have with me. no I brought for this purpose. I just wanted to get some color in…