From the course: Wedding Photography: Bridal Portraits
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The quality and feeling of natural light
From the course: Wedding Photography: Bridal Portraits
The quality and feeling of natural light
Alright. Well, before the sun has completely set, I thought it would be worthwhile to talk a little bit about light. You know, we did a lot of shooting today and we shot in a lot of different lighting scenarios. One of the things that you want to pay attention to as a photographer is light. The way that I think about light is that it isn't technical. It's not technically figuring out what's happening. Rather, it's a bit more about the emotion or the feeling of different types of light. Also, as you photograph people, you'll notice that certain light is really flattering. Other light, well, it isn't. And this is different person to person. So, one of the things that I like to do is, if I see something through my camera that doesn't look good, I just sort of shoot through it. I get almost over those shots. And then, I say, let's try this out. You know, as a photographer, you really have to experiment. I think of this as almost a certain type of problem-solving. It's not like finding the…
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