From the course: Kids Photography: At Home

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Scouting a location in advance when possible

Scouting a location in advance when possible

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Scouting a location in advance when possible

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- Perfect. Let me, I'm actually going to take out my camera. I'll just put this over here if you don't mind. - Sure. - Can I put my bag on the table? - Absolutely. - Then that way, I can check a little bit of lighting. I know. I just saw that she was blended in. Any time you scout a location, you want to be sure to take your camera out right away and test some settings. You can look for different lighting angles, you can look for pockets of light, you can look for all sorts of things. And if you have your camera with you, you're gonna be that much more prepared the day of your shoot. One option we have there And you can just check the lighting, and then, continue to walk through. Scouting the location at the time of day is also very important for your shoot. I was lucky enough to stop in this home ahead of time, during the same time-frame we'd have our shoot. So that I could see where the light fell in the different rooms. What side of the house was brighter than the other, and then…

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