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A Daylight Outdoor Portrait / Young woman on beach

Controlling the sun in a back lit portrait is the focus of this lesson. There are several ways to solve this lighting dilemma; the most common and easiest is the flash fill setting on your camera.

Most modern digital cameras have a auto “flash fill” setting that gives adequate results when you apply them to a back lit outdoor portrait. However, the main concern when using the light source on the camera is that the light is very small and tends to create high-contrast, unflattering results. This effect can look unnatural on the subject while the scene or background may look great.

We will take you beyond using the flash fill and show you how to apply bounce reflectors to control your lighting. Reflectors can help to balance the light on the subject with the light on the background to produce natural looking professional results without sacrificing anything.

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