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Working with multidirectional natural light

Working with multidirectional natural light

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Working with multidirectional natural light

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As we continue to think and talk about how we can direct the bride, here we're going to just talk about another type of lighting that we can use in order to try to capture flattering and interesting pictures. In particular, we're going to talk about mixed light, in other words, that light where perhaps you have two different types of light which are coming together. There was one moment in our shoot when I was photographing Kara in this overhang and that was beautiful open shades light. Yet the background I didn't really like. It was dark. It also was a little bit uninteresting. >> Is that okay? >> Yeah that's awesome. And then Cara what I'm going to have you do is turn your shoulders kind of towards me. Yeah, like that. That's really nice. So I just went around to the other side of her and all of the sudden, there it was. The light was fantastic. And it was mixed in the sense that it was traditional open outdoor shade. There was an overhang, there was no direct sun. There were some…

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