Mastering the Natural Light Portrait

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• The settings are easy, but using the right ones are important. Includes White Balance, ISO, depth of field, f/stops, and how to focus for sharp portraits.
• Here are Scott’s go-to lenses for shooting portraits indoors with window light, or outdoors on location.
• It seems like this would be so easy, but it’s where a lot of photographers make critical mistakes. Scott shows how to place your subject in the room for the best results.
• Scott takes you through the most important tool in your natural light toolkit - the 1-stop diffuser. You can get them for as little as $10, but they make it look like you spent $500.
• The advantage of being able to use a north facing window, how to find the north facing window and why they’re so awesome when you have one.
• On 500px.com, Russian photographer Sean Archer is arguably the most popular natural light portrait photographers, and here Scott shows how to use simple window light, and later post processing, to get a similar type of look.
• Light is an important part but it’s the big secret to getting great portraits. The real secret is interacting with your subject to get authentic emotions and expressions. Scott shares his favorite tips to get both. This is more important than it sounds.
• Shooting in the shade can be a great way to get better light outdoors, but the proper placement, and what to watch out for, make will a huge difference in your results.
• Scott takes you through the most important tool in your natural light toolkit the 1 stop diffuser. You can get them for as little as $10, but they make it look like you spent $500.
• You’ll learn how to avoid the #1 biggest mistake photographers make when using a reflector. You’ll learn the right way to use it, and how and when it can help.
• Sometimes you have to shoot out in direct sunlight, and you don’t have a diffuser and there’s no shade around. This simple trick will let you shoot outdoors in any light, and you’ll be amazed at the results (it’s a simple camera setting, and the positioning of your subject) that makes the difference).
• Here’s how to take flat-looking portraits made in full shade and add depth and dimension using a very simple black reflector trick.

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