Architectural & Interior Design Photography, Corporate Commercial Photography, Advertising & Portrait Photographer | Ottawa | 613-558-7585 | justin.vanleeuwen@gmail.com
Photographers and flowers, after the same thing: seeking light.
I’ve finally come to realize that I’m not just looking for light, I mean, even in the dark there’s SOME light right? But I’m after some very specific light – and different light for different times – this was definitely not something I understood a year ago.
For portraits I mostly want shade, even if it’s the person’s OWN shade by not facing the sun. I don’t want to take my camera out at noon anymore, because it feels like a waste (harsh light). I diffuse light when I’m shooting macro’s outdoors and I almost ALWAYS want to carry my strobes and softboxes and pocketwizards around with me when I’m shooting a person – Mel has FINALLY conceded that the photos I take by setting up a few simple lights are consistently better than those without.
Not that I have anything “figured out” not really, nobody does, but at least I get it, in a “do this, don’t do that” sort of way.
Ditch the 'logo' … it's intrusive.
I get what you're saying about light. I've been at this now for 4 years, and am really only beginning to pay closer attention to light now. I rarely even bother to try and shoot outdoors between 10 and 2 now. That light is usually far too harsh.
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