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I'm meeting a couple tomorrow at 4pm to shoot at a local park. I went out yesterday at 4pm to see what the lighting situation would look like and potential shooting locations.
Sun is still pretty intense, these were all taken starting at 4:20 and the last being at 4:45.
You squint hard when you face the sun, so I was looking mostly for interesting backgrounds and shaded areas.
I'll be bringing two flashes, multiple modifiers, and a reflector.
Looks like I have a good deal of options:
open field just off parking lot:
interesting flower garden just to right:
cute shed fully shaded:
more open fields behind visitor center:
cool pergola with vines, but full sun - ideas here?
outdoor theater, fully shaded:
It's really harsh shadows in front of the visitor center:
Next location ---
This area is face on the sun, but I thought might make a good bg:
cabell's mill:
behind building:
another potential bg, yellow/pruple flowers in front
lastly, there's a pond.
this was the only place I thought might work out well:
I'd like to shoot on this walkway, but it's very harsh lighting.
what they were looking at:
All-in-all the lighting looks tough (Sunday's forecast calls for clear skies like this again), I'll probably set most shots up in shade, with the sun behind the subjects and fill with flashes and reflectors.
and just for fun:
Sun is still pretty intense, these were all taken starting at 4:20 and the last being at 4:45.
You squint hard when you face the sun, so I was looking mostly for interesting backgrounds and shaded areas.
I'll be bringing two flashes, multiple modifiers, and a reflector.
Looks like I have a good deal of options:
open field just off parking lot:
interesting flower garden just to right:
cute shed fully shaded:
more open fields behind visitor center:
cool pergola with vines, but full sun - ideas here?
outdoor theater, fully shaded:
It's really harsh shadows in front of the visitor center:
Next location ---
This area is face on the sun, but I thought might make a good bg:
cabell's mill:
behind building:
another potential bg, yellow/pruple flowers in front
lastly, there's a pond.
this was the only place I thought might work out well:
I'd like to shoot on this walkway, but it's very harsh lighting.
what they were looking at:
All-in-all the lighting looks tough (Sunday's forecast calls for clear skies like this again), I'll probably set most shots up in shade, with the sun behind the subjects and fill with flashes and reflectors.
and just for fun: