Summer screams outdoor pictures. Starting from pretty flowers, bees to bugs and lot of travel pictures it also throws us abundant light to take great pictures. Love summer for this.
Staying outdoors late till the sun goes down brings joy in another way - the beautiful yellow hued portrait opportunities.
The last one hour of sunlight before it sets down is called the Golden Hour and this time is apt to take those yellow hued pictures. It doesnt give burnt spots, no washed out areas, no harsh shadows under the eyes, no squinty eyes on the portraits, but the beautiful golden yellow light filling the scene. And may be that is why it is called "the golden hour".
It infact it renders a lovely golden line outlining the frame of the subject. One can play with this light with a bit of creativity - you can create a silhouette or make the golden outlined portraits or make backlit portraits. There are so many possibilities. Some pictures I got to take with the golden lining.
Staying outdoors late till the sun goes down brings joy in another way - the beautiful yellow hued portrait opportunities.
The last one hour of sunlight before it sets down is called the Golden Hour and this time is apt to take those yellow hued pictures. It doesnt give burnt spots, no washed out areas, no harsh shadows under the eyes, no squinty eyes on the portraits, but the beautiful golden yellow light filling the scene. And may be that is why it is called "the golden hour".
It infact it renders a lovely golden line outlining the frame of the subject. One can play with this light with a bit of creativity - you can create a silhouette or make the golden outlined portraits or make backlit portraits. There are so many possibilities. Some pictures I got to take with the golden lining.
Not a bad try in capturing the golden yellow line along side her face through her jacket.
There is the subtle yellow line running throughout the outline of her little body.
And those painless "Face the sun, get a click" moments and still not have to worry about the under eye raccoon effect created by shadows.
The above picture was taken on a fine sunny mid day and the over head sun has clearly shadowed her face leaving a portion of her arms well lit.
And how I wish the back lit pictures came out well. By that time, she started getting too busy playing and would not stay still for a second. Or even show her face.
Hoping to make best use of the summer and late evenings to pull out some more portraits and back lit shots.
