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Sonny

Wonderful article! It's bound to stir up difference of opinions.

Shooting with Available Light – Lifestyle Portraiture

danchez · 02-16-2011, 02:59 PM

interesting read... I've been practicing this technique for the past few months with varied success and failures. ha ha

Outlaw · 02-19-2011, 10:42 PM

Great find Sonny, really enjoyed reading the article. I agree entirely with letting the highlights go:

"Perfectly lit images (with detail in the whites and shadows) have their place, but I find it can be restrictive and really unnecessary when photographing people..."

It took a long time to train myself out of the mentality that every part of every exposure must be perfect. I've yet to work with a portraiture client who rejected a great photo because a cloud was overexposed.

JohnT · 02-19-2011, 11:16 PM

The thing is, it bothers ME when something is overexposed in one of my shots if I didn't intend it (read: mistake). Generally speaking, clients typically aren't as discerning as the respective photographer is or should be.