Portrait session at Noon - Ugh, help!

[Toogy]

I am doing a engagement portrait session next weekend, unfortunately the couple is out of town and the only time they are available is around 12pm.
Yikes, talk about crap lighting.
Any suggestions on how I can work with this? I will obviously try and find some shade to work with.
Any thing else I can try to un-harshen the light?

[KevC]

Reflectors!

//edit: Aluminum foil and cardboard. Use the less shiny side. Make it biiig :) Maybe ask the models to bring sunglasses? Squinting isn't very attractive. Try to find shade. And hope for overcast skies! Good luck!

[MTalley]

If you use shade, bring white reflectors anyway. I've got lots of shade portraits with a greenish cast on the skin from the brightly lit grass all around behind me and in front of the subject. Makes for a fun PS session afterwards.

I've got a couple of big $2 foamcore boards I bought at WalMart that I use now. Helps to cut the green casts down some, depending on what you are using for shade (a big green leafy tree will still filter some green down, off your reflector and into the subject's face).

[Merle]

Toogy,

You obviously already possess some knowledge about lighting (looking for shade) so put your 580 on and set it to -1 to -1 1/2 stops and go out and have a good time your doing this because you enjoy photography, right ?;) :) :D

Good shooting to ya !!
Merle

[d'homme]

Remember to have the face AWAY from the sun, and fill fill fill ...

[roanjohn]

Weird, I just had a session with a couple for thier formal save the date portrait in mid afternoon.................

I didn't even bother with the flash. Just a reflector and I used the silver the whole time.

http://www.pbase.com/roanjohn/kevin__zarah_

Ro1

[Mercy299]

If you use shade, bring white reflectors anyway. I've got lots of shade portraits with a greenish cast on the skin from the brightly lit grass all around behind me and in front of the subject. Makes for a fun PS session afterwards.

I've got a couple of big $2 foamcore boards I bought at WalMart that I use now. Helps to cut the green casts down some, depending on what you are using for shade (a big green leafy tree will still filter some green down, off your reflector and into the subject's face).



Can you tell me what you mean. How do you use the foamcore boards to cut down on the green. Do you lay them on the ground to reflect the light back on the subjects?