rantercsr wrote in post #18063471
So today was a break from the little heat wave we've been having here in ny ,, so we decided to take some photos at white stone Park ,,Girl friend got herself together .. spent a little time doing her hair.. casual but nice..
However the wind decided to mess with us.. Hair was all over the place, she was not a happy camper .. but a good sport anyway
but ,, we were there and pictures would be taken , crazy hair as it was..
a few different shots with slightly different processing ..
Question: when you guys use strobes to light outdoor scenes (or even just using reflectors), do you prefer to match the direction of the light to the direction of the sun, so that the entire scene looks more coherent and natural? Or do you guys not care, as long as the subject is exposed to a good balance against the brightness of the background?
Personally, I find it a challenge to achieve the prefect balance so that the foreground lighting being controlled by the photographer matches the lighting of the environment so that everything looks natural and coherent. Too often what I see is the foreground appearing a bit too bright and losing the sense of natural coherency our eyes are used to seeing in real-life. It can work for certain aesthetic effects though, such as purposely highlighting the subject against the background, but it's a very distinct and intentional look that doesn't always fit.
