How to achieve this look

amateur here still learning....

that being said, wife wants me to take some pics of the kids and she found this "look" she likes on a photographers website (a good friend of ours use this lady). Anyway, wife wants some of the kids with this sunny glare look and Im not really sure how its done. Would I want or need any filters? or is this post processing work?

btw, hope im not breaking any rules by displaying these photos since they arent mine, but figure might be okay since they are watermarked.

http://www.heatheressi​anportraitarts.com …uploads/2011/02​/1-25d.jpg

http://www.heatheressi​anportraitarts.com …011/02/1-17dreamywarm.jpg

Really? People like this look? Is not hard. See where the sun is. You are almost shooting with the sun facing you. Instead, you just frame the shot enough that the sun is off the viewfinder. Of course, you have to take this shot during late evening when the sun isn't so high up. Also, exposed the shot to your subject, not the sky. Highlight would get blown in shots like these. You may have to dial down the highlights during post processing....

apparently, she does. Im not a big fan though. Thats why I dont even know how.. lol

OpticalPrime wrote in post #11996117
apparently, she does. Im not a big fan though. Thats why I dont even know how.. lol

Maybe the same reason why beginners like to shoot AT the sunset....

Getting the flare is easy, let the sun get low in the sky and peek over their shoulder, then the flare will take care of itself. But that means you have no light on their faces. So you need a flash to fill in the shadowed faces. And then you need some sort of washed out photoshop action to dull the colors. Lots of those on deviantart.com

Also you need to link to that photo rather than display it, even with the watermarks.

I'm trying to promote red eye as being the next big thing

GtrPlyr wrote in post #11996268
I'm trying to promote red eye as being the next big thing

start marketing @ Hot Topic

GtrPlyr wrote in post #11996268
I'm trying to promote red eye as being the next big thing

LOL....very funny

I really don't understand why people like sun flare photos....I always thought that I had made a mistake when I got photos like that

Are you talking about the tonal qualities or sun flare?

Those are both cross processed to some degree.

TooManyShots wrote in post #11996101
Really? People like this look? Is not hard. See where the sun is. You are almost shooting with the sun facing you. Instead, you just frame the shot enough that the sun is off the viewfinder. Of course, you have to take this shot during late evening when the sun isn't so high up. Also, exposed the shot to your subject, not the sky. Highlight would get blown in shots like these. You may have to dial down the highlights during post processing....

Also probably want a large white bounce reflector of some sort.

Gizmo1137 wrote in post #11998215
Also probably want a large white bounce reflector of some sort.

Or using one of those 5 in 1 reflector with a see thru one. Putting where the sun is hitting the subject. A bit of fill flash to lift the front shadows. I don't see the intent do that unless you specifically want a back lit background without the highlight being blown out. What is the background there? A sky....Or I could have the subject facing the sun and using a see thru or shoot thru reflector on their faces. Maybe one side and using a fill flash on the other.

It's all a matter of perspective. Some like what they like.

For example, no matter how safe or comfortable dressing like a clown is when riding a roadbike, I refuse to do it.

I'm sticking with loose-fitting shorts and a regular ol' t-shirt.

gonzogolf wrote in post #11996188
Getting the flare is easy, let the sun get low in the sky and peek over their shoulder, then the flare will take care of itself. But that means you have no light on their faces. So you need a flash to fill in the shadowed faces. And then you need some sort of washed out photoshop action to dull the colors. Lots of those on deviantart.com

ditto, you need a flash to expose the faces.

You don’t need a fill or anything if you just expose for there face.