how should i handle this lighting

looking for tips on how to handle that type of lighting in the future no shade, sun was up high and to the left of my subject how. what would be a good way to approach this situation?

Mid day sun is never good. If you placed in in shade with the sun light in the background, it would have worked.

thanks you

Your shutter speed of 1/200 is way too slow and that resulted in an overexposed image. You also apparently used the on-board flash with slowed the shutter speed down to the camera's x-sync speed of 1/200. In situations like that you will get better results by setting your camera to Manual Mode and using the exposure meter to ascertain the correct exposure for the conditions.

thank you pixel

Let me explain further; in lighting conditions like that in the photo you need to use an external flash/speedlight, not the built in flash.

1. Position your subject so that their back is to the sun
2. Set you camera to an automated mode like Aperture priority and get an exposure reading. In bright sunlight I'd expect something like ISO 100, f/4, and 1/1600. (You can learn to estimate exposure by looking at the hardness of shadows and using the Sunny 16 Rule)
3. Now set you camera to Manual Mode, and dial in the exposure settings you got earlier; then adjust them to underexpose by one stop. So if you got an exposure reading of f/4.0; 1/1600 one stop underexposure would be f/5.6 and 1/1600, or f/4.0 and 1/3200.
4. Turn on the external flash/speedlight which should be in ETTL mode, and take the photo and you'll get a it perfectly exposed photo.

Neil van Niekerk has several tutorials explaining how to do this: Taking photos in harsh sunlight

thank you ......im trying to cram in as much practice and trail and error before our trip to Yellowstone in a weekand been messing around with my meter modes and between all three of them I cant tell a diference but not much perhaps im doing something wrong?

on sunny days its best to not shoot at low f stops.............is this thinking okay?

Well, one thing you could do is pick up a5-1 reflector kit. It's basically a collapsible diffusion panel with reflector sleeves. You can use the diffuser over the subject to help cut down and soften the light. Keep and eye on the background to.

http://youtu.be/L__tNp​J7vJM

Depends on what you're shooting...I don't suppose you're going to Yellowstone to shoot portraits.

tulsatom wrote in post #16942730
thank you ......im trying to cram in as much practice and trail and error before our trip to Yellowstone in a weekand been messing around with my meter modes and between all three of them I cant tell a diference but not much perhaps im doing something wrong?

well I do enjoy shooting close ups of my children like this

PixelMagic wrote in post #16942721
Let me explain further; in lighting conditions like that in the photo you need to use an external flash/speedlight, not the built in flash.

1. Position your subject so that their back is to the sun
2. Set you camera to an automated mode like Aperture priority and get an exposure reading. In bright sunlight I'd expect something like ISO 100, f/4, and 1/1600. (You can learn to estimate exposure by looking at the hardness of shadows and using the Sunny 16 Rule)
3. Now set you camera to Manual Mode, and dial in the exposure settings you got earlier; then adjust them to underexpose by one stop. So if you got an exposure reading of f/4.0; 1/1600 one stop underexposure would be f/5.6 and 1/1600, or f/4.0 and 1/3200.
4. Turn on the external flash/speedlight which should be in ETTL mode, and take the photo and you'll get a it perfectly exposed photo.

Neil van Niekerk has several tutorials explaining how to do this: Taking photos in harsh sunlight

Though using additional lights/reflectors can improve the image this simple procedure works and works very well.

theantiquetiger wrote in post #16942643
Mid day sun is never good. If you placed in in shade with the sun light in the background, it would have worked.

Or in in shade without the sun light in the background.
Natural light with manual exposure. One shot has flash fill. Notice the detail in the black coat & white boa.
Angeline outdoors

theantiquetiger wrote in post #16942643
Mid day sun is never good. If you placed in in shade with the sun light in the background, it would have worked.

I disagree. A 5-1 reflector mentioned by Scatterbrained would have helped even out the shadows without the need to go to open shade or adding strobe.

Mid-day sun looks great when shot correctly. You just need to know how to use it.

im trying to figure out and recreate this type of lighting .....and I don't really have an opinion about this yet but I have a habit of taking a picture the best I know how then editing it in what ever program and just mess around with it till I see something I really like

heres the photo I took of my daughter converted to BW she is very much so backlit and Im in her shadow but for the life of me I cannot recreate this......any ideas?