Ever wonder how the pros get their subjects to stand out? Many photographers opt to settle with a simple walk-up shot, but with some simple tweaks in your composition, you can completely transform your portraits. In this video, Pye walks through 4 compositional techniques you can stack together to isolate your subject for beautiful natural light portraits.
Time Stamps:
Intro: 0:00 – 1:30
Technique #1: 1:31 – 2:22
Technique #2: 2:23 – 3:01
Technique #3: 3:02 – 3:46
Technique #4: 3:47 – 4:25
Outro: 4:26 – 4:51
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49 responses to “4 Simple Steps For Improving Your Natural Light Portraits | Master Your Craft”
Where do I see more tutorials by this photographer? He’s great
Super Power Model! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Awesome and thanks for making it simple to follow. I really like having the subject facing the light
basic yet effective
That was very helpful, thank you!!
are you metering off the face
I did enjoy that you included the triangle info (Aperture, IDO, shutter speed)
Thanks so much
Great Tutorial Kiara and Pye !!
I don't know man, I think her skirt was a bit too long for those portraits shots. Pretty those photos would have been better had she put on something shorter.
Thanks
Thank you for sharing great tutorial.
Brilliant.
One of the better explanations I've seen on youtube, thanks.
Keep her in shade yet get reflected light coming off the white wall. Use like it’s a refectory just out of frame.
Glad I clicked this video! Thanks
You are amazing.
Fantastic tips! Thank you.
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Really needed to see this today
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Why editing the photo?? Look real straight from camera and there is no other
profession we are aloud to cheat as much in "photographing"..its like its two profession, no editing=Photografy or you're a editer. Its a shame..its like we are afraid of the real thing!!
Good morning. I love these simple tips. They really help you go to the next level.
Nice explanation, and very easy for us to follow in our own shooting situations. Thank you!
Thanks for this video. It's quite helpful as I am a natural light (mostly) wedding, events and portrait photographer…
it looked much better (in my eyes anyways) before you edited it. But then again, Im a HUGE fan of natural light
Great content
Really love this, simple and straightforward instructions. Thank you Pye 👏🏼
Thanks man, you allways help me a lot!
that was just great.
Excellent tutorial yet again Pye! Thank you for sharing!
This was exactly what I wanted and needed to watch thankyou!
Pye, It never ceases to amaze how you manage to convey so much information effectively in such a short space of time. I find myself looking forward each week to the next nugget of information you publish. Keep it up Bro.
I can really see the difference. Thanks for the demo and tutorial Pye. Alain from Montreal, Canada
Great tips, but what's up with turning good-looking images into overprocessed piece of gum in post?
Thank you it will help a lot to be a better photographer
wow you have a 28-70 that goes to f/2.0? Envy. Checking.. Oh only ONE lens does this, a Canon…$3,000!!
Great tutorial. It's given me a new approach to natural light portraits.
Loved this!! I will definitely be trying this with my next shooting! 👍🏾🙏🏾💯📸
Loved that Jiu Jitsu hoody
Wonderful
thank you so much, i love this kind of photo, i will try with my camera¡
Always love your videos. You keep it short and to the point
very clever thankyou
Good stuff. All about the angles
Pye, your videos are always the best! Your ideas today, because they are quick and easy, will help when shooting with friends who don't want to spend a lot of time perfecting the shot.
Thank you for the goodness
So, contrast, and use the environment to give context as well as something to compare the subject to.
Like in the original "Top Gun", where to get a sense of speed they used clouds.
A blank sky in one position compared to another made no difference.
So, lines, like the direction of a wall compared to your model, make her posture more obvious.
Her posture is important, because you don't want her to look like she's straining herself.
Then you add some personality. Or rather, she expresses herself and you capture that.
The lighting is more obvious.
You want some clarity but you also want dimension.
Dimension, in contrast to the environment + expression + lighting.
Kiara looks amazing. 😍