Photo Lesson: Solve color casts in high sun.

Had an amazing photo shoot with Alex Gillette and have so many great shots! I would like to highlight a lesson I learned from the shoot. For all the photo enthusiasts out there: MINI PHOTO LESSON

The more you shoot the more you notice!  Because of scheduling we had to do the outdoor portion of this shoot in the middle of the day.  Noon = high sun = challenging light.  Step one find good light and some shade.  The black wall was a great background and almost all of it was in shade.  (Yay no squinting) However the green grass in front of the wall was in full sun and was casting a green shadow on it. (Photo 1)   In post processing you could desaturate the wall around him to “fix” the problem.  BUT you can still see a green cast on his face.  And we don’t want him to look like a hulk.  Plus that extra post process editing is time consuming. (Photo 2)   You can turn it to black and white.  I think this image works great. (Photo 3)  THE FIX: Cover the grass.  The Photo 4 pose is out of camera results.  No cast on skin or wall and no time consuming post processing.  All I did was get a large canvas painters drop cloth that I happened to have in my basement and cover all the sunlit grass in front of him

THE LESSON:  Try to notice all the little details.  Slow down, breathe while you are shooting and remember to be inventive.  This tiny little fix allowed me to get great results and save time on post processing.  And just look at the results.  I just love the quality of #4 far over #1. 

(These images were shot using off camera lighting also.)

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