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width="1200" height="1200" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dps-taking-portraits-in-the-shade-pinterest.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dps-taking-portraits-in-the-shade-pinterest.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dps-taking-portraits-in-the-shade-pinterest.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dps-taking-portraits-in-the-shade-pinterest.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dps-taking-portraits-in-the-shade-pinterest.jpg?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dps-taking-portraits-in-the-shade-pinterest.jpg?resize=717%2C717&ssl=1 717w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dps-taking-portraits-in-the-shade-pinterest.jpg?resize=50%2C50&ssl=1 50w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"></span></p> <p>You’re taking <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/4-tips-for-achieving-flattering-portraits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">portraits</a>, and it’s time for your subjects’ “moment in the sun.” If you really want them to shine, let’s look at why taking portraits in the shade is the way to go.</p> <p>I can remember when the recommendation to photographers was to “always photograph your subject with the sun at your back, so the light is on their face.”</p> <p>I think I read that many years ago on an insert in a box of film. Perhaps the idea was not to wind up with a silhouette with the bright sky tricking the camera into an underexposed subject.</p> <p>There are no doubt circumstances where you might do it this way, but I’m ready to teach you why the shade is your friend and that of your subject as well.</p> <div id="attachment_185927" style="width: 1510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><span class="responsive-image wp-image-185927 size-full" style="width:1500px"><span class="space" style="width:1500px; padding-top:80%"></span><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-185927" class="wp-image-185927 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/in_sun_vs_in_shade-2.jpg?resize=1500%2C1200&ssl=1" alt="Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Unshaded_and_Shaded" width="1500" height="1200"></span><p id="caption-attachment-185927" class="wp-caption-text">Make a bad location with your subject squinting into the sun work by shading them. 1/160 sec. f/5 ISO 100. White reflector fill.</p></div> <h2 data-section id="why-not-to-shoot-portraits-in-the-sun">Why <em>not</em> to shoot portraits in the sun</h2> <p>Let’s list some reasons you probably <em>don’t</em> want to <a href="https://resources.digital-photography-school.com/download/portrait-recipes-book/">shoot portraits</a> in the sun:</p> <ul> <li>The light will be bright, contrasty, and the shadows will be hard and distinct.</li> <li>Your subject will probably squint.</li> <li>On a hot day, your subject will get hot, and cranky and both you and the subject won’t have much fun.  The photos will suffer.</li> <li>The extremes of the exposure range between highlights and shadows will make getting a good exposure difficult.</li> </ul> <div id="attachment_185931" style="width: 1510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><span class="responsive-image wp-image-185931 size-full" style="width:1500px"><span class="space" style="width:1500px; padding-top:75%"></span><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-185931" class="wp-image-185931 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Bad_Light_1.jpg?resize=1500%2C1125&ssl=1" alt="Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Mixed_Light" width="1500" height="1125" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Bad_Light_1.jpg?w=1500&ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Bad_Light_1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Bad_Light_1.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Bad_Light_1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Bad_Light_1.jpg?resize=717%2C538&ssl=1 717w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"></span><p id="caption-attachment-185931" class="wp-caption-text">Mixed, speckled, uneven shade…don’t do this!</p></div> <h2 data-section id="why-taking-portraits-in-the-shade-is-better">Why taking portraits in the shade is better</h2> <ul> <li>The light will be diffuse, less contrasty, and the shadows will be minimal</li> <li>Your subject will relax and open their eyes.</li> <li>On a hot day you and your subject will be more comfortable, have more fun, and the photos will show it.</li> <li>Getting a good exposure will be far easier and you will have less editing later to create a nice image.</li> </ul> <h2 data-section id="light-direction">Light direction</h2> <p>Obviously, when discussing taking portraits in the shade, we’re talking about working outdoors with the sun as your primary light source. Depending on the position of your subject relative to the position of the sun in the sky, the light can come from these <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/understanding-natural-light-part-3-direction-of-light/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">basic directions</a>:</p> <h3 data-section id="overhead">Overhead</h3> <p>Most photographers know that the worst time for photos is mid-day when the light is directly overhead. This is especially true for portraits and even more so if you make the shot in direct sunlight.</p> <p>Working in the shade has the advantage of allowing you to make portraits during midday since the overhead light is diffused.</p> <h3 data-section id="side">Side</h3> <p>If the sun is lower in the sky, you can position your subject, so the light comes from either side. There might be circumstances where you’d want one side of the subject to brightly lit while the other side is in shadow, but generally not. Again, taking portraits in the shade is the answer.</p> <div id="attachment_185935" style="width: 1210px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><span class="responsive-image wp-image-185935 size-full" style="width:1200px"><span class="space" style="width:1200px; padding-top:125%"></span><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-185935" class="wp-image-185935 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Popup_Flash_1.jpg?resize=1200%2C1500&ssl=1" alt="Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Fill_Flash_1" width="1200" height="1500" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Popup_Flash_1.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Popup_Flash_1.jpg?resize=240%2C300&ssl=1 240w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Popup_Flash_1.jpg?resize=480%2C600&ssl=1 480w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Popup_Flash_1.jpg?resize=768%2C960&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Popup_Flash_1.jpg?resize=717%2C896&ssl=1 717w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"></span><p id="caption-attachment-185935" class="wp-caption-text">Taken in an alley, the light in this shot was from camera right and above. A fill flash helped fill the shadows and put a nice catchlight in the subject’s eyes.</p></div> <h3 data-section id="front">Front</h3> <p>With the sun lower in the sky, you could position your subject, so, as the film insert I mentioned suggested, the sun was at your back and on the face of your subject. Occasionally this works if the sun is not intense, you have the right background, and you don’t mind a more contrasty look.</p> <p>Most often you’d still be better, that’s right…in the shade.</p> <h3 data-section id="back">Back</h3> <p>If the sun is lower in the sky, sometimes you can make <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/make-dramatic-photos-with-backlight/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">backlighting</a> your subject work. With their back to the sun, their face will be shaded. Now it’s you and your camera that will be looking into the sun.</p> <div class="pb-ads pb-ads-ruleset-ad pb-ads-all"><div data-fuse="21770336820"></div></div><p>You will need to be careful with your exposure so as not to make your subject a silhouette or totally blow out the background. <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/control-sun-flare-photos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sun flare</a> can also be a problem.</p> <p>This could be a time for spot metering. You may also wish to use a reflector or fill-flash (we’ll cover that in a minute). Properly done, however, you may get a nice rim-light look.</p> <h2 data-section id="open-vs-closed-shade">Open vs closed shade</h2> <p>You will hear the terms “open shade” and “closed shade.”  Let’s define those.</p> <div id="attachment_185934" style="width: 1510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><span class="responsive-image wp-image-185934 size-full" style="width:1500px"><span class="space" style="width:1500px; padding-top:67.53%"></span><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-185934" class="wp-image-185934 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Open_Shade.jpg?resize=1500%2C1013&ssl=1" alt="Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Open_Shade" width="1500" height="1013" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Open_Shade.jpg?w=1500&ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Open_Shade.jpg?resize=300%2C203&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Open_Shade.jpg?resize=600%2C405&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Open_Shade.jpg?resize=768%2C519&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Open_Shade.jpg?resize=90%2C60&ssl=1 90w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Open_Shade.jpg?resize=436%2C293&ssl=1 436w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Open_Shade.jpg?resize=717%2C484&ssl=1 717w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"></span><p id="caption-attachment-185934" class="wp-caption-text">The subjects are in a shaded area looking toward a brighter lit area. This is “Open Shade.” 1/250 sec. f/6.7 ISO 400</p></div> <h3 data-section id="open-shade">Open shade</h3> <p>Even with your subject in the shade, the light will still usually come more from one direction than the other. Your subject will be in “open shade” when in the shade, but the ambient light is strongest on their face.</p> <p>If you can’t determine which direction this is, walk around your subject. Ask them to turn as you walk so as to keep facing you. The position when the light is at your back (and on their face) is the most “open shade” position.</p> <p>One advantage of shooting in this position is the light will be brighter on their face, and the <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/portrait-photography-rules-you-should-ignore/">catchlights</a> in their eyes will usually be most dominant.</p> <div id="attachment_185932" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><span class="responsive-image wp-image-185932 size-full" style="width:1000px"><span class="space" style="width:1000px; padding-top:150%"></span><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-185932" class="wp-image-185932 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Closed_Shade_1.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&ssl=1" alt="Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Closed_Shade" width="1000" height="1500" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Closed_Shade_1.jpg?w=1000&ssl=1 1000w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Closed_Shade_1.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Closed_Shade_1.jpg?resize=400%2C600&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Closed_Shade_1.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Closed_Shade_1.jpg?resize=717%2C1076&ssl=1 717w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"></span><p id="caption-attachment-185932" class="wp-caption-text">The predominant light is from behind and the subject is looking into a more shaded area. Fill-flash is used to fill the shadows. This is “Closed Shade.” 1/200 sec. f/8 ISO 200</p></div> <h3 data-section id="closed-shade">Closed shade</h3> <p>This is pretty much the opposite of open shade. Your subject is in the shade, but looking into a darker area.</p> <p>An extreme example of this might be a subject standing just inside a doorway where they are in the shade, but looking inside toward a darker room or area.</p> <p>Usually, this will not be as good because the background will be brighter than the subject, and the eye catchlights will be minimal if they are there at all.</p> <div id="attachment_185923" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><span class="responsive-image wp-image-185923 size-full" style="width:1000px"><span class="space" style="width:1000px; padding-top:150%"></span><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-185923" class="wp-image-185923 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2582.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&ssl=1" alt="Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Closed_Shade_2" width="1000" height="1500" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2582.jpg?w=1000&ssl=1 1000w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2582.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2582.jpg?resize=400%2C600&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2582.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2582.jpg?resize=717%2C1076&ssl=1 717w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"></span><p id="caption-attachment-185923" class="wp-caption-text">This is “closed shade” where the predominant ambient light is behind the subject and she is looking into a darker area. Fill-flash brightened her face and filled the shadows. 1/180 sec. f/7.1 ISO 100</p></div> <h2 data-section id="making-it-all-work">Making it all work</h2> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">It might be a fine idea to suggest you always take portraits in the shade. Usually, though, you also want to consider:</span></p> <ul> <li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">your location,</span></li> <li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">what you want in the shot other than just your subject </span></li> <li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">your background</span></li> <li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">where you and the subject can position yourselves</span></li> <li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">camera angle</span></li> <li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">and many other factors other than just where a shady spot might be. </span></li> </ul> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">If you want to pose your subject in front of that iconic landmark, and you’re there during the </span><a class="_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink" href="https://digital-photography-school.com/3-tips-photographing-kids-harsh-light/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">middle of the day</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true">, you may not have much choice where you position them. </span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">So let’s discuss ways to use shade where you find it, make shade when you need it, and enhance the light you find while still making the <a href="https://resources.digital-photography-school.com/download/portrait-lighting-book/">portrait</a> you want. </span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Let’s take a look at some examples.</span></p> <h3 data-section id="under-the-trees">Under the trees</h3> <p>It’s often pleasant in the shade of a tree, and sometimes even the tree itself works well in the shot. Depending on where the light may be coming from, you might be working with open or closed shade, and light coming from various directions.</p> <p>We’ll cover enhancing the light you might find there in a minute, but here’s a couple of things to keep in mind when working in the shade of a tree or other foliage.</p> <h4 data-section id="light-color">1. Light color</h4> <p>The leaves on most foliage are green (though perhaps other colors at different times of the year). Sometimes the translucent leaves will cast their color on your subject.</p> <p>Kermit the Frog will tell you, “it ain’t easy being green.”</p> <p>Green light and skin tones usually won’t be a good mix. Keep this in mind.</p> <p>Shoot in <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/the-basics-of-raw-files-and-what-to-do-with-the-darn-things/">Raw mode</a>, and if necessary, be ready to tweak your white balance and tint slightly in post-production to back off the green color if it appears.</p> <div id="attachment_185917" style="width: 1510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><span class="responsive-image wp-image-185917 size-full" style="width:1500px"><span class="space" style="width:1500px; padding-top:80%"></span><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-185917" class="wp-image-185917 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Green_in_the_Shade-2.jpg?resize=1500%2C1200&ssl=1" alt="Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Going_Green" width="1500" height="1200" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Green_in_the_Shade-2.jpg?w=1500&ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Green_in_the_Shade-2.jpg?resize=300%2C240&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Green_in_the_Shade-2.jpg?resize=600%2C480&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Green_in_the_Shade-2.jpg?resize=768%2C614&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Green_in_the_Shade-2.jpg?resize=717%2C574&ssl=1 717w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"></span><p id="caption-attachment-185917" class="wp-caption-text">With green foliage above and green grass reflecting from below, your subject may go green – not a good look. Shoot in Raw format, and you can tweak the white balance when editing. 1/60 sec. f/5 ISO 400 with fill flash.</p></div> <h4 data-section id="dappled-light">2. Dappled light</h4> <p>When making portraits, deep shade is good. Dappled light, the kind where the leaves put a pattern of light and shadow on your subject is bad – very bad.</p> <p>You can rarely fix this in editing. So when taking portraits in the shade, always look to be sure the shade is complete, and the light is not dappled and patchy on your subject.</p> <p>This can be especially tricky with <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/reducing-the-stress-of-group-photos-at-weddings/">group photos</a> where some subjects may be in the shade and others in the sun. See what you can do to have everyone in total shade or, if that’s not possible, find a spot where you can have the light coming from behind them so at least their faces are shaded.</p> <div id="attachment_185933" style="width: 1210px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><span class="responsive-image wp-image-185933 size-full" style="width:1200px"><span class="space" style="width:1200px; padding-top:125%"></span><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-185933" class="wp-image-185933 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Finding_Shade_1.jpg?resize=1200%2C1500&ssl=1" alt="Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Find_Shady_Spots" width="1200" height="1500" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Finding_Shade_1.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Finding_Shade_1.jpg?resize=240%2C300&ssl=1 240w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Finding_Shade_1.jpg?resize=480%2C600&ssl=1 480w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Finding_Shade_1.jpg?resize=768%2C960&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Finding_Shade_1.jpg?resize=717%2C896&ssl=1 717w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"></span><p id="caption-attachment-185933" class="wp-caption-text">Take advantage of shady spots that work with your <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/6-tips-for-perfect-composition-in-portrait-photography/">composition</a>. The object making the shade can sometimes work with your shot. 1/125 sec. f/5.6 ISO 200 with pop-up fill flash.</p></div> <div class="pb-ads pb-ads-ruleset-ad pb-ads-all"><div data-fuse="21770308876"></div></div><h3 data-section id="other-shady-spots">Other shady spots</h3> <p>Depending on where you’re photographing, there might not be trees but other ways to put your subject in the shade.</p> <p>Buildings, structures, rocks and cliffs – whatever you might find that works with your shot and vision can be useful.</p> <p>Something to keep in mind is that other structures or objects might be reflecting light into your shady spot. Your subject might be in the shade, but whatever else that is close by, even the nearby sunlit ground, could reflect light into the scene.</p> <p>Sometimes you can <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/tips-natural-light-reflectors-portraits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">make this work for you.</a> Other times, particularly if the reflecting object has a strong color, it will reflect colored light onto your subject.</p> <div id="attachment_185925" style="width: 1510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><span class="responsive-image wp-image-185925 size-full" style="width:1500px"><span class="space" style="width:1500px; padding-top:66.67%"></span><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-185925" class="wp-image-185925 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2604.jpg?resize=1500%2C1000&ssl=1" alt="Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Color_Cast_Reflections" width="1500" height="1000" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2604.jpg?w=1500&ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2604.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2604.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2604.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2604.jpg?resize=90%2C60&ssl=1 90w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2604.jpg?resize=717%2C478&ssl=1 717w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"></span><p id="caption-attachment-185925" class="wp-caption-text">With the surroundings painted in warm colors, as well as the opposite red brick, the reflected light is going to be warm as well. Shot in Raw mode, I could adjust as desired later in post-processing. 1/30 sec. f/4 ISO 100</p></div> <h3 data-section id="throwing-shade">Throwing shade</h3> <p>Most people don’t like it when you “throw shade” on them. However, in photography, this can be a good thing, especially when you want to photograph them in the shade, but the place where you want them to stand isn’t shady.</p> <p>What to do?</p> <p>Make your own shade!</p> <p>Anything you can put between the light source and your subject is going to put shade, aka a “shadow” on your subject.</p> <p>This could be a piece of cardboard, a <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-use-5-1-reflector/">5-in-1 reflector</a> (which we’ll discuss in a minute), an umbrella – you name it. If the object lends itself to the theme of your image, you can even include it in the shot. Just be sure whatever you use is large enough to shade the area you need completely.</p> <p>If you’re making a full-length image of a person and your 5-in-1 can only shade their upper body while their legs are still in the sun, that won’t look good. You’ll either have to restrict your shot to the shaded area or find something bigger to shade them with.</p> <div id="attachment_185929" style="width: 1510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><span class="responsive-image wp-image-185929 size-full" style="width:1500px"><span class="space" style="width:1500px; padding-top:49.87%"></span><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-185929" class="wp-image-185929 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Shade-and-Fill_with_Flash_1-2.jpg?resize=1500%2C748&ssl=1" alt="Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Throwing_Shade" width="1500" height="748" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Shade-and-Fill_with_Flash_1-2.jpg?w=1500&ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Shade-and-Fill_with_Flash_1-2.jpg?resize=300%2C150&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Shade-and-Fill_with_Flash_1-2.jpg?resize=600%2C299&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Shade-and-Fill_with_Flash_1-2.jpg?resize=768%2C383&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Shade-and-Fill_with_Flash_1-2.jpg?resize=717%2C358&ssl=1 717w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"></span><p id="caption-attachment-185929" class="wp-caption-text">Bad light where you want to make your shot? Throw some shade on your subject! Here, I’ve used the black side of a 5-in-1 to shade the subject. A fill-flash nicely evens out the light, also putting a catchlight in her eyes. 1/60 sec. f/6.3 ISO 100</p></div> <h3 data-section id="a-scrim-shot">A Scrim shot</h3> <p>The reason you will usually want to put your subject in the shade is that the direct sun is bright, harsh, and produces hard shadows. In the studio, photographers use diffusion to soften the quality of light. Photo umbrellas and softboxes use a translucent material, which scatters and diffuses the light. It also makes the light source “larger” relative to the subject.</p> <p>This can work outdoors with the sun as well. Rather than use the pinpoint of intense light that is the sun, instead, put the translucent panel of a 5-in-1 between the sun and subject to make the light source larger relative to the subject. It will also make the light more diffuse.</p> <p>Need <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-an-outdoor-studio-for-natural-portraits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">something bigger</a>? A translucent shower curtain or piece of white nylon cloth can work well if you <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-a-diy-light-panel-or-scrim/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">have a frame</a> or helpers to hold it.</p> <p>Of course, there are commercial versions of this if you will be doing a lot of outdoor portrait photography and have the budget.</p> <div id="attachment_185921" style="width: 1510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><span class="responsive-image wp-image-185921 size-full" style="width:1500px"><span class="space" style="width:1500px; padding-top:66.67%"></span><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-185921" class="wp-image-185921 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2565.jpg?resize=1500%2C1000&ssl=1" alt="Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Reflected_Fill" width="1500" height="1000" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2565.jpg?w=1500&ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2565.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2565.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2565.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2565.jpg?resize=90%2C60&ssl=1 90w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2565.jpg?resize=717%2C478&ssl=1 717w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"></span><p id="caption-attachment-185921" class="wp-caption-text">On a sunny day, you might be surprised on how much fill the silver side of a 5-in-1 will throw.</p></div> <h2 data-section id="how-about-some-fill">How about some fill?</h2> <p>So you put your subject in the shade, they’re happy, their eyes are open, you like the composition, but now you see the subject is darker than you’d like. What can you do?</p> <p>It’s time for a little <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/on-camera-speedlight-fill-flash-portraits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fill light</a>.</p> <p>There are several ways you can (and often should) add additional light to your subject.</p> <p>Let’s cover a few.</p> <h3 data-section id="reflectors"><a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/tip-for-using-a-reflector-for-portraits/">Reflectors</a></h3> <p>I mentioned a <a href="https://geni.us/dPSGodox5-in-1-32refl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopenersponsored nofollow noopener noreferrer">5-in-1 reflector</a> above. This is a portable, and usually collapsible, disk typically covered with translucent fabric. Use it alone as a scrim, as we just discussed.</p> <p>It then has a zip-on cover that is black on one side, white on the other, and turned inside out, silver on the inside and gold on the reverse of that.</p> <p>Variations exist. So, 1) Scrim, 2) Black, 3) White, 4) Silver, 5) Gold = a 5-in-1.</p> <p>You can use the colored side to reflect light onto your subject. Black is the side to use when you want to shade the subject. The white will give a softer, less intense light while neutral in color. Silver is the most intense and can be a slightly cooler light, while the gold will warm your subject.</p> <p>For photographers doing outdoor portraits, I’d almost consider a 5-in-1 reflector mandatory. It <em>is</em> <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/reflectors-secret-weapon-amazing-portrait-photography/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">that useful.</a> There are many brands, styles, and sizes. I have a <a href="https://geni.us/Interfit-5in1refl42in" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopenersponsored nofollow noopener noreferrer">42″ (106cm) Interfit</a> brand as well as a little 23″ (59 cm) version that, when collapsed, is just 9-inches (23 cm) and fits nicely in my photo bag.</p> <div id="attachment_185928" style="width: 1510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><span class="responsive-image wp-image-185928 size-full" style="width:1500px"><span class="space" style="width:1500px; padding-top:100%"></span><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-185928" class="wp-image-185928 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Interfit-5-in-1.jpg?resize=1500%2C1500&ssl=1" alt="Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade-5_in_1" width="1500" height="1500" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Interfit-5-in-1.jpg?w=1500&ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Interfit-5-in-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Interfit-5-in-1.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Interfit-5-in-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Interfit-5-in-1.jpg?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Interfit-5-in-1.jpg?resize=717%2C717&ssl=1 717w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Interfit-5-in-1.jpg?resize=50%2C50&ssl=1 50w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"></span><p id="caption-attachment-185928" class="wp-caption-text">One device, 5 ways to use it – a 5-in-1 reflector. I think all outdoor portrait photographers should own one, or even a few of these in different sizes.</p></div> <p>Doing it “on-the-cheap” you can also use a piece of white poster board or foamcore.  It has the disadvantage of being less portable, but the advantage of being available in very large sheets if you need that big of a reflective panel.</p> <h3 data-section id="fill-flash">Fill-Flash</h3> <p>If the only time you use a flash is indoors, at night, or in dimly lit situations, you’re missing a real use of this lighting tool.</p> <p>Shooting subjects in the shade and then <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-mix-ambient-light-and-fill-flash-for-outdoor-portraits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">filling the shadows</a> with a touch of flash works exceptionally well, especially with most cameras doing a great job of balancing the fill light using ETTL (Evaluative Through-the-Lens) exposure control.</p> <p>If you are a new photographer just getting into outdoor portraiture and have a camera with a pop-up flash, I’d strongly encourage you to shoot in the shade and use the pop-up flash for every shot.</p> <div class="pb-ads pb-ads-ruleset-ad pb-ads-all"><div data-fuse="21770337363"></div></div><p>Even on sunny days with plenty of light, that little extra flash will fill shadows and put a nice catch-light in your subject’s eyes.</p> <p>Your portrait photography will improve tremendously. As you advance, a <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/flash-shopping-guide-5-things-consider-buying-speedlight/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Speedlight</a> is the next step, and beyond that, a fill-flash you can use <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/why-off-camera-flash-isnt-as-scary-as-you-think/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">off-camera</a>.</p> <h2 data-section id="backlit-golden-hour-rim-light">Backlit/Golden hour/Rim light</h2> <p>Photographers love the <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/tips-using-golden-hour-light-portraits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“golden hour,”</a> that time in the morning or evening when the sun gets low, and the light is warm. You can make <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/10-reasons-to-shoot-portraits-during-the-golden-hour-illustrated/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">beautiful portraits</a> in such light.</p> <p>Often you can pose your subject with the light behind them, and the golden glow will rim-light their hair with a beautiful look. (Visualize a model on the <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-take-better-beach-portraits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">beach</a> with the setting sun behind them).</p> <p>To get some light on your model’s face and better balance the exposure between them and the background, it’s time for some fill light. A reflector or fill-flash will do the trick.</p> <p>One advantage of the reflector is that you’ll be bouncing the same warm light back onto their face and so your white balance will be consistent.</p> <p>If you use a flash, consider putting a warming gel on it to better match the color of the background light.</p> <div id="attachment_185920" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><span class="responsive-image wp-image-185920 size-full" style="width:1000px"><span class="space" style="width:1000px; padding-top:150%"></span><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-185920" class="wp-image-185920 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2548.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&ssl=1" alt="Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Backlit_and_Filled" width="1000" height="1500" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2548.jpg?w=1000&ssl=1 1000w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2548.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2548.jpg?resize=400%2C600&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2548.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2548.jpg?resize=717%2C1076&ssl=1 717w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"></span><p id="caption-attachment-185920" class="wp-caption-text">Here the subject is standing in full sun. With the light from behind, her face is shaded. I used the bright silver side of the reflector for fill. You may need to “feather” the reflection slightly by adjusting the reflector position as it can easily become too bright and make your subject squint. 1/160 sec. f/5 ISO 100</p></div> <h2 data-section id="natures-softbox">Nature’s Softbox</h2> <p>The average person would think a “nice day for portraits” would be that beautiful, sunny, cloudless “bluebird day.”</p> <p>They’d be wrong.</p> <p>On such days you’ll really need the tricks we’ve explored here and should be taking portraits in the shade.</p> <p>If, however, the day you’ve scheduled to do that outdoor portrait shoot should be <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/tips-for-portrait-photography-in-overcast-weather-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">overcast</a>, consider yourself blessed, especially if you need to shoot at midday. Now, instead of that harsh, pinpoint light source of the sun with associated hard shadows, the entire sky becomes your light source – “nature’s softbox.”</p> <div id="attachment_185924" style="width: 1510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><span class="responsive-image wp-image-185924 size-full" style="width:1500px"><span class="space" style="width:1500px; padding-top:80%"></span><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-185924" class="wp-image-185924 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2592.jpg?resize=1500%2C1200&ssl=1" alt="Taking_Portraits_in_the_Shade_Full_Shade" width="1500" height="1200" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2592.jpg?w=1500&ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2592.jpg?resize=300%2C240&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2592.jpg?resize=600%2C480&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2592.jpg?resize=768%2C614&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_2592.jpg?resize=717%2C574&ssl=1 717w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"></span><p id="caption-attachment-185924" class="wp-caption-text">Made in the shade…This one was done in full shade and filled with flash. Note the catchlight in her eyes. 1/40 sec. f/4 ISO 100</p></div> <p>Now the challenge might become working with light that is too flat. The effect of your <a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/portraits-on-an-overcast-day-use-a-reflector/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reflector</a> will be much less on a day like this, but your portable flash could perhaps now become your key light. It can give you just enough contrast to make your portrait more dimensional and interesting.</p> <p>I’ve also just started exploring the use of portable LED lights for portraiture and purchased a <a href="https://geni.us/LumeCube2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopenersponsored nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lume Cube</a>.</p> <p>This small and intense little light doesn’t immediately strike me as something I’d use for the standard portrait, but when taking portraits in the shade or on overcast days, perhaps it could work into the mix.</p> <p>After I’ve had more experience with it, perhaps I’ll cover how you can use such a device in a later article.</p> <h2 data-section id="go-do-it-and-show-us-your-work">Go do it and show us your work</h2> <p>It’s always great to see photographers putting new knowledge to work, so we’d love to see the images you make when taking portraits in the shade.</p> <p>Post your images in the comments below and tell us a little about what you did.  Best 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