Myrte is a 6 year old girl whom I photographed on location – in a field – during a bright sunny day. We had loads of sunshine during the shoot.
In order to take full advantage of the sun and still be able to control my lighting, I positioned Myrte in such a way that she had the sun coming from behind her. Hence, her face and most of her body was in the shade. By exposing for that part, I overexposed the sun-lit part of her body but rendered everything else as correctly exposed. It’s also the reason why the sky is for the most part totally washed out.
portrait outdoor kids
It doesn’t take long for children of this age to get bored with what’s going on, so I shot a relatively quick succession of images.
Images were shot with Nikon D3 en 1.4 50mm and 1.8 105mm fixed lenses and post-production was done in Lightroom.
Next post will illustrate the addition of flashlight to the same setup.