Golden Hour Natural Light Photoshoot, Master Backlit Portraits, Behind the Scenes

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[@IreneRudnyk]

New video is finally here! sorry it took me a while, I was a bit sick, but I feel much better now and will be posting a lot more often this summer:) Stay tuned till the end of the video to see Geo and Chris take pictures as well, and of course don't forget to follow them, everyone's links are in the description. oh! Also follow mw on Twitter @irene_rudnyk, I am really active on there.

[@BahagHariTV]

I'll be waiting for your upcoming bts. And Im glad you feel better now. Take good care of your health Irene. 😇

[@carlmcneill1139]

Thank you for including the raw files. It really helps photographers see what you get straight out of camera vs the edit afterward.

[@janicebutler442]

Watching you position yourself on those rocks, reminds me that as a photographer, we do some crazy things to get a great shot, if my husband saw some of the ways I've had to position myself when out shooting, he would flip out. These are amazing as usual. You're awesome. !!!

[@Bombshellgaming_]

Facts LOL

[@NiniRockX]

For me, you are simply the best when it comes to natural light photos. Your pictures all look so beautifully dreamy and realistic. But I also know that the R5 with the 85mm is a dream bullet.

[@streetdenizen]

Very immaculate as always, Irene. Can you please do an updated tutorial for this kind of edits and color grading? 🥺

[@BahagHariTV]

I would like to thank you Irene for sharing your skills here. You've been my inspiration in my mobile photography . Thank you so much I love you. Hope to see you soon Irene.

[@IreneRudnyk]

Aww thank you!!

[@BahagHariTV]

@@IreneRudnyk I want to show you some of my output. 🥺

[@ashishadhikari1904]

Trinity is actually one of my favourite models. Her expressions are top notch. Amazing work Irene👏

[@maxbelltorres61]

The model is gorgeous and the way she posed look so natural that elevated the quality of the photos. You work is amazing as usual. 💯❤️

[@leonjohnson3780]

very classic indeed! beautiful location!

[@raneciaquashae4030]

all my favorites together! but we just needed to add anita,manny otriz,brandon and jessica! love you guys! you guys did a beautiful job!

[@jeffestoysvlogs6759]

The model’s face looks like a garden fairy to me she’s so beautiful ✨❤️

[@jimwlouavl]

Beautiful photos. Kudos on having the strength to balance on those rocks.

[@lvmtb]

Irene you have great balance and the shots were great. I also like the shot at the end were the birds were added Thank you love your channel glad you are feeling better.

[@somadinamichael6615]

This made me so happy because I always feel I’m clueless when taking pictures.....you guys are amazing

[@chiscogti]

i really love the way you speak english, it´s very clear and loud and for me that´s great coz i´m not native speaker

[@annerichard788]

Gorgeous photos, model, wardrobe, and location. Bravo!

[@keeylepimienta8874]

Love your videos, every time you post a new one I get a notification and it’s an extra thing to look forward to in my day ☺️ , your work is phenomenal. Love your whole process , thankyou for sharing 💕

[@IreneRudnyk]

Thank you for watching :)

[@odarrien]

All these photographers are sooooooooooo talented!!!!!!!!

[@ianevangelistafotograf7184]

You are my LODI in Natural Light Photography.

[@BahagHariTV]

Lodiiii ❤️

[@niginai.9610]

Wow it's a great shot, would like to repeat)) Thank you!

[@carmenfissenden2530]

Lovely images Irene. The heat of mid Spring has arrived and watching your video I am itching to persuade my daughters to model again for me on the coast . Thanks for. Lovely video

[@margarita.v.zhukova]

Thank you so much for the video! The model is absolutely gorgeous! The photographs came out really outstanding - very inspiring!

[@carol12645]

I follow this model for while and she kills in every photoshoot 😍

[@john2000l]

Very Nice. The model was working with you without a great deal of direction, which makes your images so much easier to create. Fantastic lighting with the white dress. Hope you are feeling better.

[@cous261]

First Kudos to Trinity for weathering the cold and winds in this natural pure sensual and heavenly beautiful shoot. 2nd Irene is the winner of the balance queen as that was some awesome balancing getting those beautiful Golden Hour shots of the beautiful Trinity. As loved how you captured the golden light of the water to create those beautiful flare shot and how the light worked with her outfit and lovely complexion creating such pure natural sensually elegant and beautiful shots. This truly was a very pure natural and heavenly Golden Hour shoot with the beautiful Trinity so many beautiful shots and again many thanks to Trinity for handling the weather and creating so many moving and beautiful shots. Always love your Golden Hours shoots as so pure beautiful and heavenly of the models and the magic of which you create to get these beautiful shots. Keep safe and prayers for you love ones and the people of Ukraine. 🙏🙏🙏🙏 Hope your also feeling 100% now as well.

[@IreneRudnyk]

Aww thank you !!!

[@alexiscuarezma]

Irene! Great seeing your new video. OMG, even the sound on the video sounded cold haha Much props to doing a beach sunset shoot. It's A LOT of work also also putting up with coldness

[@IreneRudnyk]

It was so cold!! Poor Trinity, she is a trooper!

[@cosereaanamaria8267]

Magic as always

[@justinholding02]

Hey... our beautiful Irene is back 😘

[@joriz5869]

Another great video.. it really helps when model knows how to pose and project...

[@mgistjm869]

You’re truly a master of Natural Light, Irene! 🤍 thank you for being an inspiration to us.

[@asmrdadbod2483]

Thank you for posting this. Very helpful and inspiring

[@a_visualcue]

Thank you, Trinity!!! :)

[@taiken7883]

amazing texture.

[@chrisgutierrez6096]

Wow, you were literally around the block from me and I missed you lol. Hopefully I do get to meet you someday! You've always been a huge inspiration to me! Great video as always, Irene!

[@СветланаФилина-х5п]

красивая съемка, фото и девушка напомнила Кристен Стюарт из фильмы беложнежка и охотник )

[@CornellEngineers]

Great video. Thank you.

[@odarrien]

Irene you are so skilled! Composition, posing, vision, wonderful!!! You're amazing skills aside, how much of a role would you say very high quality glass plays in capturing backlit shots? You are not shooting with a lens hood and yet you capture so much detail rather than washed out images - whenever I start shooting towards the sun everything gets so washed out.

[@nicaromano8912]

amazing shoot it is.

[@alexy7354]

Sooo beautiful 😍 thank you for sharing ❤️

[@TheBigDeeps]

Hey Irene. Love the videos. Could you do a video of your editing process of these shots please. Would love to watch that.

[@yonishperling1531]

Wow!!! & BTW, we're so synced, I've just wondered how this will look on 85mm and wanted to ask and boom you made it :)

[@variety8952]

looove the photos!! could you maybe do a video about how to start doing portrait shoots with clients for beginners/advanced? like how to get clients, how to arrange a shoot (where to meet how to choose location), and how to send them the photos afterwards, stuff like that :)

[@pmarcig]

These are fantastic...though I don't "feel" how good till you fill the screen area with it. Reminds me of how I'm always frustrated when I post what I think is a great shot on Insta, and it just doesn't have the same effect in 1x2" screen as it does on my 32" monitor!

[@vstretimsyanaribalke]

Дуже гарная зйомка , модель красуня!

[@josephchan4198]

Awesome!! Thanks for sharing the video. Hope your week went well?

[@SummersSnaps]

Super video as always. I have two suggestions if I may; 1) You have a real talent for nailing these natural light backlit shots. Many photographers would opt for a ocf solution for shots like this, but here you show it works (even better imo) by just really knowing your camera's capabilities for post production exposure fixing. But perhaps you can offer some technical advice here? How do you go about it in the field? Have you found a certain method that you know will work well for the final edit? Such as spot metering off the subject with a certain EV compensation bias? Or perhaps taking the shot when the blinkies (highlight warnings) of the sun highlights are just starting to go off? etc etc. That might be something many of us would appreciate. 2) The situation you encountered where not all the photographers got the same amount of time is a common one. Perhaps a video about how to go about having 1 subject with 2 photographers taking shots at the same time, to maximize efficiency? For sure the two photographers would be shooting the subject hitting similar poses, but perhaps that slight perspective differences, different lens choices, slight angle differences of the shot could navigate around this problem enough to make it a valid cooperative experience with differing creative results? Anyway, just some ramblings, don't mind me. Super vid :)

[@nickschulman986]

Great video, Irene. ❤️

[@lamadreinspirada]

love it!

[@lonerwizmerlin]

♥️ u...u r my inspiration to shoot my own...

[@Rajaspeeaks]

Lovely 👏👏👏👌

[@stevenev74]

Awesome video and photos as always Irene. Not sure about the ones with the model on the shellphone :) and still no shots on film ;) I always look forward to your videos, very inspirational.

[@largefamilyruralliving7434]

First video of yours I've seen, loved the bts style and how it was all put together. Models and photographers uncomfortable but worth it for those shots!

[@armwrestlingmunchen2339]

Wow great job

[@MartinV.]

Great Video

[@user-oc6mr1jr6s]

Really like the sun on her dark hair. And the Shell is really cute. Irene, do you share your pics with your models? I do and even of the pics become popular sometimes the model doesnt share.

[@TobbyLineStudios]

Hello, I love your work... Can you one of these back-light sessions with a dark skinned model please?

[@marcomark8]

Beautiful work. I would love to see a photographer that doesn’t work with pro models but with your regular citizens.

[@acesofgambit]

Hi Irene, im a fan quite a longbtime now like 3 or 4 yrs. I love your works. But im a documentary photographer. I really like to try how to shot and edit like this. Can you show how you edit those photos. The colors are sick. Hope you will grant my wish. Thank you and excited to see more of your videos ❤️

[@Serenity99]

Loved all the compositions but I definitely prefer Irene's editing style.

[@banabasantaphotography9683]

Superb photography, Big fan from India ( Assam )

[@vivinakovre7325]

So beautiful!💔

[@poncesillo]

thanks Irene

[@judyreymediavillo3394]

I want to go, too. When will you be in Pasadena, CA? ;)

[@ssezisimon9411]

this is awesome, nicest shoot ever could u do us some videos on how you edit your pictures

[@Nydoggg]

When zoom vs prime arguments becomes : can save your shoes xD

[@touchphotography]

Quick question Irene... I shot some golden hour bridal portraits at a wedding yesterday using my new R6 alongside one of my 5D4's with a different lens. My problem was I really struggled to see any lens flare in the camera viewfinder of the R6 compared to using the 5D4... do you notice this at all too?

[@tamancikalabadi]

Nonton pertandingan cantik keren 👍♥️ trimakasih 🙏

[@petrneustroev9348]

Очень Круто 🌷👍👍👍📸

[@photo818]

That’s a great place to shoot, shot there many times myself. I think an off camera flash would be of great benefit. There seemed to be great blue skies and some clouds for some shots instead of blowing out the sky to white. Changing the sky and adding birds with Luminar seemed too obvious and the natural sky would be best

[@lesoft09]

What is the name of this beach in LB?

[@photo818]

@@lesoft09 I don’t know why she says Long Beach, this is White Point Beach in San Pedro, Long Beach is about 10 miles from this beach

[@Totalementzebre]

superbe

[@ansm3248]

Классное видео. Ты, конечно, крутышка! Интересно бы глянуть, как ты их обрабатывала)

[@BahagHariTV]

I do always check your channel if you uploaded new videos

[@samuelwebster2769]

Did you use a polariser please? Great pics 🙏

[@jhay0527]

❤️❤️❤️

[@deuseniradiniz8983]

SHOW!

[@lionroots11]

Hi do you use 2 diffusion cloth in your softbox ? And what white balance do you use?

[@raneemsh1288]

Please can you make a video of how you edited it? I'm really curious how the 3 of you did it.

[@nobledesigner]

wow

[@maxreach]

Бімба. Як завжди.

[@nuriadavis4871]

How do you stop lens flare focus issues? I have the hardest time focusing with light behind the subject.

[@yonishperling1531]

I see your friends colleagues also love to copy your phrases :)

[@951rcguy]

Great video Irene. I notice your r5 makes audible shutter clicks and I have been trying to locate this setting in mine but I cannot find it. Can you tell me which shutter settings you're using? I'd like myself and models to hear clicks, when using constant light.

[@annag1303]

Irene's pictures better, as always.

[@lionroots11]

Hi Great video, Do you use auto white balance?

[@hoomaann.kind007]

at 5:35 , what if we use the F 1.2, lowest iso and faster SS? what would we get? im usually play with Shutter speed instead of apperture, IDK if im wrong or not, but im still learning btw😂

[@erkanselcin8799]

canon perfect

[@gessinibirad2980]

I really love your channel Irene! I have a question, do you set your exposure compensation to -0.3, -0.7 or -1? Just wanna know if you are one of those people who loves to shoot underexposed. Thanks!

[@IreneRudnyk]

I don’t ever adjust the exposure compensation. I just try to properly expose

[@jahdorose8659]

Amazing

[@anluu8433]

WOW...Tutorial on how to adjust

[@robertopierangeli6342]

Hello, great video but I wanted to ask you how you can shoot at 1/1600 against the light and have the model well lit? Thanks

[@SONYzsx]

I like yours best

[@jackofblades6736]

You guys need sponsor from vesi shoes since it’s water proof heheh.

[@khengteoh4318]

Love your work just wondering is there a reason you expand the background ? Are you widening the model or just transforming the edge of frame

[@IreneRudnyk]

Just the edges, I prefer that medium format look

[@khengteoh4318]

@@IreneRudnyk ahh I see thankyou! I thought maybe you were widening it for social media postings or such

[@sourabhpatel4638]

Nice mem ❤️

[@mkcreation2844]

🥰🥰🥰

[@breeziegalaviz2467]

How do you get to your desired setting so fast?

[@hawg427]

ar 63 y/o I would have fallen in the water. LOL Good shots.

[@igno4ta]

I got a newbie question: when trying backlit photos like these, do you expose correctly the subject or the background?

[@IreneRudnyk]

I usually will try to get a balance of both, so not blowing out the background too much and also not getting the subjects too dark. But the main rule is that you can always recover shadows but blown out spots are non recoverable. Also notice that I choose spots with a lot of natural reflectors, here it’s the water that helps to reflect some of the backlight back into the model.

[@mebusyjo7752]

Cool stuff; Those who had the shortest amount of time to shoot actually came up with the best photos. My favourite would be the one with the star fish; it was worth the struggle to balance it on the side of her head! Lovely ones with the birds too!

[@kentkjrgaardjensen4304]

How can you shoot her with the light right behind her without her just being a silhouette. When I try to do what you do the sky is either blown out or she is a Complete shadow 😕