Tips for Shooting Senior Portraits in Harsh Sunlight

[@FatalOnion]

Love seeing Matt's workflow. He's a huge inspiration and I look forward to attending his online workshop in a few weeks! Thank you, Westcott and Matt!

[@WestcottLighting]

He's amazing, thanks for watching!!

[@MalindaHartong1]

Great tip to shoot both ways!! And Westcott lights make it so easy to change up.

[@osagieuwaifo5413]

I like his videos, very simple and interesting.

[@WestcottLighting]

Appreciate the support!

[@claudiasilvestre4597]

Such wonderful information!! Looking forward to take a workshop with Matt!!!

[@starcreator]

Thank you for posting!

[@WestcottLighting]

Our pleasure!

[@starcreator]

@@WestcottLighting Am i able to darken the background in lightroom or do i have to use photoshop?

[@marcomark8]

I love your dark sky photos best

[@WestcottLighting]

We do too!

[@stevemadrid6522]

Great info! Matt is an awesome photographer. I don't know if Matt sees these comments, if so I have a question about shooting in harsh light. Question: Do you ever use ND filters when shooting in harsh light? If not, why? Are there drawbacks to using ND filters?

[@45Supergun]

He's using strobes so an ND filter -- which is typically used to prevent having to use high speed sync, which reduces flash power considerably -- isn't needed (the strobes have the power even in high speed sync). I shoot my dogs in my backyard and I use a variable ND filter because I use a speedlite and don't want to go above my Canon R7's max sync speed of 1/320 sec (which would then require high speed sync and a loss of power). Additionally, *any* time you put a filter on a lens, you risk a reduction in image quality.

[@stevemadrid6522]

@@45Supergun All those things are true, but I've seen many photographers use VNDs and or HSS. Just wondering why he Po referred one over the other.

[@45Supergun]

@@stevemadrid6522 In addition to staying under your body's max sync speed, a VND allows you to shoot at f5.6 instead of f11 or f13 on sunny days. Small apertures are hard on speedlites as well not to mention increased lens distortions.

[@Petramojomusic]

I love the style and colors,what camera is used and was it edited to get such colors?❤

[@45Supergun]

Sony. The camera doesn't matter that much: underexposing (looks like ~2 stops) enhances color saturation. He fills with flash,.

[@marclabro]

great video as well as other tutos you did. Coming from godox, what does a defocus diffuser do ? why do you need it here in complement of joel grims 65cm one ? i just purchased 90cm manny ortiz beauty dish.

[@johnclay7644]

informative video

[@WestcottLighting]

Thanks!

[@GiannisVeronis]

Good job buddy :) I liked the majority of them. I guess the power of the strobes is quite reduced with HSS right?

[@fathampeak]

do these FJ Westcott Strobes work at faster shutter speeds, or are they turned into HSS mode (I read that a similar manufacturers strobes can be used at any shutter speed)?

[@SusanneGeert]

Great video! QUESTION: At 3:27 where you go from natural light to flash and darken the background for at more dramatic look - is that done by going for a higher shutter speed number? Thanks in advance;-)

[@WestcottLighting]

Yes! The higher shutter speed allows you to darken the background. Thanks for watching!!

[@bigdill_3922]

Nice

[@WestcottLighting]

We try our best, thanks for watching!

[@conn_man_249]

What were the power settings on the strobe lights?

[@WestcottLighting]

Full Power for the ones in direct sun

[@TomasRamoska]

Yes we always assume that girls always want bright and airy.