Great stuff. In Texas, shooting midday is a skill that must be learned, the days are long the sun is ever present! Picked up Anarogu after seeing a recent vid and really dig them for ZF files.
Practical content, good follow on to your post of about a year ago about portraiture in harsh light. Clever graphics and snake bit.😊 I do mainly event (e.g., festival) photography, where time of day and lighting have to be addressed ad hoc, w/o in-depth planning. Wish you the best for holidays. Cheers!
Damn, man. Do you have any courses? I think your photos are all fantastic and when you were describing the airiness of the blues I could feel that in the colors
Love your content - great Video! How do you do the image presentation with the black borders? Is it an extra program or can you do that straight in lightroom? Example: 0:21
Shooting midday at a beach where the sand acts as a soft bounce is helpful. Photographing people midday summer on black asphalt or green grass in a flat open space is a whole other challenge.
I also go with the Kodak film look as well, which is a download preset I found and I'm able to use that with my Fuji and get some great images. I was recently doing some photos down the beach in midday and I was able to get some great results thank you for your video as well always enjoy what you say. The other tip that I would give is is if you get a blown out photo try and edit it in black-and-white sometimes it really works the harsh tonal changes or half shadows can work really well in black-and-white but might not make a great colour photo. The other thing to do is carry a CPL filter that can be handy in certain situations as well. There's always a solution to the problem.
Yeah Black and white is wild how you can push and pull the exposure, and yeah I should probably use a CPL filter here and there to cut the light better in the highlights
This guy is an amazing, amazing, stupendous teacher.
Cheers mate
Great tips! I've been loving shooting in bright sunlight this year. That and hard light has been fun
Yeah I love hard light and bright sunlight too!
Very helpful and practical advice, in particular about your process with green and blue luminosity. Much appreciated.
Glad you found it useful mate!
Great stuff. In Texas, shooting midday is a skill that must be learned, the days are long the sun is ever present! Picked up Anarogu after seeing a recent vid and really dig them for ZF files.
Texas heat is no joke 🥵 Australia is like Texas we have the dry and the heat ahaha
great video! great images.
Oh thanks 🙏
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Enjoyed this. Thanks Gerard!
Thanks mate
Great tips!
I live in the northeast of Brazil, where the golden hour window is very narrow year-round.
Finding alternative hours is a must.
Yeah similar to the Gold Coast mate. Next time I’m in Brasil let’s shoot, got some spots up your way I want to go to
Brasil is best 🇧🇷
Practical content, good follow on to your post of about a year ago about portraiture in harsh light. Clever graphics and snake bit.😊 I do mainly event (e.g., festival) photography, where time of day and lighting have to be addressed ad hoc, w/o in-depth planning.
Wish you the best for holidays. Cheers!
Yeah cheers bro good to keep the videos greasy from older videos
great video!
Appreciate it!
That mic sounds awesome ❤
Cheers bro, iPhone podcast mic and lav set up. Hard to balance them to sound good. I’m always thinking it sounds bad when I’m editing ahah
@ yeah I agree but it’s getting the message across:)
Damn, man. Do you have any courses? I think your photos are all fantastic and when you were describing the airiness of the blues I could feel that in the colors
Yeah this year 2025 I’ll have a course coming out 🏖️
Love your content - great Video! How do you do the image presentation with the black borders? Is it an extra program or can you do that straight in lightroom? Example: 0:21
Hey thanks 🙏
It’s called a simple boarder in Final Cut Pro, but canva is a easier way
Shooting midday at a beach where the sand acts as a soft bounce is helpful. Photographing people midday summer on black asphalt or green grass in a flat open space is a whole other challenge.
Yeah totally, also depends heavily on the skin tone or color for portraits
I also go with the Kodak film look as well, which is a download preset I found and I'm able to use that with my Fuji and get some great images. I was recently doing some photos down the beach in midday and I was able to get some great results thank you for your video as well always enjoy what you say. The other tip that I would give is is if you get a blown out photo try and edit it in black-and-white sometimes it really works the harsh tonal changes or half shadows can work really well in black-and-white but might not make a great colour photo. The other thing to do is carry a CPL filter that can be handy in certain situations as well. There's always a solution to the problem.
Yeah Black and white is wild how you can push and pull the exposure, and yeah I should probably use a CPL filter here and there to cut the light better in the highlights
@@gerardneedham Yeah , definitely a CPL.... It's the only time I use one
Welcome back 😮
Thanks 🙏 was about a month right 😅
@ what lens and body are you reaching for the most these days
I love the harsh sunlight photos more then I do golden hour photos 💪🏽
Me too but I’ll still shoot a sunset when I feel like it
Please what's the camera you are filming with at 4:38 ? Thanks!
My work horse 🐎 Sony A7IV
Plus the tamron 28-70 f2.8
@@gerardneedham I'm using a Fuji XH2, why do I feel like the 8K of a Fuji can't even compete with the 4K of a Sony A7IV ??
Me watching this from northern Europe in winter: good to know😅
Yeah your in the good light now
Off topic, but apostrophe is not needed for “tips”
Ahahahahah noted and fixed
My late night upload dyslexia comes into play really hard 😅
Thanks for the heads up mate
Off topic, but the correct wording would state “an” apostrophe is not needed.