​How to Shoot Fantasy Portrait in Golden Hour

How to Shoot Fantasy Portrait in Golden Hour

The so-called "prime time" (golden hour) is a day in the sun in the most gentle the warmest and most golden time, one is in the morning and another is in the evening. The pictures shoot in this time are quite fantastic, with backlight, edge light shooting effect can make the photo is full of aesthetic sense. You can print these photos on beautiful canvas prints which will be very attractive, it is a best and simple way to display your photos on wall. Below are five tips for how to shoot fantasy portrait in the prime time. While the weather is sunny today, have a try in the evening time!

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No.1 Choose location.

The sun rises from the east to the west, location must choose to at the time without block, block is according to the sun. If you want to play in your subject's face in the warm sunshine, maybe you want to sunshine from your subject passes between hair silk, location you should choose an open raise the empty place, in the forest or park trees give light also full of surprises. Try to take this kind of photos for your friends or family, and make them into canvas prints which will be nice gift idea.

No.2 Pay attention to exposure settings.

To be in prime time metering is not easy, because light to play in different objects on the surface of the gap and refraction rate, metering is not consistent. If you want to shoot the object's exposure is accurate, you should aim at the object's face, not the full screen metering.

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No.3 Using the edge of the light.

Edge light is surrounded by a film of like golden line (pictured above is the girl's hair), It is usually when the sun is behind you, It is the effect which a lot of girls are very like. If you want to give your girlfriend a big surprise, you can invite her to go for a walk together to the empty place in the late afternoon, during this time to take some beautiful photos for her and make them into canvas prints and give her as a gift, she must be very happy.

No.4 Using Len Flare.

The so-called Lens flare, in fact, it is the aperture ring at the picture above. Usually when we do not want a photo shoot flare occurs, because quality will affect the photo. But when shooting at sunset time, lens flare will add to photo mystery fantastic feeling! You can get more sunlight directly into the lens flare to produce more, such as Hood shooting into the sun, or removing the lens.

No.5 Run out of the scene environment every point of the sun.

Sunshine golden time is very beautiful, also very short, like life, you basically are difficult to control, and sometimes a cloud drifting, light texture may become that you do not want. But even if a little dark, dusk light parts are still pretty soft. Why not invite your friends to share the beautiful moment of golden hour together!