Outdoor Lighting by Jeff Smith

Outdoor lighting is a video clip that share some of the ideas in Jeff Smith's Book on Outdoor Photography. Working with light, modifying the light as it changes throughout the day, use reflectors effectively, dealing with sunlight and finding usable backgrounds are discussed.

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  Howto & Style

[King Ian David]

jeff  do i need a grey card for outdoor photography?

[JeffSmithBooks]

I use a grey and white card, which is good for both being in the photograph and white balancing.

[King Ian David]

are those pics edited

[JeffSmithBooks]

they have been lightly retouched for small facial imperfections (acne, lines, circles)

[cobian77]

Good information. Why 2 reflectors and not 1 though?

[JeffSmithBooks]

The size of the reflector, just like the size of a light box in the studio will change the characteristics of the light. Also we typically use the larger reflector when we are using the white side of the reflector. In addition a second reflector can act to block unwanted sunlight (gobo) without subtracting light like a black panel.

[Jesse Hughes]

So what size reflector should I use?

[AwkwardGuyInJapan]

Going to try this techniques in Tokyo city.

[Richard Latham]

Awesome awesome awesome photos! Great tutorial! Sub-ing!

[Mykey Contreras]

i left this video playing in the background and i thought i heard Jeff Goldblum.

[mohamed abdel-hady]

good enough i have a nikon d7000 so i'll be able to do AF through the body ... thanks for the advice Jeff

[zebrazebar]

nikkor 135mm 1.8 ai... its amazing and cheap!!!

but it doesn't have autofocus..

if you don't have nikon cam i don't know^^

[890titus1]

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[mohamed abdel-hady]

jeff what's the best portraits lens that is not so expensive and goes with cropped sensor cameras and giving a very decent bokeh at the same time???

[Sonam Rai]

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