Posing Ideas. 10 Tips for sunset portrait photography. Beach portraits at sunset Since I live only a few minutes away from the beach, many of my portrait photography clients want their photo taken on the beach. In response to a a question from one of the students in my online photography class, I wrote this list of 10 tips for sunset portrait photography. Sunset Portrait Tip #1: Use off-camera flash if you have the equipment. Since sunset portraits are always back-lit, a little fill flash will make all the difference between muddy and dark faces without the flash, compared to beautiful soft light with the right flash. Sunset Portrait Tip #2: Although most sunset portraits use flash, you can also capture a beautiful and trendy look by correctly exposing the subject and overexposing the background.
Sunset Portrait Tip #3: After shooting the classic shots, try also shooting a few silhouettes of the subject’s shape in front of the sunset in the background. Sunset Portrait Tip #4: Try to find a balance between aperture and shutter speed. 30 Sunset photography tips. Sunset - Jim Harmer Sunset Photography Tip #1. Underexpose. This is the most important tip for taking pictures of sunsets. Slightly underexposing the sunset will make the colors look more rich and defined. The entire scene will become more dramatic. You can underexpose by using manual mode and selecting a fast shutter speed, or you can shoot in aperture priority and use exposure compensation. Sunset Photography Tip #2. Sunset Photography Tip #3. Sunset Photography Tip #4. Sunset Photography Tip #5. Sunset Photography Tip #6. Sunset Photography Tip #7. Sunset from white balance adjustment - Jim Harmer Sunset Photography Tip #8.
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Just to appease you eagle-eyed picky people who noticed that I said to wipe the sensor, yes. That’s all there is to it, folks. 12 Tips for Photographing Stunning Sunsets.