Take good photos with natural light

Photography is the art of light. Making good use of light is absolutely the most important factor in shooting. It will determine the quality of the photos. Good use of natural light, will create a different visual effect, will add more color to the whole picture. Natural light is always good, especially if you know how to use it to make a good picture. Whether it's shooting portraits or street photography, there are many techniques for using natural light well, from the Angle, orientation, intensity and other aspects of light to bring about many different effects.

First of all, natural light can bring a real feeling, which is hard for most artificial light to match. Especially for most photographers who do not have much experience in light supplement, the most real feeling must come from natural light. If the artificial light source is used excessively, it will obviously give people a false feeling, making it difficult for viewers to connect with the content in the picture. Of course, the main thing is that natural light is the most economical and direct way for us, so take good pictures with the natural light provided by nature. We just need to buy a camera and lens, the rest, to the sun.

Since the earth is moving, the Angle of sunlight and the quality of light are constantly changing with time. We need to be familiar with the characteristics of light in each period to get the desired effect. Even cloudy and rainy days have different lighting. But this is also the biggest disadvantage, or weakness, of using natural light. We have to have a sense of time.

Generally speaking, only a few hours in the daytime are suitable for us to take photos. At other times, the light is either too strong or too hard, making it harder to get a nice, durable image. Therefore, we must allow ourselves to finish shooting within a limited time, which can not only cultivate our sense of time, but also urge us to shoot efficiently. Of course, the greatest talent is to be able to use the natural light under existing conditions at all times to take photos and to take the best photos in the current environment.

Naturally, nothing is perfect. The defect of natural light is its limitation. For natural light, we are always passive. And in the studio we can use artificial light to simulate a lot of effects of light, these are natural light can not achieve.

It's good to use natural light for your daily practice, but whatever you do, it depends on the person and the place.