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Okay, so we're at the front of the

house right now, and we have the sun

that's right behind the house.

So in effect, we're basically in open shade.

Now, I wanna show you that all open

shade is not the same.

Now, of course, if I was photographing family

groups or something like that, this actually would

be a great place to shoot because everything's

in the shade.

We talked about the fact that the more

people that you have in the photograph, the

less lighting patterns or lighting options you basically

have.

So here, we see the light on Lisa.

It's okay, it's quite flat, but I wanna

show you how we can actually create the

direction by simply from where we stand, where

she positions her face and how she angles

it and so on and so forth.

As you can see, we've got the building

behind her.

We've got the house behind her.

If she tilts her face, two things happen.

One, light is getting cut away by the

ground and she's turning her face slightly to

the actual house, which also cuts away light.

So first of all, in fact, let's just

take a shot of you front on.

So nothing fancy, just front on, nothing.

We're not trying to be creative here.

Okay, good, there we go.

Now, I'm gonna get you to tilt your

face and turn your face a bit this

way.

Great.

And now you will see, you'll see how

there's a shadow on this side of the

face.

So if I show you the difference, on

the right side of her face, there's a

shadow.

Now it's quite flat and even.

And now we're gonna keep her there and

I'm actually gonna photograph her on the other

side.

And basically we still have the broad side.

There's the broad side, broad, short.

You see what looks more three-dimensional.

Now let's say though, you wanted this as

your location.

You simply tilt her face and come from

this angle.

Good, turn your face a touch that way.

Good, eyes back at me.

And now you can see how there's more

of a direction, right?

Because there's more of a contrast.

So we might have some light sort of

bouncing across over here.

There's more of a direction on this side.

Now, if I keep her there, of course

I can get the broad side on this

side.

So as we look at the images together,

we've got the broad side there, short side.

Then we've got broad side, short side.

So all I'm saying to you guys is

that I personally prefer when I'm actually creating

depth and dimension by placing a shadow on

the side of the face that's closer to

the camera.

So even in open shade, yes, you can

make your life easier by just shooting this

way, but you saw how much more luxurious

that light and shadow was when I simply

place it on either side.

Remember though, it's all about the location in

this perspective as well, because I got that

direction of light on both sides.

You saw from this particular angle, it was

a little bit sharper as in there was

more water going on this side than on

this one.

So you choose what you want, but just

know that it's possible to get that beautiful

depth in an overcast situation, or sorry, an

open shade situation like this.