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Old 2014-08-28, 1:45pm
Doug Baldwin Doug Baldwin is offline
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The challenge with using the sun as a lighting source is that it changes color and angle over the course of the day and the year. Variations in the weather also affect outdoor lighting. The sun is a "point" light source, meaning it's very small in relation to the object being photographed. This results in harsh, specular, burned out highlights and deep, hard-edged shadows, not at all pleasing for beads and glass. Regardless of whether you shoot RAW or JPG, software cannot solve the lighting issues of using the sun. Yes, you can lighten and darken the photo, try to retouch in the harsh highlights and soften or remove the deep shadows, but that's a poor way to approach the photography. Better yet is to use a consistent, stable, soft light source indoors and avoid all the negative aspects of using sunlight. Softboxes used indoors fulfill the requirements of soft, even lighting, regardless of the weather.

The basis for professional photography starts with an understanding of good lighting. Light the subject properly, set the camera for a correct exposure, and you're on the path to a great photo.
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Last edited by Doug Baldwin; 2014-08-28 at 1:50pm.
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