Comments on: How to Take Great Photos at High Noon - Part One http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/ Photography Tips and Digital Camera News from Andrew Ferguson's Photography Blog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:28:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Jean http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-46535 Jean Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:20:56 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-46535 <p>Here's a summary of the above comments with a few additions:</p> <p>1. Longer exposure if you can. The light softens out<br /> 2. A polarizer can help reduce reflections<br /> 3. Use an ND filter if still too bright.<br /> 4. Best bet: OVERCAST, or CLOUDY weather<br /> 5. Use a reflector. The most powerful tool in your daylight arsenal.<br /> 6. Flash fill (use minimally, and with diffuser, to avoid looking fake).</p> Here’s a summary of the above comments with a few additions:

1. Longer exposure if you can. The light softens out
2. A polarizer can help reduce reflections
3. Use an ND filter if still too bright.
4. Best bet: OVERCAST, or CLOUDY weather
5. Use a reflector. The most powerful tool in your daylight arsenal.
6. Flash fill (use minimally, and with diffuser, to avoid looking fake).

]]> By: Matt Williams http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-21302 Matt Williams Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:10:19 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-21302 Also, take it as a great time to break out the macro lens. The shadows may be a bit too harsh in the direct sun for certain subjects (or great definition for others)...but it may be your only real chance, outside of very expensive ring lights, to capture some of the critters hiding in the shade. But I guess I'm a bit biased, since I don't enjoy shooting people for artistic purposes. Also, take it as a great time to break out the macro lens. The shadows may be a bit too harsh in the direct sun for certain subjects (or great definition for others)…but it may be your only real chance, outside of very expensive ring lights, to capture some of the critters hiding in the shade.

But I guess I’m a bit biased, since I don’t enjoy shooting people for artistic purposes.

]]> By: Should You Expose For Shadows Or Highlights? | Epic Edits Weblog http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-19965 Should You Expose For Shadows Or Highlights? | Epic Edits Weblog Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:13:39 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-19965 [...] You Do It Check out Andrew’s articles on How to Take Great Photos at High Noon — he has some great [...] […] You Do It Check out Andrew’s articles on How to Take Great Photos at High Noon — he has some great […]

]]> By: Link Roundup 08-18-07 | Epic Edits Weblog http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-19833 Link Roundup 08-18-07 | Epic Edits Weblog Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:44:53 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-19833 [...] How to Take Great Photos at High Noon goldengod.net Several ways you can make high noon work for you and learn to take photos in bright sunlight. Also check out part two of this article. [...] […] How to Take Great Photos at High Noon goldengod.net Several ways you can make high noon work for you and learn to take photos in bright sunlight. Also check out part two of this article. […]

]]> By: drmauro http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-19707 drmauro Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:05:30 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-19707 @ Andrew. Nothing to add, also your way to do will give great pictures! @ Andrew. Nothing to add, also your way to do will give great pictures!

]]> By: Sharon http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-19685 Sharon Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:08:27 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-19685 Thanks for the tips and visiting my blog. As I am sure you realise, I am at the very beginning of the learning curve and so really appreciate the tips and tricks. Cheers from the cold, wintery, grey Southern Hemisphere :) Thanks for the tips and visiting my blog. As I am sure you realise, I am at the very beginning of the learning curve and so really appreciate the tips and tricks. Cheers from the cold, wintery, grey Southern Hemisphere :)

]]> By: Andrew Ferguson http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-19637 Andrew Ferguson Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:17:55 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-19637 <b>@damon:</b> I thought of writing a winter article like that and decided to shelve it until November or December. I didn't realize I had such a blatant 'hemisphere bias'. :P <b>@drmauro:</b> I agree with you on the point of never underexposing when you can expose correctly. However, it's a near impossibility to always expose correctly when such a drastic difference exists between the shadow and light. This is one of the problems plaguing midday shots. Given a situation where I could blow my sky out irrevocably to white and have a properly exposed foreground and one where my sky is blue but my foreground is dark, I'll take the latter. An underexposed shadow may be noisy, but I've found that I can recover more detail from it in Photoshop than I can from blowouts. @damon: I thought of writing a winter article like that and decided to shelve it until November or December. I didn’t realize I had such a blatant ‘hemisphere bias’. :P

@drmauro: I agree with you on the point of never underexposing when you can expose correctly. However, it’s a near impossibility to always expose correctly when such a drastic difference exists between the shadow and light. This is one of the problems plaguing midday shots.

Given a situation where I could blow my sky out irrevocably to white and have a properly exposed foreground and one where my sky is blue but my foreground is dark, I’ll take the latter. An underexposed shadow may be noisy, but I’ve found that I can recover more detail from it in Photoshop than I can from blowouts.

]]> By: drmauro http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-19633 drmauro Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:50:23 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-19633 good article and compliments for your blog! I've got only one advice: never underexpose an image if you can expose it correctly, because it's in shadows that you have more noise. So, it's better to do metering choosing to privilegiate lights and increase of 1-1.5 stop for shadows! good article and compliments for your blog!
I’ve got only one advice: never underexpose an image if you can expose it correctly, because it’s in shadows that you have more noise. So, it’s better to do metering choosing to privilegiate lights and increase of 1-1.5 stop for shadows!

]]> By: damon http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-19567 damon Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:45:46 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-19567 Andrew, Good article again, but what about us poor souls in the middle of the southern hemisphere winter who leave home for work in the dark, spend all day in an office, and get home from work in the dark? Maybe night photography is something I might need to explore. Or maybe I'll just wait for the longer days and daylight saving! Andrew,
Good article again, but what about us poor souls in the middle of the southern hemisphere winter who leave home for work in the dark, spend all day in an office, and get home from work in the dark?

Maybe night photography is something I might need to explore. Or maybe I’ll just wait for the longer days and daylight saving!

]]> By: Christopher Scholl http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-19563 Christopher Scholl Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:59:08 +0000 http://www.goldengod.net/2007/08/13/how-to-take-great-photos-at-high-noon-part-one/#comment-19563 Really well thought out article, Andrew. Thanks for that. It's been sunny as all get out lately in DC and I've too often found myself frustrated by that middle-of-the-day light. You effectively reminded me that there are alternatives. So thanks! Really well thought out article, Andrew. Thanks for that.

It’s been sunny as all get out lately in DC and I’ve too often found myself frustrated by that middle-of-the-day light. You effectively reminded me that there are alternatives. So thanks!

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