Chapter Five. Pro Tips for Shooting in Natural Light: How to Take Advantage of the Most Beautiful Light on Earth

SHUTTER SPEED: 1/125 SEC     F-STOP: F/2.8     ISO: 800     FOCAL LENGTH: 70MM     PHOTOGRAPHER: SCOTT KELBY

You know what I like best about shooting in natural light? It’s free. That’s right, you don’t need a wireless trigger, or light stands, or batteries, or gels, or softboxes, or any of the other stuff photographers lug around in Pelican cases, and that takes forever to set up, and then, invariably, doesn’t fire, or doesn’t fit, or you forget to bring it. Because, then, you wind up yelling at your assistant, but your assistant isn’t really your employee—it’s your friend that’s just helping you out. And now you’ve gone and yelled at her, so you look like you’re “in charge” on the set, and while that might be fine with an employee who is kind of paid to put up with your BS (belligerent shouting), she is actually someone you met at Applebee’s wh....