I got the idea for this photo because I was really inspired by Lisa Holloway and wanted to shoot kids. I contacted one of my old students and met up with her mom and we set a date for shooting. I didn't really have any concept in mind except that I wanted to back light her.
It was really sunny day and we walked around quite a lot, but when I found this location, I knew it was going to look good. Sun was quite high at this point, but the trees behind filtered it just right and made the background glow.
I had to direct her a lot but at this point she was feeling more relaxed, so I'm glad that this was one of the last locations we did.
Really special light and great control of contrast
thank you so much
https://fstoppers.com/originals/how-be-chosen-fstoppers-picture-day-24218
thank you for the link. I think I totally missed that article actually, so thank you :)
Very cool. If the sun was high, then did you use the light coming through a hole in the tree's canopy to highlight her hair? LIke feathering a softbox. Lastly, did you use flash camera right to fill in? Love all the orange-ish colors in the background.
thank you. This is all natural light so no flash and yes the sun was filtered by the trees