Natural Light Portraits - Why? It's beautiful and economical

natural light is soft and open and can be manipulated.

Natural Light Portraiture Supplies

- V Flats - foam core boards in black and white, they can double as a back drop
- Scrim: translucent white fabric
- Reflectors

Things to Know

- Large light vs Small light: Large light is soft and flattering small light sources are harder and more severe.
-  you have to move your model around to find the light

Indoor - Using Windows

Soft, even light using a window
​hang curtains as a scrim if you can't buy a scrim for diffusion. Scrim is just translucent white fabric
 Back light with a scrim for diffusion and reflectors for fill light

Back light is ethereal and emotional. Back Light has a tendency to scare people but once you know how to deal with it you won't be scared and you'll love it and use it all the time.
Back Light 2 Options
silhouette - exposing for the background and underexposing the subject
blowing out the background - exposing for the subject and over exposing the background

Broad light using a window and V flats to dodge light

 Light using black V flats to block light - you can make a little room with the V Flats to block and control the light also keeping a scrim over the window to diffuse and soften the light.

Outdoor

Using open shade - this is the easiest way to shoot outdoors because the shade acts as a diffuser

 Direct light - if you are going to shoot in direct day light do it later in the afternoon so the coming from the side and not above.

Front Light

Dappled light - sometimes its unavoidable so use a prime lens to soften it.