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Taking a portrait at night

Taking a portrait at night

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Taking a portrait at night

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So here we are, back in Las Vegas, late in the night. As you can see it's pitch black outside and we have a beautiful view of the city. The city lights are all on and it looks absolutely fantastic. Now you remember that I did mention I was going to do this set up again at sunset. Unfortunately our sunset wasn't very sunsety. It just wasn't very orange, so we didn't bother shooting it. But if you happen to get in the situation and you have that beautiful orange light that you wanted, you know how to shoot it. So now, let's take it to the next level, going with this city, night, light balance. So, again, to recap what we're looking at here, we have a background that is illuminated by the city lights. It's beautiful out there, but it's remarkably dark. It may not seem like it is, but it actually is really quite dark. And in our foreground our model Caroline is really dark. We're outdoors on this patio there's a little bit of light coming in from the hotel room, but it's just not enough…

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