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Tips for Stunning Portraits in Direct Sun

Easy techniques for shooting and editing photos in broad daylight
Photo of woman in direct sunlight

Everyone always tells you not to shoot portraits in direct sun but don’t believe them. There are actually quite a few ways to capture stunning photos even when the sun is beaming right at your subject.

That’s the message of photographer Justin Laurens‘ tutorial below where he shares his techniques for shooting and editing photo in direct sun to make your portraits shine. Typically, photographers are always looking for ways to avoid harsh light and unflattering shadows when shooting portraits outdoors but sometimes you can’t prevent them. Below, Laurens explains how you can not only “save” those images during post-processing, but actually improve on them.

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