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When is the worst time of day for a photoshoot?
Feb 02 13 09:33 am Link Kaouthia wrote: +1 Feb 02 13 09:36 am Link When models (or myself) are tired and/or hungry. Feb 02 13 09:39 am Link It depends on where you live and the time of the year ... late spring, summer, early fall ... 10 am to 4:00 pm , in the southern U.S. its just too hot  The model is melting, which is really not a problem as sweat looks good on them depending on shooting theme, but I am melting ... my sweat and my camera don't like ... check that ... hate each other  Be easy, Alvin Feb 02 13 09:43 am Link i use natural light exclusively, so inside or outside, the worst time is when the sun disappears.   Feb 02 13 09:54 am Link I don't think it's so much the time of day, but more so the weather and the clouds. I would say right before sunset is the best time though. Just because the lighting is so gorgeous. Feb 02 13 11:28 am Link Jaz S wrote: There is no such thing as worse time of a day for photo shoot if you great the sun as one of the light source. Feb 02 13 11:32 am Link SPV Photo wrote: Not at north pole on a summer day. Feb 02 13 02:50 pm Link the deciding factor is weather, the look desired, experience and equipment. It's landscapes where the Golden hours are a must... not so much portraits. Feb 02 13 03:03 pm Link when calculating the time of day remember daylight savings time. high noon is really 1PM. to be safe, shoot at high noon December 21st  its the least-worst Feb 02 13 03:07 pm Link Like others said, I get a reflector if needed. Or I use a fill flash if needed. Feb 02 13 03:33 pm Link It's only a bad time of day when you're unwilling to play by the rules of the sun (either stubbornness, ignorance, or creative goals that necessitate different conditions). I love shooting in harsh 1pm sun without reflectors as much as I love shooting in overcast, or dusk, etc. You just need to plan ahead and have creative flexibility in case that plan goes to hell. Feb 02 13 03:40 pm Link Aside from all the other considerations, 11AM to 3PM are the worst. I do shoot at those times, but it requires finding open shade, diffusing the light, filling in the shadows, etc. If you're using just the natural light without modification, you are going to have hotspots, washed out color, models that squint and dark hollows under the eyes (shooting in open shade). If money is an issue a 5-1 reflector (the biggest you can get) will solve a lot of issues. You can use it to reflect light into the eyes of your subject and if it is large enough you can take off the cover and use the translucent panel as a diffuser and shoot directly in the main light. You do need an assistant, to manipulate the reflector. Feb 02 13 03:49 pm Link No such thing as bad time of the day for photography. As its all about light, it would differ from LOCATION to Location. Also,it depends what the theme is, or the concept.Way to many good shoots have been wasted, because the photographer already decided beforehand,whats working and not, instead of waiting to see what the LIGHT can offer.Always prepare well, BUT,leave also some scope for change while on site. Lets take the location where my studio is. If you come to shoot here, with the mindset that the golden hours is the RULE OF PHOTOGRAPHY, you gonna miss out on 80% of the fun of photography.Best light to shoot here,is from 11h00 in the morning till 14h00. Feb 02 13 10:34 pm Link Outdoors, I can't tell you which is the worse time to shoot because as a photographer you should adapt to the light given, although the best time is the magic hour for skin exposures IMO, stay away for harsh mid day sunlight if you're doing beauty work unless you have a scrim to use. Studio, Never a bad time because its a controlled environment. Feb 02 13 10:57 pm Link 3:02am Feb 02 13 11:04 pm Link Whatever time it is when you don't have the right stuff to control the light the way you want. I think the consensus will be the harsh mid-day light...but that's only true if it's not what you want and don't have the tools to change it to something more useful, right? Feb 03 13 02:55 am Link SPV Photo wrote: Actually that's one of the best... cool temps in the summer... no crowds... Feb 03 13 03:12 am Link With the proper preparation, any time is good. Feb 03 13 06:17 am Link Rules are to be broken after you understand why. For me nothing better than harsh sunlight at 2pm. On the Creative Live webinar with Lara can't remember she said don't shoot with direct light it doesn't work. Nothing could be more wrong. Time of day not to shoot, only when you or the team/model are too tired. Then just take a siesta, and start when you're ready to play again. Feb 03 13 06:27 am Link Rakesh Malik wrote: One large reflector is all you need... Feb 03 13 06:38 am Link Select Models wrote: is that sunlight? Feb 03 13 06:40 am Link RacerXPhoto wrote: This was taught in my photography classes, although it was 2 hours after sunrise and 2 hours before sunset, also take in digital editing/ retouching, mid-day shoots outdoors can possibly be corrected due to harsh sunlight/ shadow...etc., but of course we try to fix all that with stuff such as shades, reflectors, fill-flash...etc. Feb 03 13 06:41 am Link ShotbyRon wrote: Yup, weather and clouds play a big part. Feb 03 13 06:49 am Link This is the kind of forum question which is very hard to take seriously because, as others have said, it's lacking any sort of qualification. Some people might think that the harsh overhead sun of noon, or thereabouts, would be the worst time but in the hands of a photographer with ideas and vision it can be exactly that which separates the work from the ordinary (always assuming one wants to escape the ordinary and the commonplace). For instance the work of Viviane Sassen - http://lejournaldelaphotographie.com/fullscreen/6611 Try taking some of those shots at the golden hour :-) So, creatively speaking, shooting at the worst time of day or at any time when most others will stay at home, might actually be to ones advantage. Feb 03 13 04:42 pm Link Before I have had my coffee. Feb 03 13 07:46 pm Link |
