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All right, so backlight outdoors with natural light.

This is something we're always looking for, especially

when the sun is out and bright.

Like today, there's no clouds in the sky.

We're always looking, especially for family formals, we

always want that light source behind our couples

and for those safe portraits.

You know, those safe portraits that we usually

start the shoot with, those high energetic ones.

We always want the sun behind our couple.

So we're always looking for backlight, but the

key is not just the backlight.

The key is that that backlight is on

a dark background.

So we've got the backlight and a shady

background.

And those two combinations, those two things combined

can really give a sort of 3D pop

to the couple and really help them stand

out from the background.

So I've chosen this spot and we're midday

here.

We're not early morning, we're not late evening.

Mind you, it is October, so the sun

is a little bit lower in the sky

than it would be in say June or

July or August, but we're midday.

Sun's as high as it's gonna be, but

you can see I can still get the

sun behind my couple.

And then I've very intentionally chosen a spot

here where there's shade behind them.

This is Maddie.

And this is Daryl.

Okay, so they're pretty much, I have my

couple standing right on the transition from where

it turns to shade to where it is

sun.

And I just have them stand in a

way where they can see their shadows directly

in front of them, as you can see

here.

And this is a really good spot.

This is a really safe spot for me

to do those high energetic beginning portraits.

So I'll just do a few with you

guys right now.

And I usually always use a big lens

for this as well.

So let's get you guys to start about

six meters apart on each way, and you're

gonna meet right here.

Oh, thanks.

And you guys are gonna meet right here,

but you are gonna like run and then

embrace.

Okay, ready?

But don't like get out of the hug

as soon as you run and embrace.

Okay, just stay in that hug.

Okay, three, two, one, go!

Perfect.

Okay, I'm gonna have you guys do that

again.

But this time I want you to run

and hug and sort of cheek to cheek

towards me.

Okay?

And then stay in the hug.

Okay, one, two, three, go!

Woo-hoo!

Oh, perfect.

Oh, that's great.

Okay, now stay in the hug.

Now, Daryl, I want you to peck your

nose on Maddie's cheek like a chicken.

Like a little bit more aggressive.

There we go.

Perfect, a little bit more aggressive.

Yes, that's it!

That's what I'm looking for.

Okay, perfect.

Great, got it.

Okay, so that's just great, safe lighting, even

lighting.

I keep the same exposure the whole time

and they really pop from that background because

you can see that rim light all around

their hair here.

And then they just pop against that shadowy

background.

Often when we're shooting in this scenario, because

we don't use lens hoods, is sometimes we're

right on the cusp and you can kind

of play around with this.

And sometimes when the sun's hitting the lens,

you get a really interesting kind of low

contrast effect.

Or you can change it entirely by shading

the lens and then you get much more

high contrast.

Or you can play around with somewhere in

between.

So that's backlight outdoors on a dark background.