TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT

SHOOT IN MANUAL

The portraits in the morning session were all going to be lit with natural light coming through the large window in Taylor’s living room – this would give the images a soft, gentle feel, especially as the lighting was very overcast on the day. Thanks to the total cloud coverage the lighting was consistent throughout the shoot, so Taylor set both her camera and Jonathan’s to Manual mode and dialed in settings of 1/160 sec, f/2.8 and ISO800.

SHOOT RAW

Taylor suggested Jonathan set his Canon EOS 760D to shoot raw files, as these capture much more detail than JPEG files, which are processed and compressed in-camera. This additional detail is hugely beneficial, especially if an image is a little overexposed or underexposed, as you can restore blown out highlights or lift dark shadows with the push of a slider in software.

LENS 35mm f/2