I\u2019ve been a professional photographer now for 33 years. Yeah, it\u2019s a long time. Insert age joke here(I\u2019m still kickin it out week after week). One of the things I\u2019m most proud of in my career is my relationship with the Nikon corporation and my involvement with the Nikon Ambassador program. Recently, I had the honor of being featured by Nikon USA in their latest Nikon Behind the Scenes video series. This particular video deals with what ALL wedding photographers deal with\u2026. shooting in harsh light. We can\u2019t choose the time of day, we often can\u2019t choose our locations. It\u2019s a very common thing for the portrait session to take place at 2 or 3pm in the summertime when the light is extremely unforgiving, and unflattering. I\u2019m often asked by brides and photographers alike \u201chow do you deal with this\u201d.<\/p>\n
This video will demonstrate a very simple way to turn \u201cbad\u201d light into \u201cgood\u201d light. A HUGE thanks to fellow Nikon Ambassador Corey Rich<\/a> and his team for the production of the series, and to my buddy, Mike Corrado<\/a> for his levity and advice. I\u2019d also like to give a shout to our models, Dean Gravinese, Sara LaPrincesa Viteri, and especially Veronica Lane who worked their butts off on these videos. Also, a huge thank you to B\u00e9ke Beau<\/a> for making the models look great, and for making me look, well, as good as I can look! I hope this video helps some people deal with this common issue! <\/p>\n To future brides viewing this, it\u2019s important to understand what challenges your photographer will face, and then how those challenges will be overcome. There will be 4 more videos dealing with some common issues we face as wedding photographers released in the coming months. I hope they give you an idea of how I\u2019d deal with them. <\/p>\n