Most amateur photographers (including myself) are scared of creating portrait photos with harsh daylight. The results usually contain two specific unwanted features 1) strong shadow or 2) overexposed uneven area. To compensate for such undesirable features, a photographer can get rid of the shadow by filling in some light. The picture on the left was captured within a very nice classy dome. While the location is perfect, the shadow within the dome created too strong contrast within our photo, the shaded area inside the dome versus the harsh sunlight area. When I took this photo, I placed an off-camera flash mounted with an umbrella on the camera left, pointing the flash towards the area between the heads of the subjects. With proper choice of exposure, I was able to blend in the flash-filling light with the ambient harsh sunlight and also got rid of the unwanted shadow.
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