Tips to IMPROVE your Natural Light Portrait Photography

I hope you all enjoy today's tutorial on how to take better portraits with natural light. I share some of my favourite tips & tricks on working with natural light, share what metering modes I like to use and what camera settings I use as well with lots of video and photo examples. Let me know which one is your favourite lighting to shoot with in the comments!

PHOTOGRAPHY SETUP

Sony GM 35mm f1.4

VLOG SETUP

VIDEO SETUP

ACCESSORIES

AUDIO

LIGHTING

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Thank you for watching!

[carinaallende]

So much knowledge in one 12-minutes video, you are amazing as always Julia!

[birdseyeinc.]

Excellent tips! Explaining what metering modes to use for each and the reason is something you don't hear others explain often but of course it is vitally important for correct exposure. Great job.

[tap]

I have watched many videos about natural light by many great photographers, yours is the absolute best. Very comprehensive and makes total sense. Thanks for sharing Julia.

[tioa]

Backlight is what got me watching your videos and following ig for sure and this is the video i keep going back to🙏

[gianmarcote]

thank you for providing us with actual stuff that we can learn from. this has been really helpful for me as someone looking to pick up photography as a hobby

[simonsmith]

Even as a pretty experienced photographer, I never think about changing the metering mode so thanks for just reminding me that there are other options Julia. And very useful tips in direct sun shooting which I always tend to avoid.

[Gfilipe]

I watched the whole video at normal speed. That's how good it was. You make portrait photography seem so easy, I like all three styles, the first for vibrant and contrast compositions, the second coz it looks like the models are dreaming and the 3rd the viewer is dreaming too, we're transported there, like a movie scene✌

[dennismata]

Am i the only one that just loves her voice and accent?

[dianascarletthenry]

I watched your budget prime lens video and now I'm a fan. Love working with the 35 mm on portraits and this videos has the best tips. Regards from Chile.

[gabzor]

I love your emphasis on smaller details many even experienced photographers miss, found you recently on IG, and saw your links to youtube, and not one regret!

[ZangLussuria]

I love this! I like how you explain which metering mode you use and why. One thing that a lot forget to do (especially when just starting) is to use the metering modes properly and they think that it's recoverable in post. More so now that dynamic range in cameras are great but still, there are scenarios where certain types of metering won't work with the scene.

[MrShanmax]

great tips. thank you beautiful julia 🙂

[baonyyang]

Thank you for always putting out the most informative content, Julia! Appreciate your work and guidance so much!

[TerryHirchberg]

Wow nice content. Every pic is a lesson. Thanks

[lumpiaqueen]

This is soooo comprehensive, thanks Julia!

[PIXELvoiz]

Awesome YouTube suggest me this video! in 2 hours I have a photo shoot. Thank you always like your vids...

[neil]

Really helpful tips, Julia - as a film photographer, this is something I struggle with, so looking forward to trying some of these tips.

[Sagar_Parmar]

very well explained, good communication style

[ziqiguo]

Honestly learned so much from the video! Now I just gotta get out and practice :)

[lovingreno]

The best advice I've seen from a YouTube photographer by far. You're Amazing !!