How to SHOOT into the SUN - Photography Tips

In Today's video, I go through some tips for how to shoot into the sun. Landscape photography can be very rewarding when shooting into the sun, but it does pose a number of problems. I talk about how to get an evenly exposed image and how to reduce lens flare and other artefacts. This episode of landscape photography tips covers the shoot and edit. I've included 2 images for you to follow along with the edit too.

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[DaymanOurSavior]

Pinning the adjustment layer is a game changer I never knew, fantastic video

[lisap]

Thanks for this very helpful video! I learned quite a bit.

[alwyng]

Hey Ian, came across your video and it got my attention from the start - no messing around, get right into the subject detail and none of this waffling on like you see in other video tutorials. I actually watched a video the other day where the presenter went on for TWO minutes before actually getting to the subject matter so kudos to you. I'm off out to shoot a waterfall so don't have time to watch more of your videos right now but if they are all as good as this one in getting straight to the point - unlike this comment :-) - that would be great. You have a new subscriber! Cheers! Alwyn

[EricCMusic]

Great vid and very informative, Ian.. Subbed

[stephenkerley]

Straight forward easy to understand thx.

[avs]

Another informative & interesting one for the collection. Many thanks Ian.

[alfiep]

Thank you Ian for this very informative and enjoyable video, sorry about your weather but like you said good old blighty unpredictable as usual.

[ivandimarco]

Always used my finger and never thought about a filter case or something similar to block the sun! Great tip 👍🏻

[jefferycampbell]

I've used my finger and/or hat to block the sun, but I like the idea of a straight edge especially when you have a flattish horizon. Will definitely give it a try.

[Snickers_GLNY]

Great video. I recently found your channel and love it.

[Eti]

Great tutorial, I would’ve used Lightroom but the way you solve it in PS is perfect.

[alanbrunelle]

Really well done - it is amazing how people will attack the same thing in different ways: I tend to invert the mask and paint in where I want effects whilst you do the opposite - both roads lead to Rome though ;-) Thanks for sharing your expertise & artistry! I wondered about something as you were in the field describing how to hold up the filter case to block light - I wonder if adding a very strong ND into the filter holder itself might work similarly - e.g., putting a 10- or 15-stop ND filter onto the top and dragging it down until you almost reach the horizon? I'll have to try that some time to see how it works - certainly less wobble then holding anything over it - I, personally, have gone w/ the thumb approach (as that is what was taught to me) - but your note about the wobble of the finger is spot on. Cheers!

[mrmichaeltsang]

Thanks for the video. Obviously ND filter is best to reduce too much sunlight, what if I don't have a ND filter at the moment, would CPL filter be helpful in this case?

[markdavies]

Fantastic video 👏 This was super helpful.
Do you ever processes your Fuji raw files first before editing the jpgs into Photoshop? I've been really enjoying using Capture1.

[mauistevebear]

Thanks for such an informative video. Ian, I wanted to ask you; do you ever shoot to the right(ETTR)? I have learned that the histogram in the viewfinder is really a JPG representation and that I can actually push my histogram further where it actually slightly clips on the right! When I bring the raw file up, the histogram is not clipping at all and I have way more control over the shadows...