• @jettrscga
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    10 months ago

    shadows were really bad on the beautiful, clear, sunny day

    That part’s accurate even though they’re acting like it’s unreasonable. Direct sunlight creates much worse shadows than an overcast day with diffused lighting.

    • @_danny
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      5610 months ago

      But a professional photographer taking a staged picture should know how to frame the shot so that the shadows work in your favor.

      • @jettrscga
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        10 months ago

        Oh yeah definitely still the photographer’s fault.

        I just wanted to point out their strange implication that sunny days wouldn’t produce shadows. It’s pretty difficult to take good portraits at peak sunlight.

      • LeadersAtWork
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        1110 months ago

        Assuming the family wasn’t like, “NO, WANT HERE. THIS SPOT.” and “What do you mean? It’s beautiful out!”

        Plenty of people are plenty smart. Intelligence in one area does not equal intelligence in another. Common sense and decency also falls on a wholly different scale.

        Though this is a super old meme/photo. So maybe we know the story, if there is one beyond what it says.

      • @[email protected]
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        810 months ago

        Nope this looks like mid-day sun, there is no magic framing that can solve this problem. Here are some of the options the photographer could’ve used:

        • Don’t shoot outside at noon on a sunny day (morning/evening instead)
        • move to a shadowy area, increase exposure
        • diffuse the sunlight, in this case for a group photo you need a huge diffusion panel
        • use a reflector to fill in the shadows
        • use lighting to counter the sun

        Or any combination of the above.

      • lemmyvore
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        310 months ago

        There’s no way to work with clear overhead sun. You pick another time of day or shoot in the shade.

        • @[email protected]
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          310 months ago

          Sure there are, they’re just much higher effort and require to know how to work diffusion, reflection, lights etc. Probably need to hire at least one grip to help on the shoot. Price will be much higher.