Portraits on an Overcast Day? Use a Reflector

Photographer: Sylvain Latouche. Shot with a Sony A850, 85mm lens and a 105cm silver circular foldable reflector.

As we head into Autumn here in Australia the days are becoming shorter and we’re seeing more and more overcast days. While some might say the weather is poor – this is one of my favourite times to shoot portraits out doors. (source: dPS)

Overcast cloudy days present photographers with some beautiful soft and even light with the loads acting as a big natural diffuser.

What to do on cloudy days?

As a travel photographer it can be incredibly frustrating and stressful when you have limited time somewhere and you are hit with overcast, or even rainy days. It can be difficult to keep yourself motivated, so here are a few tips on what to photograph, or what you can do instead on overcast or rainy days.

Edit, caption and add metadata to photos

If you are on an assignment or are planning to send images to a stock library, then every image needs to be captioned, the location added, and have metadata attached to it. So it might be wise to use the time to add details to photos while they are fresh in your mind. You could also use the time to start editing the photos, for example by going through and deleting all of the obvious mistakes (i.e. camera shake) or flagging the ones you think are good. Every little thing you do while away means less work when you get home.

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