How To Film In Natural Light 2

[Zach Goodwin2]

There are parts of the location you are in the reflect and bounce light naturally, use this to your advantage. Some parts of the location will bounce more light on the subject like sand and concrete while some others will absorb light like wood and leaves. Remember what dark colors are vs. light colors. Light colors reflect light while dark colors absorb light. Where the subject is in these reflected parts of the environment and darken parts of the environment influence the exposure of the image.Give your characters a reason to be near light or have a light on them. An example of this is a character having a flash light, a character being near a window, a character looking at their smartphone, and so on. Check the weather and the time. No, not just for golden hour and blue hour (even though that's cool). But to check whether you will have enough light during those hours. If you can see the person really well and the person is very bright then there's a chance that you can go a lower ISO on your camera. Practice to trust your eyes before you use a camera. The subject does not have to have lit but can have some shadow, but there has to be at least some light to show the subjects direction and placement like seeing a traffic light at midnight. Where there is light and by light plenty of light go there. You can hardly see your subject when the subject is covered in shadows and the dark, go to where there is light and plenty of light and you will see your subject very well. If there is not enough light then you would need to either change the camera angle, change camera settings, or perhaps add more lights, or get a new camera.