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Outdoor lighting for portrait photographers - part 3 of 1 2 3

by Stuart Wood Published 01/10/2014

A suitable aperture was selected and the background was then underexposed by around two stops by selecting a faster shutter speed. I wanted to keep just enough information in the buildings on the opposite river bank that were positioned behind Brenda, while still adding the right amount of drama in the wonderful sky that had blown in and the monolithic structure to the left, which is in fact a local Newcastle landmark, called Dunston Staithes.

When working with actors of the calibre of Brenda Blethyn, you do not need to worry too much about obtaining a suitable expression and as you work more with them, a mutual trust develops and after I took a few moments to explain my idea to her, it only needed a few words of direction from me to get the perfect 'Vera' image.

We did not actually get a cover with it in the end, but it was used largely across all the media and a full page 'pick of the day' in the Radio Times.

Not bad for series 4

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