So let's have a look inside soft light. Now typically when we do this, we're going to use window light. In this instance, this subject behind I'm taking the picture behind me is our large window with the light coming in, make sure that the sun is cannot be directly seen from the subjects perspective. And then you're going to get soft window light. So if you stand where the subject is, and look out the window, is the sun in the window, can you see it if it is you're going to get hard light coming in. If it isn't, you're going to get the light bouncing off the atmosphere or bouncing off the clouds, which is a soft light.

And then what we're going to get is something like this because there's a big flat window behind me as a photographer. She's got a really nice, soft, full light across her face, to a really soft shadows at the edges. You can see See where the skin blends into the shadow, there's a really soft transition that's really pleasing. But also as well, you can see her face is very well exposed. So what I've done is again, I've just moved her until I'm pleased with how the lights falling on her face if I'd moved her back towards the door a little bit, and you can see I'm a little bit away from the door because of the blurry background. If I'd moved her back, the light probably wouldn't have hit her face as much.

And what we've got, again, is this very high contrast between the skin and the hair and the skin and the eyes. And that's what's compelling. That's what's drawing you that's what's fixing your eyes on the image. And in this one, because the light was quite strong through the window, we've got this nice catch light in the eyes and it just opens up the image a little bit. So this is this is a really good one. If you've got children, and you've got a large window and a simple background.

We'll talk about backgrounds later. Simple background, get them just to stand there. Usually if they're comfortable with you, and then You'd like to have their picture taken, this young girl left having her picture taken. If you just stand and bring them forward and bring them back slightly with that window behind you, making sure the subject cannot see the sun, you're going to get this really, really nice. light falling on the face is a little tip for you guys, you know when photographers use studio lights and strobes, they're just trying to duplicate what natural light does little tip for you. Natural light can be so beautiful that we're often when we're in the studio trying to replicate that look.

So here's another one here. This is a window light. Now this one's slightly different because it's a real nice strong window light. But you'll notice that the light is on the subject from his perspectives on the left side of his face. And then the light slowly drifts over into shade on the other side and what I've done here on his left shoulder. So from the subjects perspective, his left shoulder, there's a really big window.

And I've seen this beautiful patch of light just floating across the corner. Now if you have a look on his right hand side, if you look at the wall, you can see where the light is skimming across, you can see the light falling, being bright in a falling way to shadow and I've just moved him into that light. I've moved him into that. And you get this beautiful, compelling image. So we found the light. The background is really interesting, I love you.

Now we're going to place a subject there, we're going to get him in the line. And then we're just going to we're going to capture that moment and I'll talk about the in between moments later. And now we've got that like now we can take the compelling image. Honestly guys, get excited. Get out there, start looking at light. Start putting a subject in the light.

Go out with your friends, go out with your children, go out with somebody and start placing them in light, big windows. live like this, your inside is a big window, lovely bit of light splashing across, and you just stick him near the edge of it, stick your subject near the edge of it and just pull him and push him push him and push him in the light until you find that perfect look. And I love this image. And this this image. I think this image was taken with a DSLR but wasn't wasn't a it was probably my seven days this is a really just simple image and the actual light and then the emotion in the subject carry the image. So I want to inspire you to be looking for a big window like this and especially and find little corners like this where they can just peek and move out into the lightning nice plain background.

You're going to create some really powerful images and this might be a great one to try for your project guys. Now this one I wanted to show you the light itself actually coming in. This light coming in is going to be a soft light source of sound wars but actually on this One, because the sun is actually quite strong, there's a little bit of high land, we could actually argue this needs to go on the highlight section I wanted to actually show you where you take an image, and you actually use the light as part of the image. So for instance, in this image, what you've got is a wedding, and you've got a quarter, although you can see three of them, you've got quartet playing in this corner for the wedding party, and you've got these lovely windows and the lights coming through these windows and have a look around ci is dragged around the picture, you've got the music notes, so that's quite a strong element draws the eye.

And then what we've got is we've got the chairs and they're white, and they're patterned, and you can see that leading across the bottom of the frame and then what goes over on the right, some beautiful candles and a candle and it just opens up that little square and it gives you the sense of depth. And you get in depth in this image. And when you look at the top, there's another window there and the lights coming through that and what you've got is you've got these three or four chunks of light coming in or drawing your eye around the frame, and it becomes a beautiful image. And it's beautiful because of the light. So sometimes if you're in a really dramatic place, include the light, especially if you're drawing back a little bit in your brain nearby include the light source. As long as you're not blowing out the highlights, he can't see it completely, you can create some really powerful images.

And what do I mean by that when you're blowing up the highlights, you've got to make sure that the windows isn't so bright that if you're exposed for it, your subjects are dark. Again, we'll cover that in a future course when it comes to mastering exposure. But in this instance, we're just seeing this beautiful light coming in. And I really, really love this image. Now, this was a corporate portrait shoot, they wanted us to put them in the environment, they wanted to capture a sense of the environment. So this is a warehouse and we're taking a picture here of the subject and if you look in her eyes, you can see these beautiful catch lights and you got this Light again, if you remember the first picture I showed you of the young girl, this is the same lighting setup.

What's happened here, though, is this a big building, and we've got the shutter of the factory open, and then the light from that is just falling in, it's really soft, so is inside light, it's very similar to the tunnel stuff. But this time, we're very deep inside the building. And then I've just moved the subject until they fall into that soft light that's coming through that big opening. And the advantage in this scenario is because I've got square opening and the light is coming in, it acts like a big softbox we would use in commercial photography, and we get this square highlight in the eyes. So when we're when we're using a big light source behind us as the photographer, we've got that in it's coming in like this the soft light, if you can capture a square if you can use the frame of the entrance of the building or the window, you're going to get this lovely catch light, you're going to get this lovely look And you get this really soft, pleasing, powerful image.

And guys, what you have to remember here, the only thing you need for this image is a camera, I will not get any other equipment I'm in, I'm out, I'm fast. If I can use the light I have, I will, I will be creating another course. So keep your eye on that on how to use a simple camera with a flash on the camera to create some amazing, amazing images. So we're not even going to take the flash and take it off the camera. We're just gonna leave it on the camera. And we're going to create some amazing images, but keep your eye out for that course when it comes live.

But this one, love this image. I love her warmth. And I love the light falling on her face. And obviously we've got some really interesting compelling background. So it's think about it's what we've talked about before. I've seen where the light is.

I've then positioned the subject in the light framed the background, and I've moved all around until I've got the image I want and I've taken the image