It was my great pleasure to photograph South African couple Laura and Niel recently. This was a pre-wedding photo-shoot to give them images that their friends back home could could see prior to the wedding in October.
We deliberately picked the end of the day to take advantage of the low sun. The hour before sunset (and also the hour after sunrise) is what photographers call the 'golden hour'. The sun is at its most beautiful, casting a warm, soft glow over everthing it touches.
We caught the sun in most of the shots, and when it did pop behind a cloud, I used a wirelessly fired remote flash to replicate the sun's light. The image of Laura leaning against the tree was photographed this way. The light from the flash hits the couple from behind, highlighting Laura's hair. The warm colours were replicated in post production using Photoshop. To all intents and purposes, it looks like it was shot in sunlight, just like all the other images here.
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