Inspired #20

Photographing in harsh light - working with the challenges of contrast.

Hello and welcome to Inspired, a weekly email for my paid subscribers. In this series I want to explore topics which I hope might spark some inspiration for your own photography. I will talk about my thought process for creating images, both in the field and in post processing. The posts will be linked in some way to the monthly challenges, hopefully giving you all lots of food for thought.

For the last few weeks we have been focusing on contrasts and how these can enhance our photography. But what happens in summer when the skies are blue, the light is harsh and sunrise feels like it is half way through the night? Can we make good landscape images when the contrasts seem to be conspiring against us.

Ever since I began my photography journey I have read articles that tell me to avoid shooting in the middle of the day when the sun is high and the light is harsh. In summer this seems to cut out the majority of the day so I thought this week I would discuss my approach to photography when the light is harsh and the skies are blue.