Watch as photographer, Joel Grimes discusses how to cut bright sunlight and backgrounds in this portrait tutorial by using a scrim net.

 

In this quick video, world-renowned commercial portrait photographer, Joel Grimes discusses how to cut bright sunlight and backgrounds when you are shooting portraits in natural light. Watch as Joel uses an 8×8 1-stop diffusion fabric overhead and a double net fabric behind his subject, cutting his background brightness by two stops, with beautiful results.

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