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Shooting in Full Sun: Prevent Raccoon Eyes!

So we found some open shade on my neighbor’s front porch and tried again. There was a strip of direct sunlight on the concrete in front of him to reflect the light back into his face and light up his eyes a little.

Found great photo tips to prevent raccoon eyes when shooting in full sun on fioria.us

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  1. Live Laugh Shoot

    July 27th, 2010 at 5:47 am

    Great post – shooting in bright sunlight is SO tricky. These are great tips and you explained them nicely.

    Cheers,
    Anne

  2. Christina

    July 27th, 2010 at 8:20 am

    Thank you, I struggle with full sun and living in San Diego that is about most of my day. So this really helps. Now off to practice 😉

  3. Me Ra Koh

    July 27th, 2010 at 10:10 am

    Thank you Linda for helping us see the process! You are AWESOME! We love you!

  4. Linda

    July 27th, 2010 at 10:22 am

    Thanks ladies! Very humbling having my little post featured here Me Ra! And it’s YOU who is AWESOME! Thank you for all your support and encouragement!

  5. Genie

    July 29th, 2010 at 11:24 am

    I just had this problem last weekend – so, NOW you tell me! 😉 But this illustrated what to do so clearly. Thank you both! And Jack is so DARN adorable! I see his mum all in him.

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