Flash Photography

Video Tutorials

How to Use Flash in Full Sun for Outdoor Portraits (And Why Landscape Photographers Should Know This)

Most of my work is landscape and nature photography. No subjects, no strobes, no reflectors. Just me, the land, and whatever light the sky decides to offer. But I run workshops, and workshops mean people in the frame. And people in the frame at 1pm in a sun-drenched high desert meadow outside Bend? That’s a different problem entirely. For years I defaulted to shade. Overcast days. Golden hour. Anything to avoid the flat, squinting, harsh-shadowed mess that midday sun creates on a human face.

October 25, 2026

Video Tutorials

Flash in Harsh Sunlight: Mastering Fill Light for Outdoor Portraits

Most of my work doesn’t involve people. I spend the bulk of my shooting life waiting on light, reading weather apps with the grim focus of a farmer, and hauling a tripod into places no reasonable person would go before sunrise. But clients want portraits in the landscape sometimes, and when they do, the lighting problem gets genuinely hard. You’re dealing with a scene built for a wide dynamic range, and a human face that needs to look good within it.

February 19, 2026