Shooting in direct sunlight can lead to images that have high contrast, blown out highlights, lens flare and colors that might even look overly saturated. With the bright light of the sun, it is easy to make the subject into a silhouette against a bright background. The basic strategy is to place the subject in front of the bright light and to force the camera to set its exposure based upon the brightest part (the background) and not the subject.
Just point your camera at the brightest part of your picture and then press the shutter halfway down to lock the exposure. Then, move your camera back to frame your shot with the subject before finish taking the shot. Spot Metering Mode would be helpful in this case as the metering will be set on the central spot of the frame rather than multiple spots. However, this also means that you’ll focus on that spot in the background instead of your subject. The Exposure Lock of S95 will come in handy for this.
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| Sunrise at Alvik. |
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| Lunch break at Vallingby. |
Shooting directly at the sun could give surprisingly great photos as well. Beware of lens flare as shooting into the sun will result in it at some point or another. It is possible to use your hand as a lens hood to cover your lens but be aware of not putting it in the corner of your frame if you’re shooting at a wide angle focal length. Another option for getting rid of lens flare is to use elements within your image to block it. Sometimes it’s possible to place another element between the sun and the lens to remove the flare altogether.
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| Aperture f4.0, Shutter 1/640sec and ISO 160. |
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| Shadows of the Drottningholm Palace. |
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