This is Brease, from a recent shoot where I was forced to shoot in the middle of a bright sunny day. This photo is an exception, but most of the time we worked with her back to the sun and a simple large white reflector to soften the shadows, most of the photographs turned out great, nice soft features, no highlights blown out. I'll post a link to the rest of the shoot once I am done editing.
To keep it simple I metered on her face, just below her eyes, and set the camera on manual, this way I did not have to worry about the background or where the camera metered for each individual shot. Many times manual mode is your friend, I recommend using it! The other alternative if the light is changing rapidly is to meter just below the eye with your in camera meter set to spot,select exposure lock, reframe and take the photograph.
As you you can see sometimes the sun can be your friend, in this case I think it helps set the mood. The photograph is carefree and she seems to be day dreaming.
If you do not follow the Digital Photography School you should, lots of useful information for all levels of photographers.
I found this article in a recent e-mail from DPS I just had such a shoot I thought you might find it useful.
Welcome to our blog, this is out first post, the ice is broken!
Bryan
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