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Direct sunlight, no problem.

This is your sign to not be afraid of direct sunlight on your portraits.

I snapped this photo of my girlfriend while on vacation in NC a year ago.

yeah I'm just now getting to editing some of these 😆

Shot with a canon 5DS-R and a 70-200 f2.8 at around 1:30 pm.

#portraitphotography #neutralphotoshoot #vacationphotos #indianaphotographer #photographyideas

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