How to take portraits on cloudy days?

Many people think that cloudy days are not suitable for taking pictures, but this concept is not completely correct. Bright cloudy days with thin clouds are the best photography climate, because the light is scattered quite softly. On dark days with thick clouds or cloudy days with rapid climate change, it does pose greater technical challenges to photographers. If you want to take a good portrait on a cloudy day, you should pay attention to at least three important factors: exposure consideration, white balance and color application. First of all, we notice that portraits taken on cloudy days are often flat. When using flash to fill the light, it is easy to form a situation in which the facial tone of the model is hard and the background is dark. In terms of exposure, the reason why the face is harder than the main body or the background is dark is that the main body fills too much light. So how do you shoot portraits on cloudy days? 1. First of all, try not to use a flash, open a large aperture and a slightly slower shutter. If the shutter can't be maintained at a safe shutter, consider raising ISO by one level (or using a tripod). In this way, at least the subject and background can be more consistent. The subject is too bright and the background is too dark. If you decide to fill the light, you can use a. Hit the fill light on the reflector and then reflect it on the person's face. B. The flash can be controlled manually, and the intensity of fill light should not be higher than the light in the field (just do a little fill light, which can improve the data of the camera level). 3. When shooting on cloudy days, an important principle is that you would rather have a little rain than a little rain. As soon as it passes, the color will appear dull, and post-production will be more troublesome.