TIP 4 DIFFUSE THE SITUATION
We’d recommend photographing flowers on an overcast day or when the sun is lower in the sky, so the light isn’t coming from directly above, which can look very harsh. If you have no choice but to shoot in the middle of a sunny day, a diffuser, also called a ‘scrim’, can be placed between your subject and the sun. This semi-transparent material helps spread out the light like a softbox and makes the shadows less harsh. You’ll usually find a diffuser in the middle of a 5-in-1 reflector when you remove the reflective outer sleeve. You could also improvise with a white piece of fabric like a shirt or bed sheet if you’re in a pinch. Just make sure all of the light hitting your subject is coming through the scrim, as you don’t want the frame of your diffuser in shot as this will produce an obvious shadow.