I love daylight portraits - especially sidelit from a nice big window.

When David asked me to do a corporate portrait of him, I was glad to oblige, and delighted when he showed me this area with plenty of natural light.

I could have done with a reflector, or some fill flash, (and should have metered off both sides of his face, so I could see quite how large the dynamic range was!), but with very little effort rescued the detail from the bright side of his face.

Many people (David included) don’t like having their photo taken, believing that they are not photogenic, or that they are destined to have bad shots. In fact, all you need to do is help the person relax - if you have 15 minutes, it’s better to spend 10 minutes talking to the person, helping them relax, and then have 5 minutes of great shots, rather than spending only a couple of minutes talking, and then trying to shoot for nearly 15 minutes, during which time they will get more and more stressed, uptight and uncomfortable.