What should I photograph on overcast days?

Question

recently the weather's been pretty bad and there's lack of sunlight, what should I photograph, when this is the case?

Answer 1

ANYTHING YOU WISH TO PHOTOGRAPH!

These are the kinds of days that can create beautiful black and white photos, interesting skies, storms, etc. It's still all there just waiting for you! I prefer to shoot in color, then change it to black and white adjusting tones and contrast to my liking.

Here is a link to an article called "Overcast Sky."
http://www.betterphoto.com/article.asp?id=14

Best wishes, and enjoy yourself!

Answer 2

NO! Contrary to conventional wisdom, high diffuse overcast is excellent light for photographing people. Direct sunlight is NOT your friend. It is a hard light source, accentuating every wrinkle, blemish and other imperfection. The overcast sky serves as an immensely big softbox, rendering the subject in a far more flattering light. And for non-human subjects, you'll have fewer opportunities to blow out the highlights on overcast days. So, NO. Don't stay inside! Get out and shoot!!

Answer 3

Don't pack the camera away just because it's overcast, get outside and look at the lighting and shoot. That's the only way to 'see' what this new light can do for you. Don't look at it as a negative(sorry for the pun), but look for oportunities with the softening of the light.

Answer 4

Portraits take on a special softness that one can only hope to re-create in a studio, flora/fauna can really pop if you use the polarizer to reduce glare and saturate the colors. Perhaps the key to it is in the seeing, I have to make myself look smaller, at the details as opposed to the grand landscape, but in truth there is no wrong subject to photograph, shoot anything that inspires you !! Every day with your camera in hand is a great day...
Keep shooting and have fun!!!

Answer 5

the hues are more consistant on overcast days, no shadows

DO EXACTLY what ruth says, shes a smart one

cricky, everything is good to shoot, sunny days are shockers for shadows dont you know that

shoot everyday, on overcast days shoot ten times more untill you understand what looks good and what doesnt

heres two overcast days, im very poor at the art side of photography so they arent flash shoots but see how i choose overcast days and there are no ugly shaddows

http://www.flickr.com/photos/martini2005/1982602652/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/martini2005/2015840071/

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Answer 6

An overcast day is my favorite for weddings, no one squints, no harsh shadows and the colors are more saturated. So for me, people!

Answer 7

i don't really know but they say in photography school that sometimes these kind of days provide beautiful lighting situations.

Answer 8

black and white