If you’re curious about external lighting but don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars, less expensive LED systems like this one from Optex are a good place to start.
Let’s start with the obvious: fall is not summer. It starts getting darker, sooner. Skies tend to be more cloudy. The food you eat in fall is usually different as well. And you certainly don’t dress the same for fall as you do for summer. So why, may I ask, are you taking pictures in fall the exact same way you took them in summer?
Part of being a strong, well-rounded photographer is adjusting your techniques and tools to get the most out of your shots in any season. As mentioned, days are shorter in fall so there’s less natural light to work with, plus it gets colder so we tend to do more things indoors. Such circumstances often result in dimmer, more gloomy-looking photos, which is why it’s up to you to light your shots with external lighting such as a flash.
