Winter is here. It’s a bit gloomy and 35 degrees weather doesn’t sound all that bad..until you step outside. Nope, it’s an indoors kind of day AGAIN! Anyways, we thought we’d resurrect these fun in the sun photos from last summer. Hope you all enjoy this magical field of sunflowers we were gratefully led to see by none other than the flower whisperer herself, Terri Uy-Lennon of Uy-Lennon Flower & Design. =)
We were awestruck as soon as we saw this field of gold. I’ve never seen so many sunflowers in one spot. It had all sizes of sunflowers too, big and small. We felt like we were in Tuscany with Diane Lane. It felt kind of surreal…we’ve always talked about wanting to shoot in one and low and behold, there we were standing in one! One of my all time favorite locations; portrait session in sunflower field?…checked off our list! yays!
We didn’t intend it to be, but looking at the resulting photos afterwards made us think of one word: Bollywood?
Bashful sunflowers. From a certain angle, don’t the sunflower faces look a little like shower heads? ;p
The field was even wider than this! This photo just doesn’t do it justice. Sadly, we were told the farmer who owns this plot of land rotates what is planted: between corn, sunflowers and other vegetables. Does this mean no more sunflowers next summer? =(
BTS info:
These photos were all taken under natural light. As you can see in the last wide shot, it was a partly cloudy day which meant off and on harsh lighting. With conditions like these, you really have to make the most of your time when a cloud is blocking the harsh sunlight. You have to move fast because you have no more than 30secs of soft diffused light (depending on how big your cloud is). But even with harsh direct sunlight, all it takes is facing your subject in different directions to create dramatic lighting. Scroll back up and you’ll see how we used the sun as both the main light and as a side light.
The gear used during this quick session was the amazing Nikon D700 using the 50mm f/1.4 and 35mm f/2 lenses. Make sure you take a look at our gear page for much more gear recommendations.
Thanks for stopping by our site. If you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments section below. 
Below: With the chance of not seeing this amazing field in a long while, we just couldn’t resist a little fun. Look at the clouds moving in and out!
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One word: “JEALOUS” I hate you two!:P Just kidding love it! Especially the one of both of you love birds!:D
I love that you were able to find this attraction here in our backyard. Never knew there was such a wondrous place. I almost felt bad to have you two drive so far for my shoot. Then, Terri mentioned “sunflowers”. There are made for you. Great photos. I love the splash of color with the yellow and green. So exotic.
sunflowers are actually one of my top three favorite flowers. they are just all around shouting happiness
i am so jealous of you right now… i wish my boyfriend could take pictures like this, too 
he tries and he knows my camera well… but he just doesn’t have the eye for it 
he admits it, too. *sigh* gosh… this post did make me smile though.
Sweet!!! Millie shared the location with me, but by the time I got there – all the sun flowers were dead already
boohoo! My favorite shoot is the one where you’re shooting under the red scarf – love the composition and the bokeh effects that the red see thru scarf is creating~ awesome!
Oh my gosh, this is gorgeous!!! I love the contrast of the red dress with the sunflower field. It’s stunning, I want to run through it!
Gorgeous! I think you were destined to play in a field of sunflowers
Hopefully the farmer will bring back the sunflowers….
So beautiful. And I love the last gif pictures, you two are so sweet and funny!
You are my sunflower Kay!!
Gorgeous hon & yes for sure we’ll have to catch lunch/dinner when you guys head back to WI = )
bollywood??? LOL, we watched too much bollywood movies together…. i love the field, i remembered all our eyes lited up and angels sang
I need to marry a photographer. Lol haha this is amazing!
Awsome pictures, I miss seeing how you guys set up the flash and other gear when doing the shoots…
I love sun flowers! You two are just too cute… I love that gif! ^_^