I love shooting into the sun for portraits. It's the signature look I prefer. The rule for me is layering the sun slightly behind something like a tree branch to break it up so the flare on the lens is not as intense. The other rule is that there needs to be something behind me that is reflecting light back onto their faces so either open space or white wall or something that can bounce light back in. I hope that helps!

Wow. Is there some fill flash going on? Maybe the camera's sensor just has enough dynamic range to pull that off in post?

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Meter for the background but with fill flash? Your composition is better Chris in my opinion, too much rock and not enough of that sky in the other shot. Looks really heavy where you would think light but strong would be the intent based on the dramatic background and soft squishy love subjects  💙

OK stop, stop... that picture is just insane. How can that be non-photoshopped?