Light coming in through an open door, assuming it is diffused with no direct sunlight, is among the most beautiful types of lighting. It flatters almost every subject. You have to increase the ISO to deal with the diminished amount of available light, but it is worth doing that to get such beautiful illumination. I photographed this young Himba girl in her hut in northern Namibia with a 24-105mm lens using light from the open door. I raised the ISO to 1600, and that gave me 1/60th of a second at f/5.6. One could argue that the background is messy and even distracting in this shot, but this is how she lives and I wanted to show that. I hand held the camera.
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