Portrait Session at Playa del Duque, Tenerife
A portrait session at Playa del Duque in Costa Adeje, on the elegant south coast of Tenerife. Pale sand, palm shade and bright Atlantic light. Photographed by Iryna Danylko.
For portraits the location should stay quiet, and this beach does that: pale sand, palms and white architecture behind, so nothing competes with the person in front of it.
I work with the palm shade during the day and the open beach in the final hour before sunset. Shade gives even light and nobody squints; the evening gives warm side-light and long shadows. Two changes of clothing are usually enough to make both look like different sessions.