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You can certainly shoot photos in the sun. Make sure the sun is behind you (and the camera) so the sunlight isn't coming in the lens but rather shining on the subject.
Don't over complicate it. Take a bunch of photos at different angles, lighting and heights. Look them over, determine the best ones that you like and delete the others.
I do the same when picking hookers.