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How to Use Backlight to Create Amazing Images

The key to great photography is good light. To produce a professional quality image, whether in black and white or color, you need a variety of lighting.

Light is one of the most powerful creative tools available. It can enhance almost any subject and it has the ability to shape people and their surroundings.

You can use ambient natural light (such as sunlight), or artificial lights, such as flash. It’s often said that “light is the best camera.” But you can also create interesting light effects using your camera’s exposure modes.

Here are a few ways to use backlight to create a stunning image.

1. Backlight

This technique is great for creating dramatic images, particularly portraits. Backlighting adds depth to an image and gives it a dramatic look. The light source should be behind the subject (and ideally off-camera) to give a dramatic effect.

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What to do When the Light is Down Low

It happens to all of us, we take photos when the light is down low. The light comes from the sun, but when you take photos indoors with natural light, it doesn’t always come from the sun. Sometimes you need to use artificial light to create a great looking image. You should also know that the light you have to use in this situation is called flash.

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There are different types of lights used for photography. One of them is a strobe. This is a special type of light. There are three parts to a strobe. The first one is a flash tube. It produces the light that you will see in a photograph. The second part is the reflector. The reflector reflects the light coming from the flash tube into the camera’s lens. It is a light source that makes the image brighter. The third one is the power … Read the rest

How to Use Fill Flash

Why You Should be Using Fill Flash

You may have heard that there are a number of reasons why you should be using fill flash, and I’ll go over those in this post. I also want to talk about the settings you should use when using fill flash. Why Use Fill Flash? It’s not that hard to understand why you should be using fill flash. It’s there for a reason, right?

The Fill flash feature on your camera is a great aid when it comes to getting a photo where both eyes are in focus. As the name suggests, this setting lets the light from the flash fill in any gaps in your subject’s face. This technique is used in situations such as when you are shooting a portrait and want to get both eyes in sharp focus. However, there are other uses for fill flash and we thought we … Read the rest

Understand Side Lighting in Photography

What is Side Lighting in Photography?

Lighting refers to how much light strikes the subject in a photograph, including both the light that comes from the sky and the light reflected from surfaces such as buildings and vegetation. The amount of light hitting a subject determines how bright and detailed it will appear in the final picture.

Lighting can be divided into two main types – side lighting and front lighting.

Side lighting is created by placing lights on the sides of your subject, so that light bounces off its surface and onto the face of your subject. This type of lighting tends to create flat, even shadows and highlights, which adds interest and depth to the image.

Front lighting is created by placing lights above or below the subject and illuminating it directly. This type of lighting creates a spotlight effect and makes the subject stand out from the … Read the rest