Back Light For Magical Images

Back lighting is beautiful, mysterious and a little magical. It seems to be very popular with today's photographers. Here are a few pointers on how to get the wonderful effect with ease and by using any digital camera. ❃First of all you need to place your subject (human or still life) so that their back is facing the sun, and you are facing them and the sun. When you see a glow behind the subject through your lens then you are ready! I think the best time to do back lit shots is during the golden hours. The golden hour is an hour after sunrise and an hour before sunset. Try this time for shooting all kinds of images because it is gorgeous! ❃My image of the woman's face is a bit dark. I tend to like imperfections, that is just my style, (I also like its mystery) but if you want the face to be brighter you could use a reflector that bounces some of the light back into his/her face. You may also want to try your on camera flash if you do not have a reflector. Any other time I say to turn your flash off. ❃A reflector can be bought or made! Perhaps I will write a blog that is just about reflectors in the near future. Have a friend hold the reflector so that it bounces some light up into the subjects face to add some warmth, light or both. ❃Shoot, shoot and shoot some more. You will get a winner out of the shots. You can do this using your camera on manual or auto, that is up to you. I recommend that you do some post processing for color correction, to brighten an image that is underexposed or to saturate color. Play with your new back lit images and share with others!!! Tell me how it goes and/or what you think about back lighting!