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Backlighting

📷 @janiu · Google Pixel 9 · f/1.68 · 1/20000 · ISO 22 · 6.9mm

Backlighting

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Theory

Backlight places the main light behind the subject. It creates glow, rim light, haze, or silhouettes.

What to do

Put the light source behind your subject for a glow or halo of light.

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