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What are the basic characteristics of backlight?

The essence of photography is light, and light is the lifeblood and soul of photography. Mr. Liu Bannong once said: Although the scenery is good, the picture is still dead without proper light. ?

Backlight shooting is a means of photographing light. Broad backlight should include full backlight and side backlight. The basic characteristics are: from the light level, the total backlight is the light emitted from the subject with his back to the camera, also known as? Backlight? ; Is the side backlight around the camera 135? The light emitted from the back of the camera to the subject accounts for 1/3, and the backlight accounts for 2/3. From the light ratio, the subject and background are both in the dark or 2/3 of the area is in the dark, so the light ratio between light and dark is large and the contrast is strong. From the perspective of light effect, backlight produces contour light for opaque objects; Generating transmitted light for transparent or translucent objects; Produce flickering light on liquid or water.

If the means of backlight photography can be used properly, it is undoubtedly valuable for improving the artistic effect of photography creation.