How to shoot with backlight

When shooting people against the light, if the subject is in front of the light source, the photo will appear in great contrast with the environment. Accurate exposure is the key to taking a good photo. The background should be bright and detailed, and the subject should not be too dark and should also be detailed. But when the subject is too dark, you can use a reflector to fill in the light, or use a flash to fill in the light. Backlight shooting can produce outline light, which can outline the outline of the person being photographed, separate it from the background, and further play a role in shaping the subject. Bright bright lines are formed on the edge of the subject's shape, which can render the atmosphere to be expressed, enriching and enlivening the picture. There are two ways of performing backlight photography: one is to underexpose the subject, creating a silhouette effect; the other is ordinary backlight photography. When taking backlight photography, it is best to use spot metering when measuring the subject. When shooting with backlight, if the subject’s back is facing the sun, the face of the subject will be too dark. This is because most cameras will default to the entire viewfinder as the basis for metering. In a backlit environment, the light behind the portrait is already very strong. After average calculation, the camera will consider the front of the portrait to be dark. The situation is normal, which is why a "big black face" appears when photographed in a backlit environment. How to solve the problem of photographing people against the light? 1. Adjust the camera flash mode to forced flash mode. 2. The person should be within 3 meters of the camera and not too far away. 3. If you forget to switch to the forced flash mode and the face is too dark, you can use software to correct it when developing. Photographing people against the light is different from photographing landscapes. When taking photos of backlit people, you usually point the flash towards the face. But the photos taken will make the fill light on the face of the person being photographed too obvious. There may even be a tendency to overexpose. We should turn the flash upward 45 degrees and pull out the reflective plate inside to form a refracted flash. In this way, the light reaching people's faces is much softer. There is no need to reduce the flash when using flash fill light. Another method that will work very well is to use reflectors to reflect light. Sometimes people can be photographed against the light without filling in the light intentionally. At this time, if you want to increase the exposure, generally adding two to three stops is enough.