How to shoot the backlight effect?

Backlight is a kind of light with artistic charm and strong expressive force, which can make the picture produce an artistic effect completely different from the actual light we saw with the naked eye at the scene. When shooting backlight photography, you should be able to skillfully use and master the following skills: 1. The main exposure should be given priority to, and the rest should be ignored. If you shoot the sunrise or sunset, you should take the exposure value of the sky or the sun as the main basis. 2. When shooting flowers, plants, people, animals and other scenes with clear outline and transparent texture, we should choose a darker background as the contrast, and use high light as the basis for metering when exposing, so as to create a strong light ratio contrast, strengthen the backlight effect, and achieve the artistic effect of clear outline and highlighting the subject. 3. When shooting the silhouette effect, the exposure should be based on the bright background brightness. 4. When shooting in backlight, the camera is facing a strong light source, so pay attention to the influence of glare. Try using a hood or using hands, hats, cardboard, etc. Stand in front of the camera or adjust the shooting angle to prevent glare. There are two most commonly used backlight shooting effects: one is silhouette effect, and the other is "side light" effect. The following are backlight photos taken at the same time, place and subject matter in different ways, with completely different effects. Silhouette effect Silhouette effect shooting is relatively simple, and the light exposure can be taken as the standard when shooting, mainly to reflect the unique tone and atmosphere of the environment, as shown in the above picture. Its artistic expression mainly includes the following four aspects:

First, it can enhance the texture of the subject.

Especially for shooting transparent or translucent objects, such as flowers, plant branches and leaves, backlight is the best light. Because, on the one hand, backlight illumination can improve the brightness and saturation of transparent objects, and dull transparent or translucent objects under forward illumination present beautiful luster and good transparency; On the other hand, the brightness difference between transparent and opaque objects in the same picture is obviously widened, and the light and shade are opposite, which greatly enhances the artistic effect of the picture.

Second, it can enhance the rendering of the atmosphere.

Especially in the morning and evening of landscape photography, the light and shadow modeling method with low angle and large backlight is adopted. Reflection paints rosy clouds as dyes, clouds as transpiration, and mountains, villages and trees as ink paintings. If mist, canoes and birds are added, it will cause a deep sound in vision and psychology, which will make the work deeper in connotation, higher in artistic conception and stronger in charm.

Third, it can enhance the visual impact.

When shooting in reverse light, due to the increase of the proportion of dark parts, quite a lot of details are blocked by shadows, and subjects with simple lines or small light receiving area suddenly appear in the picture. This large light ratio and Gao Fancha give people a strong visual impact, thus producing a strong artistic modeling effect. Specifically, first of all, the background can be underexposed under the backlight, and the background can be purified, so as to achieve the effect of highlighting the subject; Secondly, it can vividly outline the clear outline of the subject, separate the subject from the background, highlight the ups and downs and lines of the subject, and strengthen the subject's sense of subjectivity; Third, it can profoundly portray the character. Because the light receiving area of the whole picture is small, most of the face and body are in shadow, forming a dense low-key picture dominated by dark colors, which is helpful to express the deep, implicit, solemn or melancholy character of the characters. At the same time, due to the large color contrast and strong light and dark layout, some defects in the face of characters can be diluted by strong light and covered by the shadow of backlight, so as to achieve the effect of fostering strengths and avoiding weaknesses.

Fourth, the depth of the picture can be enhanced.

Especially when shooting in the morning or evening with backlight, the color composition has changed from far to near due to the different media conditions in the air: the foreground is dark and the background is bright; The foreground color saturation is high and the background color saturation is low, which causes the whole picture to go from far to near, from shallow to deep, and from shallow to deep, forming a subtle sense of spatial depth.