Backlight photography skills necessary for beginners

What are the necessary backlight shooting skills for beginners? Backlight is one of the most commonly used rays in photography, which is completely opposite to the shooting angle of front light. The main light source comes from the back of the subject, which can make the scene form eye-catching lines and fully reflect the outline of the subject. Below, I have arranged the skills of backlight photography for you. Welcome to read the reference!

Backlight photography technology

First, the shooting equipment:

Digital SLR (Quan Huafu is better)+large aperture fixed focus lens.

Quan Huafu's CMOS and RAW formats can help us to record more details, and also provide convenience for the later stage. However, the quality of a large aperture fixed-focus lens is generally higher than that of a zoom lens with the same focal length. At the same time, the large aperture can make the halo and spot more obvious, thus improving the light perception of the picture.

Second, the shooting time:

The golden shooting time of backlight is within 1 hour every day, and before sunset, because the light is soft and the color is warm, and the contrast between the characters and the background is small, it is easy to create a beautiful picture.

As far as the season is concerned, the light in winter is softer and brighter than that in summer, which is more suitable for shooting, basically suitable for all-day backlight shooting.

As far as the prime time of shooting is concerned: summer usually appears at 5 am? Six o'clock in the afternoon, five o'clock? 6 o'clock, winter usually appears at 7 o'clock in the morning? 8 o'clock, 4 o'clock in the afternoon? 5 o'clock depends on the time of sunrise and sunset.

As far as the weather is concerned, sunny days can shoot the obvious backlight best.

Third, shooting settings:

Backlight photography has two major difficulties:

The first difficulty is exposure. Because people are in the state of backlighting when shooting, the brightness of the background is often several times that of the main body, and the average photometry of the camera will take the background brightness into account, resulting in the subject being too dark or underexposed from time to time. Here are four methods for your reference:

Method 1: Evaluate photometry, and take the average of figure exposure and background exposure. Exposure value can be achieved by side flash and reflector for face.

Method 2: Spot metering exposes the face, and most of the background will be overexposed. At this time, it is necessary to choose a brighter background so as not to be too boring.

Method 3: Background exposure, underexposure of characters, and silhouette effect.

Another difficulty is focusing. When sunlight enters the photoreceptor, focusing becomes difficult, especially when using a large aperture, which is often difficult or slow.

The solution is to focus first, then finalize the design, and use a hood. Generally, focus on the center, focus on the subject first, and then move the picture to complete the composition shooting. By re-composition, the degree of backlight can be well controlled, so as to achieve the desired effect.