Weekly Challenge 44: Against the Light

We have had a few challenges playing with light in various ways. This week we stand up to him photographing against the light. You dare?

How does it work? (Reminder)

Every week I will propose a new challenge, it is a topic that you will have to capture in a photograph and upload it to the Facebook page of the blog putting in the description the keyword that I will indicate for each topic. The themes will be varied, from portraits to Macro photography, through landscapes, black and white photography, or babies. The topics will be proposed on Saturdays, so that you have the whole weekend to work on them. You will have one week to upload your photograph (one photo per participant), until Friday of the following week. On Friday or Saturday I will update the article with the photo that has captivated me the most and I will propose a new topic, and so on…

Weekly Challenge 44: Against the Light

Any knowledgeable photographer will tell you to avoid photographing against the light. Light is essential for a good photo, but for that it has to be for us, not against us. That’s why it’s a challenge 🙂 This week it’s time to photograph against the light.

A backlit photo is a difficult photo. It’s like swimming against the current. The first and most difficult difficulty you will face is that your subject will come out very dark. However, he is capable of producing unique, different and very creative photos if you know how to overcome this difficulty.

There are several techniques to get around this difficulty and turn it to our advantage: using a fill flash or photographing silhouettes are some of these techniques that can help us take advantage of this situation.

As usual, to participate in this week’s challenge upload your photo to the Facebook wall of the Photographer’s Blog: In the description of the photo please mention the keyword “Backlight Challenge” followed by a title of your choice.

Alternative Means to Participate

For those of you who are not from Facebook I have enabled new social networks to participate.

• Flickr: accessing the Group Mural of the Photographer’s Blog and uploading the photo directly. Give your photo a caption and be sure to mention “Backlight Challenge” in the same.
• Twitter: uploading the photo directly to Twitter with the hashtag #BacklightBDF Challenge

Thank you for participating and… Good Light!

Update

Both the level of participation and the quality of the works, this week, were IMPRESSIVE. It has cost a lot to make this manual selection, the more works that participate, the more time you have to be reviewing each and every one of the snapshots, but also, when handling levels of photographic and artistic quality such as those demonstrated this week, imagine how complicated it is return the task. Look at the quality of the works and the “photographic eye” that has captured them. As always, it’s a minimal selection, meaningless, compared to the number of really good photos I’ve seen this week. It is not possible to upload them all here, these are a simple sample. If you have participated in this week’s challenge, please congratulate yourself.

The photo I choose this week is an unusual backlight. It is not the traditional backlight that you shoot looking at the sun, it is a kind of “against the sky” that strictly meets the requirement of shooting from a position of low light pointing towards the source of light, the mouth of Metro in this case.

Looking at her, I enjoy the transition between light and dark. Also, the fact that the ceiling is dark helps create that “island of light” that you can’t help but look towards. I like to think that the photo has a high degree of improvisation, but it is an example of how a burst of creativity can surprise you at any time and place. When he does, keep the camera close.

Congratulations Dave.

Tomorrow new challenge.
Happy weekend everyone.