We have had a few challenges playing with light in various ways. This week we stand up to it by 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 by putting in the description the keyword that I will indicate for each topic. The themes will be varied, from portraits to Macro photography, going 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…
WEEKLY CHALLENGE 44: AGAINST THE LIGHT
Any knowledgeable photographer will tell you to avoid shooting against the light. Light is essential for a good photo, but for that it has to be in our favor, 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 that you are going to encounter 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 overcome 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 “Reto Contraluz” 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 Photographer's Blog Group Wall and uploading the photo directly. Give your photo a title and be sure to mention “Backlighting Challenge” in it.
- Twitter: uploading the photo directly to Twitter with the hashtag #RetoContraluzBDF
Thank you for participating and… Good Light!
UPDATE
Both the level of participation and the quality of the work this week were IMPRESSIVE. It has taken a lot to prepare this manual selection, the more jobs participate, the more time you have to spend reviewing each and every one of the snapshots, but also, when handling photographic and artistic quality levels such as those demonstrated this week, imagine how complicated it would be. homework back. Look at the quality of the work and the "photographic eye" that has captured them. As always, it's a minimal selection, insignificant, compared to the amount 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 consider yourself congratulated.
The photo I choose this week is an atypical backlight. It is not the traditional backlight that you shoot looking at the sun, it is a kind of "against sky" that strictly complies with the requirement of shooting from a position of low light pointing towards the source of light, the entrance to the Metro in this case.
Looking at her, I enjoy the transition between light and dark. Also, the fact that the ceiling is dark helps to create that "island of light" that you can't help but look at. I want to think that the photo has a high degree of improvisation, but it is a sample of how a burst of creativity can surprise you at any time and place. When it does, keep your camera close.
