your subject is backlit, as in Figure 21–10, you won't see much detail. Instead you'll get a silhouette, which is great for emphasizing shape. Often you see the backlighting technique used in sunset shots when the sun is low in the sky and the camera is pointed right at it. Anything that's between the sun and the camera appears as a silhouette.
I used a low angle in the composition of Figure 21–10 to ensure that the dark subject was against a bright background. This lighting helps to make her shape stand out rather than blending in with the other dark elements.
Figure 21–10: Find a perspective in which your subject is backlit to emphasize its shape.
Index
Abbey Road coverage, 319 abstract art
challenges of photographing, 284
macro photography, 286
shapes and lines in, 285
simple composition, 286
tonality, 285 action photography.
photography action sequence, 288
active space, 265
Adams, Ansel (photographer), 96, 117, 236
Adobe Photoshop software.
editing software aerial shots, 277
analogous color scheme, 90–91, 312–313
angle.
children's photography, 273
Dutch, 133
fashion photography, 228
flower photography, 254
food photography, 256
portrait photography, 217-218
to show scene, 325
for subject emphasis, 326
3/4,217
angle of view, 118–120 animal photography.
photography aperture
Av aperture priority mode, 43
controlling light with, 37-38
defined, 2, 37
depth of field control, 38
macro photography, 236-237
sports photography, 276
values in 1-stop increments, 38
architectural photography
exterior buildings, 259-260
hard lighting, 156
interior, 260-262
lighting, 259
at night, 259
overview, 258
soft lighting, 156
tripod for, 47 art photography
abstract art, 284-287
collage, 289-290
fine art, 280-283
mixing digital techniques and film cameras for, 291
multiple images, combining, 287-288
overview, 279
subject, finding, 280
what to photograph, 280 assistant, 160 auto focus
continuous, 265
for focal point, 107
one-shot, 264–265 automatic camera setting, 15 automatic modes
Av aperture priority, 43
full, 43
Tv shutter priority, 43
when to use, 44 available light source, 171
background badly lit, 143–144
balance between subject and, 135
basic description of, 68
chaotic, 151
choosing a, 314
color, 151
background
distracting, 144-145
environmental portrait, 136
flower photography, 252-253
food photography, 256
lighting, 168
literal elements in, 151
merged with subject, 145-146
as most descriptive element, 149-150
multiple image concepts, 289
negative space, 136
posed portrait, 222
problems, preventing and fixing, 146-149
prop, 149
rules of composition, 68
self-created, 148-149
sense of depth, 12, 68-69
solid, 139, 141–142, 151
subject combined with, 152
