Say you want to photograph a bride standing in front of the window, contemplating the vows she is about to make (as in the picture above). As a subject, she will be backlit, because the light source is behind her.
The main challenge to overcome when photographing backlit subjects is that your camera meters for the light. If we left it up to the camera in this scenario, the window would be exposed properly but the bride, our main subject, would be underexposed.
So how do you trick your camera into exposing for the subject instead of the light source? There are two ways I wanted to discuss: View full post »
All images taken by Kate Pelura of Kate Fine Art
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