Photography 101

The Challenge

The angle at which daylight hits a subject is critical, so you need to bear in mind the following points:
1. It affects the shape of the object it is falling on, or more accurately the apparent shape of the object.
2. It affects the texture that the camera can reproduce.
3. It affects the picture composition through its manipulation of tonal balance (this is particularly true in b&w photography)

No doubt you will have noticed that the quality of daylight changes throughout the day. That’s partly because the color temperature of the light changes. This change in color temperature alters the color balance of your pictures so that if you photograph your house at sunrise it will appear to be a different color than if you had photographed it at noon.

One of the great things about natural light is that, even if you stay seated in the same spot, you can find totally different effects just by turning in a different directions—in the same lighting conditions, in different directions, you can achieve backlighting, sidelighting, or front lighting.

“There is no such thing as bad light for photography—you just need to know how to use it.”

Judging / Voting Criteria

Vote for the images that best display the use of natural lighting. I would like you to show me photos that have used natural lighting (no flash or artificial lighting allowed). Try photographing from different angles to make silhouettes or sidelighting, etc. Move your subject around so as to get light from another direction. Take photos at different times of the day to play with color temperature. Experiment with it!

Rewards & Prizes

Top Ten will be featured on the front page. Two non-placers will be chosen by moderator to also be featured!

Additional Information

AS ALWAYS:
Enter only photos with little or no post processing. No cards, no clothing designs, no words on photos, no collaging, no excessively post processed images please. If any of these are entered it is the hosts choice remove them without notice.

IMPORTANT: You DO NOT need to submit your photo to the group to enter the challenge. After the challenge has finished, the top ten and two honorable mentions will be asked to submit their work to the group then for featuring!

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