The use of light in a photograph can be the deciding factor of whether that picture will be spectacular or terrible. When using the camera to automatically choose aperture and shutter speed, so the camera is doing is using the built in light meter and measure the amount of light reflected into the camera.But that does not mean it's all there is to do. You should also think about the angle of the light entering the frame, what kind of shadows you want, and if you want to use fill-in flash (using flash to illuminate the subject, if you have a very bright background ). If you are shooting at night you can create all kinds of cool effects like lights in motion, pictures with moonlight, or silhouettes. The following are just some of the possibilities.
Angle of the light
The angle of light should be taken into account whenever you feel like you want to create a specific effect. Shadows can be very powerful when cast over half of someone's face. When deciding what angle you prefer to have the light coming from you indirectly determine where shadows will be cast. The angle of the light can be used to show the texture if it comes from the side of the shadows, because they create the effect of depth. You can add the detail and the mystery of someone's face if you decide to keep half of his face in shadow. The most common mistake the use of light that people make when taking photos portrait is the light that comes directly from the back when they have no intention of creating a silhouette. This usually results in only very dark face of the subject and the background overexposed.
Rays of light effect
The effect of rays of light indoors and outdoors can be very spectacular. A brilliant part of some great photographs is the ability to actually see rays of light in a picture. If under a brilliant sunset light streaming through a window or light from artificial lights almost all classes have the potential to look stunning. Usually the only way to get something like this is a narrow aperture (high f / stop) and a very slow shutter speed. I found the light rays was great architectural photography in the form of light transmission through windows or spaces.
Silhouettes
Silhouettes are another interesting example of using light strategy. The way to create a silhouette is significantly brighter light coming from behind the subject. In doing so, it is important to take your camera light reading off the bottom instead of the matter to the camera set for an exhibition based on the backlight. If you do this, the subject successfully underexposed and the background hopefully should have a well-balanced exposure. You can do this for any item, including people, animals, amazing landscapes and cityscapes.
Low light in the darkness
Photography at night is completely different from the picture in the day. In the evening there will probably not light enough to grip the camera if you are going to take a picture with proper exposure (without flash). A tripod is very necessary and always use a tripod when I'm shooting at night to avoid the risk of blurring hand tremors. If you still experimenting with different ways of using light is to be obtained very interesting results. A favorite of photographers the night is on the road to a busy street. With a long shutter speed the photographer can use the headlights to light rays through the frame. The longer the exposure, the more fascinating the results with light most of the time.
Try this technique to make a copy of someone
Shutter speed 30 seconds somewhere, put the camera on a tripod and set the timer so you do not have to press the shutter button. Someone has to stand beside the camera with a flashlight and someone has to be the subject of the photo in front of the camera. The subject is in one place while the flashlight is pointed and moved in an upward and downward. After about 15 seconds the flashlight is off and the subject was asked to move to his left. Then the flashlight was pointed out again and move up and down until the camera finishes the exposure. If you do this successfully, you can create the same person twice in a table.
