Into The Light

Posted on February 27, 2019February 25, 2019 by Dan James

One of photography’s common rules is “don’t shoot into the light”.

It’s one I’m quite fond of breaking.

Especially with cheaper cameras/lenses that flare and create interesting effects.

How about you, do you enjoy shooting into the light?

Please let us know below, and feel free to link to your photographs (and don’t forget to tick the “Notify me of new comments via email” box to follow the conversation).

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14 thoughts on “Into The Light”

berriephotography February 27, 20197:07 pm Reply

I also like to shoot into the light. Makes some great photos.
1. Dan James February 27, 20197:27 pm Reply
  
  Yeh I’m almost disappointed by cameras whose lenses are sophisticated enough to not give strange flaring effects!
berriephotography February 27, 20197:08 pm Reply

Rules are meant to be brokeb
jon campo February 27, 20197:42 pm Reply

Hi Dan,
I’m with you on this one.
1. Dan James February 28, 20198:39 am Reply
  
  Thanks Jon. Do you have any links to light photos you’ve made?
Stuart Templeton February 28, 201910:30 pm Reply

pah! rules – whatever lol. I love shooting into the light, sometimes it doesn’t work but other times it can look amazing!
1. Dan James March 1, 20194:26 pm Reply
  
  Exactly, but it’s well worth a try for the times it does deliver!
Stuart Templeton February 28, 201910:30 pm Reply

Oh and great photo’s Dan!
1. Dan James March 1, 20194:27 pm Reply
  
  Thanks Stuart! Feel free to leave a link to any of your light shots.
  1. Stuart Templeton March 1, 20195:36 pm
    
    Will do Dan!
Read.Count.Craft March 1, 20194:35 am Reply

the 1st one is a wide piece of hope.
1. Dan James March 1, 20194:31 pm Reply
  
  Thanks you, that’s a lovely expression. I agree that often with light streaming into a picture it does create a feeling of hope and optimism.
tyblogy March 6, 201910:10 am Reply

Sometimes I do use flare, but than I had this thought – why should I add flare to make photos interesting? Isn’t it weak photo if flare is main thing in the photo? Thought I like its aesthetics. But I would prefer flare just as coincidence…not doing it on purpose.
1. Dan James March 7, 20191:37 pm Reply
  
  Hi Pavel, thanks for your thoughts.
  
  I think I see it differently. I’m curious about how the world looks through the eyes (ie lens) of certain cameras.
  
  So light flare is part of this. It’s like saying what does this camera see when it looks into the sun? And how is that different from what I see with my naked eye?
  
  I like that different cameras see differently, and I enjoy exploring this with different cameras in similar scenes and light conditions.