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Backlit subjects in production

Backlit subjects in production

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Backlit subjects in production

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Rich Harrington: Hi. My name's Rich Harrington. Robbie Carman: And I'm Robbie Carman. Rich Harrington: Rob, this week we're going to tackle a subject that's really difficult for a lot of folks, and that's backlighting. We're a bit backlit right now. We have a relatively brighter backdrop behind us. And if we didn't put lights in front of us, we'd be dark, right? Robbie Carman: Yeah, and unless you're going for that silhouette-type look, you're going to want to to defeat it. And it can often be challenging because especially if you don't have a lot of additional light and all sorts of stuff. You're stuck in the situation, should I, kind of, expose for the brightness of the background? Should I expose for the brightness of the foreground? And you're going to find yourself in a situation when you do one or the other, it doesn't look quite right, right? If you expose for the background, we're going to be dark. If you expose for us, the background's going to be blown out. So it can be a…

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