THE EDGE OF LIGHT
USE CONTRAST TO CREATE STRIKING, GRAPHIC IMAGES
If you ask me what is my favorite light for landscape photography, I will say soft light, like on a rainy day. I will say the reasons for this preference are the subtlety of light where harsh shadows are not present and the richness of the colors film records in such conditions. Sometimes though, nature’s lighting is anything but subtle. When the sun is shining, I look for the edges of light.
The most dramatic lighting conditions for outdoor photography often occur when light and shadow work together to define a subject. It is these grand theatrics in nature that gives landscape photographers such a thrill. The contrast of a dark shadow behind a backlit branch of autumn leaves, ...
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