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    1. What is Backlighting?

    2. Understanding the Effects of Backlight: Silhouette, separation, highlighting details, creating a 3D effect

    3. When to Use Backlight: Adding mood and drama, emphasizing textures, separating subject from background

    4. Challenges of Backlight Photography: Metering, exposure, achieving detail in the subject

    1. Spot metering: Focusing exposure on the subject, achieving a dark background

    2. Exposure compensation: Adjusting exposure for a brighter subject while maintaining detail

    3. Bracketing exposures: Capturing multiple exposures to ensure detail in both highlights and shadows

    4. Using manual mode for precise control over exposure in backlit situations

    1. Framing the backlight: Positioning the light source relative to your subject for creative effects

    2. Leading lines: Using lines in the scene to draw attention to your backlit subject

    3. Negative space: Utilizing the dark background to emphasize the subject's shape and form

    4. Hands-on practice: Experimenting with backlight composition techniques and camera settings

    1. Portraits: Techniques for backlit silhouettes, creative rim lighting effects, halo effects

    2. Landscapes: Backlit sunsets and sunrises, highlighting textures and details in clouds and foliage

    3. Still Life Photography: Emphasizing textures and shapes of objects with backlight

    4. Creative Applications: Backlight for abstract photography, light painting with backlighting techniques

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