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Light is one of the elements of a scene that you can alter, play with, control, and make a less or more important part of your picture. Light can make a picture ominous or airy, glowing or velvety dark. To use light creatively, you may have to override your camera's autoexposure system.
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The direction that light is coming from relative to your camera's position is important because it affects the shadows that will be visible in your picture. Four main types of lighting are illustrated here: side-lighting, front-lighting, backlighting, and top-lighting.
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You can photograph many different things outdoors at night, so don't put your camera away just because the sun is gone for the day. Light sources (street lights, automobile lights, neon signs, or fires) or brightly lit areas (illuminated buildings or areas under street lights) will dominate pictures at night because they stand out strongly against darker backgrounds.
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