BACKLIT SUBJECT

Underexposed 1

Shooting into the sun means that you’ll end up with an underexposed subject or overexposed background – or both, as here.

Adding fill-flash 2

One option is to use a blip of flash to brighten up the backlit subject. The flash will need to be close to the subject for this to work.

Corrected 3

You’ll need to keep the shutter speed at the ‘flash sync speed’ or slower when shooting in daylight – check the camera manual for details.