Backlighting: seperate your kid from the background

Hey momtographers, here is a cool tip I am sharing that is sooooo easy.  You know how people use to say "don't take a picture of someone with the sun behind them."  Well, rules were meant to be broken and breaking that rule is totally the hot new trend in photography. I'm seeing this more and more now days so   I'm going to show you how to do it. 

First stand so that the sun is right behing your kid.  The time of day matters.  The closer to sunset or sunrise the better.  That time of day, the sun is right at the horizon shooting across direct sunlight.

If you have camera controls that allow you to go under this mode then select "back lit"so that your kid's face will get well exposed.  If you have a manual camera, set your exposure for the shadows (the darkest part).  If you get the exposure for the face right, you end up with this great outline that highlights your kids hair and sets them apart from the background.

You can also put your camera in "fill flash" mode to expose for the face and fill in the shadows but keep the hair light.  This also gives an extra sparkle in your kid's eye's from the reflection of the flash.

So that's it.   Now you know another very easy trick to making photography that much more fun and interesting.  Until next time, goodbye!