{"id":3258,"date":"2012-11-04T22:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T03:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/?p=3258"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:16:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T13:16:14","slug":"869-online-photo-course-backlighting-successes-and-new-silhouette-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/04\/869-online-photo-course-backlighting-successes-and-new-silhouette-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"#869 Online Photo Course &#8211; Backlighting Successes and New Silhouette Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/04\/869-online-photo-course-backlighting-successes-and-new-silhouette-challenge\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Online Photo Course - better photos!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.HarryNowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/201210OnlineProgramJeffFy.jpg\" alt=\"Online Photo Course - better photos!\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Online Photo Program - Backlighting \u00a9 Jeff F.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last month we challenged the <a title=\"online photo course\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/online-courses\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fonline-courses%2F','Online+photo+course')\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fonline-courses%2F','online+photo+course')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Online Photo Program<\/a> Members with the tough technical challenge of <em>backlighting<\/em> &#8211; the tricky scenario of bringing MORE attention to the main subject by blasting the background with light.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Online photo course\" src=\"http:\/\/www.HarryNowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/201210OnlineProgramChristaR.jpg\" alt=\"Better pictures through online course\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Online Photo Course - \u00a9 Christa R<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But they performed! I was pleased at how the group progressed. It was a tough challenge for many but I was pleased with the results!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Online photo program - beautiful pictures\" src=\"http:\/\/www.HarryNowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/201210OnlineProgramMadelineB.jpg\" alt=\"Online photo program - beautiful pictures\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Online photo program - backlighting \u00a9 Madeline B<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And Online member, Scott, sent us this comment about his experience on the program:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Loving the on-line program.\u00a0 I like that it pushes me to\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">think<\/span>\u00a0about how I want to capture the image before me.\u00a0 At last weekend\u2019s cyclocross race I sought out shooting locations that allowed me to blow-out the background and highlight the cyclists.\u00a0 I\u2019d say I\u2019m feeling more involved with the picture taking process.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Online Photo Class - take better pictures!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.HarryNowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/201210OnlineProgramScottH.jpg\" alt=\"Online Photo Class - take better pictures!\" width=\"450\" height=\"331\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Online Photo Class - Backlighting - \u00a9 Scott Hall<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ve just started this month&#8217;s online photo challenge with an introduction to silhouettes and what they are.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Online photo program - silhouette\" src=\"http:\/\/www.HarryNowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/Silhouette-2537.jpg\" alt=\"Online photo program - silhouette\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Better photos through online learning!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Later this week we give technical tips on silhouettes and how to achieve them. We also outline participant&#8217;s specific challenge for the month.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a title=\"Online photo course\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/online-courses\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fonline-courses%2F','Online+photo+course')\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fonline-courses%2F','online+photo+course')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join us<\/a><\/em><\/strong> to learn about silhouettes and challenge yourself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Last month we challenged the Online Photo Program Members with the tough technical challenge of backlighting &#8211; the tricky scenario of bringing MORE attention to the main subject by blasting the background with light. But they performed! 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