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  • You Can Do It: Glare-Free Glass Photography Using Backlighting

    Banish glare with backlighting

    How did photographer John Kuczala render this lab glassware with such crystalline clarity? The trick, says the New York City-based tabletop specialist, is avoiding frontlight. Backlighting against white or sidelighting against black does the job. Direct frontlight, regardless of the background, ruins your shots.

  • Low-Light Photography: An Introduction

    We talk to four pros who thrive in the shadows, creating blazingly brilliant images

    Maybe it’s human nature, but photographers often fear darkness. For many of us, it’s associated with photographic failure: obscured subjects, blur from movement and inaccurate focus, and the inability to see while shooting. Overcoming that fear and conquering darkness has helped the four photographers featured here to create dark images that are boldly streaked with brilliance. Here are their secrets.