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help Lighting is especially important when taking pictures of people. What is the difference between side lighting and backlighting? Describe a time in your photography practice that you have used these different lighting styles.

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Answer:

Side lighting is when part of the face is in shadow and part is in light. Often half and half. Backlighting often makes silhouettes.

Step-by-step explanation:

You will have to do the second part on your own, since it is based on your own experience. You could say, for example, you took a picture of a cat standing in front of a fireplace for backlighting, or maybe you had half of the cats face in darkness with the other in light. just an example.

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