Shooting into the Sun

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Something I have been told by multiple sources in the past is the rule of never shooting into the sun, that it dulls the subject matter, that it can off set your colour and can ruin a photo.

I have never thought this way, if anything I am a fan of shooting into the sun and having it almost envelope and bring a spookiness to the picture itself and if anything I think it brings more life to a photo if it is done right.

Do you tend to agree this though? Do you think it should be done as it brings depth or should it be avoided at all costs?
 
Into the sun shots can be very eye catching. If possible I try to get the camera into the shade of something like a tree etc. to reduce degrading image quality.
 
arclight said:
Into the sun shots can be very eye catching. If possible I try to get the camera into the shade of something like a tree etc. to reduce degrading image quality.
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They have trees on Rockall?
Think I read somewhere a while back that this was in the instruction booklet which came with some Kodak cameras in the olden days.
 
RBaker said:
They have trees on Rockall?
Think I read somewhere a while back that this was in the instruction booklet which came with some Kodak cameras in the olden days.
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Clue - there is more than one Rockall.
 
RBaker said:
They have trees on Rockall?
Think I read somewhere a while back that this was in the instruction booklet which came with some Kodak cameras in the olden days.
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Clue - there is more than one Rockall.:lol:
 
RBaker said:
Well, since this is about shooting into the sun, it's clearly not in Scotland.
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Wrong - loads of sun here. Same as everyone else. Just that clouds sometimes get in the way.
 
Sebastiao Salgado masterfully does so. Check out the exhibition if you are near the natural history museum soon. Best ten quid I spent in a long time.
 
It says in my user manual that it can damage the camera, hence why I try to avoid it whenever possible. But agreed it does look nice especially if you can silhouette something catching.
 
cwindsor said:
Something I have been told by multiple sources in the past is the rule of never shooting into the sun
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You have been told wrongly by multiple sources..

Never shoot directly at the sun maybe? but shooting into the sun is a style of photography adapted by many...
 
It all depends on what you are trying to shoot and the effect you are after.

Re shooting into the sun with film.
I have had holes burnt through transparency film whil shooting a seaside sunrise, once.

Havn't had any problems shooting digital.
 
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