People seem to be brainwashed to always have the sun behind them when they shoot. I love shooting into the sun. There is just something special about shooting a scene backlit. I am not just talking about landscape photography here, I am also including wildlife photography. Backlighting can give you a beautiful rim-light around your subjects. It can introduce some magic into dust, or mist. It can bring out colors and translucence not visible any other way.

It is the backlighting that gives prominence to that fish. It is the backlighting that gives it its color. It is the backlighting that gives the fish that wow factor. The backlighting makes that fish stand out.

          Experiment with light from different angles. Take some images bathed in front light, then shoot using side-light and backlight. Look at the different effects that result from the direction of the light. Learn which kind of light is best for which kind of image. For example, backlighting is great for leaves. Remember what you have learned and apply it when you are out shooting.