Contre Jour Lighting
A mysterious effect that makes your paintings glow
Contre-jour lighting is a type of backlighting where you place the subject right in front of a bright, sunny sky. In French the phrase literally means “against the day,” a poetic way to express this mysterious and powerful effect.
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