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Contre Jour Lighting

Contre Jour Lighting

A mysterious effect that makes your paintings glow

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James Gurney
Mar 04, 2024
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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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