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Contre-jour, French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 for 'against daylight
Daylight

Daylight or the light of day is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight outdoors during the Daytime . This includes direct sunlight, diffuse sky radiation, and both of these reflected from the Earth and terrestrial objects....
', refers to photograph
Photograph

A photograph is an created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a Charge-coupled device or a Complementary metal?oxide?semiconductor chip....
s taken when the camera
Camera

A camera is a device that records images, either as a still photograph or as moving images known as videos or movies. The term comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism of projecting images where an entire room functioned as a real-time imaging system; the modern camera evolved from the camera obscura....
 is pointing directly toward the source of light. An alternative term is backlighting
Backlighting (lighting design)

In the context of lighting design, backlighting refers to the process of illuminating the subject from the back. In other words, the Stage lighting instrument and the viewer are facing towards each other, with the subject in between....
.

Contre-jour produces backlighting of the subject. This effect usually hides details, causes a stronger contrast between light and dark, creates silhouette
Silhouette

A silhouette is a view of an object or scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black....
s and emphasizes lines and shapes. The sun
Sun

The Sun , a G V star, is the star at the center of the Solar System. The Earth and other matter orbit the Sun, which by itself accounts for about 98.6% of the Solar System's mass....
, or other light source, is often seen as either a bright spot or as a strong glare behind the subject.






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Contre-jour, French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 for 'against daylight
Daylight

Daylight or the light of day is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight outdoors during the Daytime . This includes direct sunlight, diffuse sky radiation, and both of these reflected from the Earth and terrestrial objects....
', refers to photograph
Photograph

A photograph is an created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a Charge-coupled device or a Complementary metal?oxide?semiconductor chip....
s taken when the camera
Camera

A camera is a device that records images, either as a still photograph or as moving images known as videos or movies. The term comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism of projecting images where an entire room functioned as a real-time imaging system; the modern camera evolved from the camera obscura....
 is pointing directly toward the source of light. An alternative term is backlighting
Backlighting (lighting design)

In the context of lighting design, backlighting refers to the process of illuminating the subject from the back. In other words, the Stage lighting instrument and the viewer are facing towards each other, with the subject in between....
.

Contre-jour produces backlighting of the subject. This effect usually hides details, causes a stronger contrast between light and dark, creates silhouette
Silhouette

A silhouette is a view of an object or scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black....
s and emphasizes lines and shapes. The sun
Sun

The Sun , a G V star, is the star at the center of the Solar System. The Earth and other matter orbit the Sun, which by itself accounts for about 98.6% of the Solar System's mass....
, or other light source, is often seen as either a bright spot or as a strong glare behind the subject. Fill light
Fill light

In television, film, stage, or photographic lighting, a fill light may be used to reduce the contrast of a scene and provide some illumination for the areas of the image that are in shadow....
 may be used to illuminate the side of the subject facing toward the camera.

See also

  • Silhouette
    Silhouette

    A silhouette is a view of an object or scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black....