Contre-jour (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. (of a photograph) taken with the camera pointed more or less in the direction of the principal light source or with the strongest light behind the subject.
noun
  1. photog
    • the technique of taking photographs into the light, with the light source behind the subject
    • (as modifier)
Contre-jour (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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