Moving with the Music

Dancer at a drum circle in Venice Beach.

I always find it amusing when I give advice on the blog like "don't shoot straight into the sun" -- then turnaround and do it myself... on purpose.

There really wasn't much post-processing on this one other than the square crop.

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Tasha {Redwall Photo} says:

I love shooting directly into the sun and lens flare makes me happy... I'm all about disregarding good technique :)

I really like this one, Brian. Gorgeous light and the women's body is a beautiful shape.
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Susheel Chandradhas says:

One of my favourite photographs here on flickr - shot directly into the sun: flickr.com/photos/puja/2848068535/
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Brian Auer says:

Thanks for the compliments, Tasha!

And I agree, sometimes the right thing to do is the wrong thing. The important part is that you know what you're doing and why. When I shot this, I was fully expecting these types of results. I've got another one I'll post tomorrow with some pretty awesome flare on it.
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RussHeath says:

Love this! Great image, Brian. Backlighting always seems to make the shot . . .
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