When it comes to photography the sun is very kind to us by providing light. Sometimes however, you are ready to snap a beautiful scene before realizing you’re shooting into the sun and lens flare is ruining your composition. Luckily, there’s an easy fix.
The trick is to find an object behind which you can ‘hide’ the sun, while still keeping the cool light/shadow effect its rays create within the frame. This is done by adjusting the angle from which you are taking the photograph.
In the photo below, I decided to ‘hide’ the sun behind the church steeple by taking a few steps to the right of my original position. The light from the sun’s rays is still clearly visible, creating duality with the shadow that lines up perfectly with the steeple’s left edge.
This trick is well suited for urban environments dense with buildings and foliage. The more potential objects behind which to ‘hide’ the sun, the smaller the adjustments you must make with your position.
