Chasing a Halo the Cloud Wouldn't Give Me (July Photo Set 7/15)
I went out that evening wanting a halo. That bright rim of light around the hair that separates you from whatever is behind you and makes the whole frame look considered before you've even thought about how you're standing. I didn't get it, and I want to walk through why, because the reason is simple and it wasn't my settings.
Where the sun needs to be
A halo is a question of where the sun is sitting. It has to be behind you and it has to be low, roughly at the height of your hair, so it skims across the strands and lights up the edges. I was out too early for that. The sun was still high enough that it was coming down onto the top of my head rather than through from behind, so I got a bright crown and a thin warm line down one side, and nothing wrapping around the shape of me. Close enough to see what I wanted. Not close enough to have it.
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