Use the light that shines through your window for our photo challenge

This week's Mashable Photo Challenge is about using the light from your window to create the perfect picture.

Stand your subject up against a window, so that the backlighting creates a dramatic silhouette. Or cast thin strips of light on your subject through window blinds

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Photographer Vincent Carabeo will be our guest host

"Often times windows and blinds really help create this dramatic effect of shadows and slanted light," he said. "Pay close attention to your surrounding. See how lighting changes it, and work with what you see."

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