Monday, April 16, 2012

Tips for Better Silhouette Photos

By Roy Barker


Ever attempted you hand at silhouette photography? If you haven't yet, you should really make it a point to play around with this method in the near future. I guarantee you, you will be surprised at all of the awesome pictures your camera can capture!?

Understanding Outline Photography

Silhouette photography has its own unique type of charm, puzzle and drama not found in any other sort of photography. While the main subjects in such stills may almost be featureless apart from their special outlines, the pictures picture a tale that no one else can tell.

Silhouettes generally occur accidentally, such as when you are shooting at sunrise or nightfall and when something bright is behind your subject. Nonetheless you can use it deliberately to think up some exciting and totally breathtaking pictures.

The easy way to Capture Amazing Outline Pictures

If you would like to know how it's possible for you to come up with top quality images using this technique, here are some tips that may help you:

- Select an engaging subject. While anything can be used as a subject in silhouette photography, choosing subjects with powerful, engaging and highly recognizable shapes are reckoned to be the most ideal for this reason. Remember, there wouldn't be any colours, tones and textures that can help draw viewers ' eyes to your image so everything lies on selecting a subject with an engaging and distinct shape.

-Use proper lighting. You'll get the most satisfactory results from silhouette photography if there's more lighting in the background.

- Do not use your flash. It'll only ruin your shots. Frame it right. To get good photos, make certain to utilise a plain, bright background.

- Make it simple and distinct. Profile photography is all about shapes so be sure you keep your subjects distinct and obviously recognizable at every point. Don't try to fuse different subjects together since it'll only confuse your viewers.

-Trick your camera. Most digital cameras are so smart that they will try to light up your subject even if you're intentionally underexposing it. To get around with this limitation, simply focus your camera to the brightest part of your picture and push the shutter halfway down before turning it back to your original frame. If this doesn't work, try using the manual mode.

-Focus it right. To get extra sharpened features, use your manual focus and pre-focus before you take a shot. You can also try using a smaller aperture to enhance your depth of field.

Now you know the way to take beautiful silhouette photographs, are you ready to take your camera out and start fiddling with this system? I am hoping you do!




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