Friday afternoon was spent in glitz and glamour taking photos of Aisha’s matric farewell dress, gorgeous shoes and awesome limo…  I was enjoying myself so much and had time to take a silhouette photo (which is actually really easy to do)  Here is my top photography tip for the day.

When taking a silhouette photo keep in mind that you are losing alot of detail so your silhouetted shaped has to be recognisable.  You will see in my shot that I specifically asked Aisha to turn her face to the side so that we would have a beautiful profile showing.  Then you need to have light cming from behind your subject (windows in north facing houses are ideal for this.

You have to then set your exposure for the background behind your subject (which is lit much more brightly than your subject) and this will in “underexpose” your subject , in technical terms, and create a silhouette.  Now you try…

Riani