Shooting skills of portrait silhouette

(1) Separate the subject from the background.

The subject must be separated from the background. If the two overlap, it will be impossible to highlight the outline of the characters, and it will also make people unable to see clearly what they want to shoot. So, find a relatively open sky and put the characters in it, and you will get enough eye-catching works.

(2) posture

When you find the right position to separate the subject from the background, you should start to deal with the movements and postures of the characters. Because in the silhouette photo, the details have disappeared, and the audience can only judge what happened from the outline. For example, they will let couples kiss slowly and press the shutter before touching. If they wait until they really kiss, they can only shoot a mass of black things.

(3) Composition

In the above photo, the two trees become a strong guiding line, which makes people focus on the characters, while the right side is covered with a lot of patterns as a foil. The application of trisection makes the photo easier to read.

(4) Timing

Dusk is certainly a good opportunity to take a silhouette. The sky was dyed in different colors, and the white clouds became colorful clouds. This picture is the most beautiful.

(5) Depth of field

Photographers usually adjust the aperture to f/8 to get as many details as possible, but there are some exceptions. As shown above, he will increase the aperture to reduce the depth of field and weaken the interference of the foreground.

(6) Angle

One way to make the subject stand out from the background is to shoot from an ultra-low angle. The above picture is an example, let people stand on the slope line with a clean sky in the background.

(7) Artificial light

Sometimes, we can't find an empty place. For example, in a dense forest, you can make a portrait silhouette by flashing/flying lights, and the light around the outer edge of the main body will create a beautiful effect.

(8) Use a wide-angle lens

As shown above, by using a wide-angle lens, you can create a contrast between new people and forests in the picture, and the photos will be even more shocking.

(9) Use different backgrounds

It's convenient to make a silhouette against the sky, but you can also pay attention to whether there are other things nearby that can be used as light sources. For example, in the above picture, with the lake reflecting sunlight as the background, the main body can also be highlighted.