How to take a silhouette photo with iPhone?

Silhouette is one of the most interesting photography techniques in iPhone photography. The role of silhouette is to turn the subject into black and white, thus creating a little mystery and attracting more attention from the subject. More importantly, it is very simple to take silhouette photos with iPhone. Through this introduction, you will learn some very simple skills to take your own silhouette photos with iPhone.

Find the perfect light

When shooting facing the light source, the back of the subject will be illuminated, thus forming a silhouette. The effect of taking a silhouette is very simple. You can get a silhouette effect by pointing the camera at the light source and shooting the subject in reverse light.

It is very important to find a parallel light source from the horizontal direction in order to better face the light source for taking pictures. When the weather is clear, about one hour after sunrise and one hour before sunset, the sun shines almost from the horizon, so the light at this time is basically horizontal. In winter at high latitudes, the sunshine is basically horizontal all day.

When the sun is low, make sure you can see it from the place where you took the picture. When the sun is above the horizon, shooting against the light in an open place like the beach can get a good silhouette effect anytime and anywhere.

In this photo, the trees in the park block the sunlight, so there are many shadows. In addition, blocking the sun behind the tree is to avoid lens glare.

In most cases, the light is projected from the sky into the lens, but sometimes, the light will reflect back from the wet ground. In the face of this kind of shooting by reflected light, you can actually get a silhouette effect, such as the photo below.

In fact, in a room where light can only enter through windows or doors, interesting contours can be photographed. The photo below is a silhouette of light entering the room through the glass door.