Portrait silhouette photography skills

Portrait silhouette photography skills

Portrait silhouette photography has always been very popular. How to shoot a high-quality portrait silhouette? The following are the portrait silhouette photography skills I shared. Let's have a look.

1, full-body silhouette, low shot.

Point the subject's whole body at the sky. In order to do this, you need to be below the subject. You can shoot while lying down, or you can talk in your stomach with a camera.

If you can't get low enough, you may need to make your theme higher, such as on rocks, hillsides or the top of sand dunes. I hope you can choose the shooting location so that your subject can form a good angle with the sky. The following are examples of various pictures.

Tips: It is very important to make the subject's feet face the sky! Very! Very! Important thing, why? If you look at the picture, it will make your silhouette look like a short stump, which is strange and not beautiful enough.

If you can't find a suitable seat to shoot, you can take a closer silhouette photo.

Timing is the most important thing.

The best time to take a silhouette is about 20-30 minutes before sunset. But the angle of the sunset must meet the best effect you want to form the best height difference between you and the subject.

If you wait too long, the sun will hide behind your subject, and the sky may not be bright enough when taking a silhouette. If you shoot too early, the color of the sky may be a little single and not gorgeous enough, and you may encounter other problems, such as solar flares in the photos.

Tip: If there are clouds blocking some sunlight, you don't have to wait until sunset to take a silhouette.

3. Simple contour setting

Set the camera to Aperture Priority (AV) mode, and use f/2.8 aperture, ISO400. If there is a metering option, this means that the camera will find the right exposure for your scene.

If your content is mainly portraits, the camera will also choose the appropriate exposure, so that you can clearly see the facial features and skin color, even in a very bright background (see the picture below).

If your photo is occupied by a large bright sky, the camera will turn the sky into a beautiful sunset color, and everything else will become a black silhouette.

Therefore, if you aim the subject directly at the sky (bright), then the subject (dark) will be seriously underexposed. The result of shooting is a silhouette.

4. The specific posture of portrait silhouette

You don't need any expression to take a silhouette, but you need a high profile. Check every shot to make sure there is no action that looks strange.

Here are some key points to remember when taking silhouettes:

1, the gesture of hugging doesn't add points to the silhouette-a hugging silhouette looks like a huge monster. All the subjects should be separated by a certain distance, but there must be a connection place, such as holding hands, so as to see the relationship between the subjects.

2. The subject should not look directly at the camera-this can help the subject pose a better-looking shape, which often looks more beautiful and natural.

3, pay attention to clothing-loose clothes are not suitable for silhouette, and slim clothes will be more stylish. It is best for women to wear more feminine clothes such as skirts, which can highlight gender.

5. Sales silhouette

Try to take a silhouette in every shot, whether it's a family photo, a maternity photo, an engagement or a wedding. Why? Because it can be sold!

The reasons why customers like to buy silhouettes are as follows:

1, silhouette makes photos instantly diverse. Silhouettes are relatively different, and their colors and styles can make photos very interesting. Because the silhouette portrait photo is very unique, it is easy to sell as a separate work of art.

2. Silhouette is the perfect photo of shy customers. Some customers hate their faces hanging on the wall, and silhouette solves this problem. Because the focus of silhouette photography is not on people's faces, photographers can sell their works of art without worrying about anything.

3, the silhouette is better and bigger! If you take a silhouette in a wide place, it looks like a very large work of art, because the subject is in a very small range, the silhouette can become a more impressive work of art and will be more popular with customers. And it is more helpful for the sales of your works.

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