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09/14/2005 09:50:09 AM · #1 |
| Does anyone have tips on how to light a subject in order to create a nice black silhouette? |
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09/14/2005 09:54:15 AM · #2 |
| Basically, you backlight the subject. Expose for the light and your subject should end up way underexposed. |
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09/14/2005 12:15:59 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by qbicle:
Does anyone have tips on how to light a subject in order to create a nice black silhouette? |
Yes, I have.
Sorry. I did not have enough time to complete. Now the rest...
Sunset and sunrise are the best for dark silhouettes. Just expose for the rest of the scene (not the sun, or the subject). Focus on the subject. Any other diffused light source can be made use of, but then you need better control of lighting.
Message edited by author 2005-09-16 02:33:12. |
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09/14/2005 12:26:26 PM · #4 |
GeneralE is right on. Make sure your subject is much less well illuminated than your background. If you don't get a perfect silhouette in camera, post processing a little will get you the rest of the way. |
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09/14/2005 12:54:59 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by kbhatia1967:
Originally posted by qbicle:
Does anyone have tips on how to light a subject in order to create a nice black silhouette? |
Yes, I have. |
*wip* *slash!*
Anyway. Also be careful to focus on the foreground object yet still expose on the background light. Cause if you focus on the background, the foreground image will look blurry as well as the image pretty much out of focus. I know you'll probably say that this is impossible to happen, but it has happened to me quite a few times even when there's no sun in the shot :-/
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