Through this silhouette photography project, I learned a lot about ISO, aperture, the importance of light, and placement. To take an effective silhouette photograph, the photographer should face towards the sun--or whatever source of light is available--and have their subject be darker than their surroundings. Also, editing in Camera RAW will really enhance photos, and bring out more detail and colors. In the pictures above, the top photo was taken at school during a beautiful sunset. However, in Camera RAW I cropped the picture and edited the saturation, shadows, and lights to really enhance the deep oranges and blues.
Frans Lanting is an immensely talented photographer for National Geographic. His use of perspective, space, texture, and color allows his subjects to illuminate although they are just in their natural habitats. In the photo above, Lanting waits for the perfect moment when the sun is just shining over what seems to be some sort of deserted civilization. With this technique, the shadows sharply contrast against the lights and the textures and depths of the mountains are highly emphasized. The llama majestically looks out from his peak which creates a line of perspective, and the viewer automatically follows the natural line that the llama is pointing out.
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