Thursday, January 22, 2015

Looking at Natural Light in term of "good" or "bad"?

"The golden-hour light makes everything look beautiful and magical because of its soft and golden tinting qualities." (37)
"Many of us are virtually indoctrinated with the idea that light during the golden-hour is “good” or even the best kind of light to photograph in. The harsh light around midday is generally considered to be the worst kind of light. In reality, this way of looking at light can be very limiting creatively." (46)
Many consider silhouette's lame outdated, like it was last year. But it is something you can enjoy taking photos of when you actually put your emotions to it you might even have a message to convey. I love them because they don’t give the viewer of a clear picture of everything but leave part of the image up to their imagination to wonder about.

The basic strategy you’ll need to employ in taking silhouette shots is to place your subject (the shape you want to be blacked out) in front of some source of light and to force your camera to set its exposure based upon the brightest part of your picture the background and not the subject of your image. 
Remember two things 
1. Choose a Strong Subject
2. Turn off your Flash

In my consideration this photo turned out great I did leave off some detail on the face which you can see really close up but other than that everything turned out great.

Barnbaum, Bruce. The Art of Photography: An Approach to Personal Expression: Santa Barbara, CA Rocky Nook Inc. 1st edition December 8, 2010. Print.

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