How to take a silhouette? Silhouette how to shoot

The silhouette only shows the outline of the object, that is, the people, buildings, mountains, trees, etc. in the ** only show their dark outline shapes, and do not require the performance of its detailed shadow layers, similar to the image of the characters cut out by scissors.

The silhouette can highlight the subject and express the appearance and posture of the character.

Silhouettes should be taken against a bright background, and the subject of the silhouette should be taken in close or medium shots, and should not be shot in long shots. Filming locations can be either indoors or outdoors.

Shoot silhouettes indoors, either with natural light or with lights. Use backlighting when shooting to show the outline. Indoor natural light can be shot with the help of window light.

The method is to open the window and cover the window frame with a white cloth to prevent the picture from showing the window edge or other outdoor scenes. The camera is facing the window, and the person stands between the window and the camera, using a silhouette. Based on the brightness of the white cloth outside the window, the character is slightly worse, and the silhouette can be taken.

You can also use the white wall indoors, or hang a white sheet on the wall, and the light shines on the background, or use the light to shine from the back of the sheet, and the person stands between the camera and the sheet, based on the brightness of the background**, and you can also take a silhouette**.

Shoot outdoors, preferably in the early morning and late afternoon, where the sunlight is low and the subject can block the sunlight to form silhouettes. Outdoor shooting can be done with the sky, water, sea of clouds, and glow as the background, or you can hang a white cloth as the background. **Based on bright background luminosity.

The main body of the character should wear dark clothing, take the side outline, and the background should be concise in order to take a good silhouette picture, especially pay attention to the black shadow of the background scene can not overlap with the subject.

Night silhouette photo tips, especially suitable for Jimei who don't show their faces without makeup.

1. First, choose the morning and dusk time. At this time, the angle of the sun is low, and there is even only sky light. At this time, when we look at the bright sky with the naked eye, people and scenery above the horizon may be silhouettes.

If it's not at dusk, we can shoot in conditions similar to dawn and dusk. For example, photograph people standing in front of a window. To take a silhouette, the use of a large light ratio.

2. Second, choose a good-looking silhouette subject. The silhouettes are generally concise, inadequate black outlines, with no or slight details. Therefore, make sure that you know what you are photographing through this shadow, such as a tree with lead, a person, a child leading a puppy, several people sitting together chatting, etc.

At a glance, you can see the vivid state of the subject through the story.

3. Third, align the highlights of the background accurately**. Generally, if the main area of the silhouette is relatively small, it is completely okay for the mobile phone to shoot directly with automatic transmission; To be more accurate, you can click on the brightest part of the screen with your finger, you can focus at the same time as metering, and then click the shooting button; The most accurate mode is to tap your finger on the screen for 3 seconds on the photo page, and a concentric circle will appear on the screen.

4. Clicking on the middle of the concentric circle will drag out the circle with the sun in the middle. This circle is metered and the other is focused. When shooting a silhouette with a mobile phone, you can drag the metering circle to the bright part of the metering, and put the focusing circle on the part of the silhouette to focus.

That's perfect.

5. If you are a DSLR, use aperture priority or M gear to use spot metering to measure the sky, be careful not to get too close to the silhouette subject, and use a relatively small aperture to avoid blurring the silhouette outside the depth of field.

6. Some photography skills that can be used to take silhouettes. In addition to some of the above points, we can also bring some small lights when we take silhouettes. The model holds one end, the photographer holds the other, and by placing the lamp in front of the camera, you can get a blurred spot foreground.

How to shoot silhouettes: find the right time to shoot, choose a good background, capture a typical image, and be reasonable**.

1. Find the right time to shoot.

About 30 minutes before sunrise and sunset is the best time to take a silhouette, when the light is soft and the sky is dyed in different colors, capturing the beautiful silhouette and the brightness of the environment. It is important to note that the angle at which the sun shines must be as intended to be photographed, so that the best possible height difference between the camera and the subject is formed. If you shoot too early, the color of the sky will not be brilliant enough; If the shooting time is late, the sun will hide behind the subject, and the sky may not be bright enough.

2. Choose a good background.

The subject of the silhouette in the backlight is usually dark, without details, and is shown in outline, so it is easier to highlight the subject with a simple background. If the background elements are complex, it is easy to cause undesirable overlap with the subject and weaken its expressiveness. Photographers can choose relatively empty scenes such as the seaside, grassland, lake, snow, etc., with low-angle upward shooting, so that the simple sky becomes the background, avoiding the cluttered ground environment, and making the silhouette more distinct.

3. Capture typical images.

The silhouette needs to highlight the image, and when shooting, you should look for angles that highlight the contours and curves of the subject to enhance the visual expression of the picture. When shooting silhouettes of people, it is best to choose parts with good curves and obvious contours, such as the outline of the person's nose, mouth, or body movements. Try to avoid overlapping characters, too much overlap can lead to visual confusion.

4. Reasonable**.

When shooting, the photographer should adjust the amount of ** according to the average brightness of the background, so that the background presents an intermediate tone and maximizes the highlight details. If the shooting results in aperture priority mode are not good, photographers may wish to adjust to manual mode and set a smaller aperture range, such as F11-16, ISO200. ** It is necessary to follow the principle of rather owe than to pass.

The easiest way to use manual mode is to refer to the shutter speed and aperture size in auto mode and adjust accordingly based on that.

Silhouette introduction

Silhouette is an interesting and special form of photography, with a unique visual appeal, which blends drama, mystery and fun, and provides the viewer with a rich imagination. Silhouettes** are usually taken against the light, and when the brightness of the background ** is normal, the subject of the picture will appear in black or almost black, although the details are missing, but the outline is prominent, and the subject can be expressed in an infectious way.

The most obvious feature of the silhouette ** is that the contrast is large, the shadow tone level is not rich enough, the content is slightly single, and at the same time, because of its high contrast, many complicated elements are filtered out, and the subject is more prominent, with visual tension. The expression of silhouette ** pays more attention to the use of large light ratio and lines. Rhythmic lines can enhance the visual effect, reflect abstract beauty, and pay more attention to mobilizing the subjective consciousness of the viewer.

Silhouette has always been a favorite subject of photography, because silhouette can strongly impact the viewer's vision through a large area of black, and make the viewer's attention focus on the contour of the subject, and the silhouette can easily create a special atmosphere or situation. Let's take a look at how the silhouette was taken.

Features of the silhouette

The silhouette has one of the most wonderful features; It is a flat surface, completely devoid of three-dimensionality, no details, single color, completely contrary to our often requirements The picture must have a three-dimensional sense, details, dark performance, saturated colors, etc., the silhouette completely "subtracts" all this, however, this is the charm of the silhouette, because it can use the strong contrast between black and the background, completely show the "shape" of an object

Shooting tips for silhouettes

Most of the silhouettes are photographed with backlight, because when the subject is backlit, it will be the darkest, and backlight can form a clear outline line at the edge of the subject, so the silhouette is usually accompanied by backlight. At this time, the focus of the shooting is the metering position, if we want a completely black silhouette, then the metering position should be in the bright area of the sky, but the bright area is distributed with various brightness, so it is recommended to first take a spot metering shot from the area between the dark and the light, such as the bright area between the sunset and the subject, if you can't achieve the desired effect, in the bright or slightly darker highlight area, take another shot with spot metering, and shoot the desired silhouette effect in this way. If you want the silhouette to be darker in black, and the colors outside the silhouette, such as clouds or the sunset, to be saturated, then reduce or try both, or simply shoot with surrounding, and then choose a satisfactory one afterwards.

Find the right scene

The place where the silhouette is taken must be backlit, for example, the sunset, which is most commonly used for silhouette shooting, the position of the sun should be behind the subject. In terms of time, choose the time of sunrise or sunset, as the light is softer and it is a good time to take silhouettes. Except for shooting in the afterglow of the sunset, the principle of shooting with other light sources is more or less the same, in short, it is to find a backlit position so that the subject becomes a black shadow.

Mode

To shoot silhouettes, you can use the manual** mode. In general, the shutter speed is increased and the aperture is reduced. This makes it possible to make the subject almost completely black while the background is colored.

Alternatively, if you are using semi-automatic mode, you can also use the subtraction compensation to fine-tune for best results.

Metering mode

If you are using a semi-automatic mode (such as aperture priority), you can set the camera to spot metering mode, use the brightest range of the background for metering, and then press the lock button to lock the value and show the silhouette effect when focusing again.

Pay attention to the main body shape

Since there is almost no color and detail in the subject in the silhouette**, the photographer's perception of the subject's form is quite important. Before shooting, it is best to have a full understanding of the morphological characteristics of the subject, so as to outline his unique form and increase the tension of **.

1. When the light contrast is large, shoot with backlight, metering according to the background of strong light, such as the sunset sky and water surface, and then modify the color contrast in the later stage, cut the composition, until the effect you want comes out.

2. Choose the right shooting time. An hour before sunset and about an hour after sunset are the best time to shoot portrait silhouettes, when not only the light angle is lower, but it is easier to shoot rich warm color effects.

3. Set the camera parameters. First of all, by setting the camera's shooting mode to aperture priority** mode, and using spot metering to shoot the bright areas in the frame, you can further darken the subject under the backlight.

4. Framing and composition. When framing and composing the image, you can use an appropriate upward shooting method to incorporate a large area of bright sky into the picture, so that the silhouette of the main body can be set off, and it can also make the picture appear more concise.