Things You'll Need:
- Camera
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Step 1
Go out with your camera just before sunset and photograph striking objects or people against the western sky as the sun goes down. Take a light reading on the sky so that the foreground goes dark. Use your sky as background, and an interesting building, tree, statue or person can be your silhouette.
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Step 2
Put the sun behind your subject. Getting a good light reading on the sky is more difficult here, but if you point your camera straight overhead to obtain the light reading, then that should work. Bracketing your exposures is a good idea. If you are lucky you might capture sunbursts from behind your subject.
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Step 3
Silhouette your subject against a large body of water. A large lake, ocean, pond or river can act like the sky in many ways, because it actually does reflect the sky and can become quite bright. Again, take your exposure from the brightest section of the water.
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Step 4
Try making a picture at night. There are lots of possibilities for capturing silhouettes at night, especially in an urban setting. People walking in front of a store window is one idea for a picture. You will undoubtedly find many other ones as well.
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Step 5
Stay home and make pictures around the house or apartment building where you live. Two rich areas for visual exploration would be looking at your roof line at dusk and photographing family members indoors after the sun has set.
