Silhouette Photography

Silhouette photography is all about getting your lighting ________________.

In silhouette photography, where should the light source be placed?

• In front of your subject

• Behind your subject

• To the side of your subject

When the light is BEHIND your source, this is called:

• Sidelight or sidelit

• Frontlight or frontlit

• Backlight or backlit

If you are trying to capture a silhouette picture OUTSIDE using the sun/sky, when is the best time of day to capture your photo? (check 2)

• Early in the morning as the sun is rising

• Late in the evening as the sun sets

• After the sun has gone down

• In the middle of the day when the sun is the brightest

To make your silhouette as crisp on the edges as possible, you should choose a background that is:

• plain and dark

• busy and bright

• plain and bright

Most silhouette photos still have to be slightly edited after taking the photo to get the correct contrast. What photo editing app are you going to use to accomplish this?

To accomplish a silhouette photo, you will set your exposure settings to correctly expose which part of your picture?

• The background

• Your subject