A good photograph doesn’t always have every detail perfectly lit. Silhouette photography obscures the details and instead emphasizes shape and form. Photographing a silhouette isn’t necessarily ...

The first step in turning a photo into a silhouette is to isolate the part of the photo that will be the silhouette. That part of the photo would be known as the subject. A silhouette needs to have ...

Before photography, the silhouette was a popular form of portraiture more affordable than oil painting, where the outline of a face in profile was cut in black. “It was very popular to have a ...

The word "silhouette" comes from a mid-18th century French finance minister Étienne de Silhouette, whose hobby was cutting paper outlines of people’s profiles. Today, a silhouette can be a very ...

Picture a serene beach, famous for its photographic allure, especially at sunset. This setting provides a perfect backdrop where light and shadow dance together, creating an ideal environment for ...

If the response to our silhouette challenge is anything to go by, you’d have to say that finding interesting, largely featureless black shapes to photograph can be a real tonic for image makers’ ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A girl’s silhouette gazes at a flock of monarch butterflies, their orange wings vivid against a bleak wintery backdrop. Titled “From Broken Trees,” the piece ...

It isn’t often we ask our Photo Challengers to minimise the detail of their chosen subject to the greatest extent possible. But of course that’s just exactly what a silhouette is: a solid, featureless ...

An engagement photo captured at Port Hills, Christchurch, is among the world's best. Photo / Bethany Howarth Photography. A silhouette photo captured of a young couple holding hands - as two dogs play ...