Comments on: 7 tips for photographing silhouettes

By: Breath-taking Silhouette Photography: 23 Incredible Photos | Light Stalking

Breath-taking Silhouette Photography: 23 Incredible Photos | Light Stalking — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:12:33 +0000

[...] 7 Tips for Photographing Silhouettes (Focussing on Landscapes) [...]

By: Miguel Nunes

Miguel Nunes — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:53:09 +0000

# 9 Read about and look at the many as possible photos you can, and then get out to try it.

By: Doug Pologe

Doug Pologe — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:51:49 +0000

I’ve been looking around for a good way to increase my knowledge about photography (which isn’t much), and this site is an awesome resource. Thanks!

By: Steve Berardi

Steve Berardi — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:34:55 +0000

@Zack – Great addition! The tripod is almost always essential for getting sharp photos and definitely useful for silhouettes. For exposure, I do what Frank mentioned above: meter off the sky and move about one stop down. Since it’s relatively dark when I shoot silhouettes, I usually trust the LCD preview and review the photo afterwards (in the daylight though, I only look at the histogram). Great choice with that lens, btw

@Frank – I apologize for not responding to your critique request! Matthew has been super busy lately, so we’ll probably be discontinuing the podcast… so won’t be doing critiques anymore. I’ll try to look for the photo you sent me though, and write back what I think, or if you have a different one, please feel free to email me. Also, great tip about exposure! I do the same thing and it’s worked pretty well for me too.

By: Frank Townsley

Frank Townsley — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:25:07 +0000

Forgot to mention in my previous e-mail, but I find generally I get better colour saturation if I meter the sky and underexpose it at least 1/2 a stop. I sometimes have to use a small aperture if there is dramatic detail in the sunset I wish to capture, and manually focus slightly behind the foreground to ensure both sky & foreground are in focus (tripod essential here).

By: Doug Naugle

Doug Naugle — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:16:43 +0000

Thanks for the tip, good advice on. Making something dull much better.

By: Frank Townsley

Frank Townsley — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:30:47 +0000

Hi Steve,
Always enjoy your photography tips, but didn’t hear back regarding a photo critique I requested a few months ago. Are you not providing this service any more?

Frank

By: Zack Jones

Zack Jones — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:00:34 +0000

#8 – Use a tripod (but that tip applies to most all nature photography doesn’t it)

How to you set the exposure? Do you meter off of the sky?

I’ll have to get up early this coming weekend and give this a try with my newly acquired 70-200 f/4L lens