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Creative 52: Weekly Projects to Invigorate Your Photography Portfolio
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Creative 52: Weekly Projects to Invigorate Your Photography Portfolio

by Lindsay Adler
October 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
216 pages
6h 45m
English
Peachpit Press
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Challenge 12. Create an Amazing Silhouette

Description

Create a high-impact silhouette of your subject. Remember what makes a silhouette interesting: You’ll want something clean, graphic, and potentially iconic. Perhaps the image utilizes motion, strong graphic lines, or even a compelling prop. The visual should be something more than an outline of a person against a white background. Select your subject matter carefully, and choose something or someone that makes for a silhouette that excites the eyes!

Inspiration

A silhouette is almost like an icon or logo: it’s monochromatic, simple, and easy to digest visually. Whenever I decide to use a silhouette in an image, I choose the subject matter carefully. A silhouette strips a subject down to ...

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