The technique of silhouetting can be used to add glamour and intensity to many everyday photographs including still life’s, vacation pictures and even family photographs. Handled properly, the technique will inject excitement and drama into standard photographs. It is concerned only with the overall form of a subject, the silhouette can be described as a well-defined, black shape that stands out against a brightly lit, uncomplicated background.

the creation of such a photograph is not always easily accomplished. The photographer must learn to deviate from the rules generally followed when taking a normally lite the picture by adjusting for a different relationship between light and subject.