Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette
Shooting into the Sun
Silhouettes are a great tool in photography and visual storytelling because they are a way of encouraging others to use their imagination and explore what could lay beyond the obvious in an image. They also allow the photographer to mess with ‘the rules’; as children when we pick up a camera we are told not to shoot into the sun but I am enjoying playing about with that rule. Here are some of my favourite images I have taken that use silhouette:
Crosses cut a silhouette in a shopkeepers window in Blantyre, Malawi.
Man stands looking over Cape Point in South Africa. Breaking all the rules to shoot into the sun!
Children play on the beach in Bentota in Sri Lanka. A sunset image is probably seen as the classic use silhouette.
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I really like the mystical shot of the crosses.
I LOVE this post!
Thank you both for visiting my new blog and for the kind comments.
A very nice entry for the theme. The crosses in particular are unique!
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Thanks Cathy!
The shot of the crosses is my favorite!!!!
I like the photo of the man looking into the sun at Cape Cod, Africa. It speaks of a hope for the future of S. Africa in spite of its sordid past. Do you charge for your photos–not to be mass produced for resale. I would like to use it as part of my cover art for an e-book with your photo credit of course. This will be my second published book.
Hi Betty,
I would be happy for you to use this particular image for your book, though would ask if you would consider donating money to a crowdfunder I am supporting for a young man I used to work with who is bettering his education at http://www.gofundme.com/goformo Either way please feel free to use the image with a credit. Thank you, laura