As per the definition from Wikipedia, silhouette is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single color, usually black.The interior of a silhouette is featureless, and the whole is typically presented on a light background, usually white.
Please take at a look at the picture below
Students are carrying the science project at the end of Science Expo that was conducted in a school. By shooting in Silhouette, we can show the team work of the students rather than showing each sutdent individually (Team represents the group rather than individual identity).
To recap on the last week "Form that gives substance", the below photo was taken at Dakshinachitra, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
The natural light on the carvings of the cot gives the sense of depth and gives the illusion of the third dimension where it stands out from the window in the background
Another picture below for you to conclude on the "Selective focus" topic. This photo was taken at Kapaleeshwarar temple, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
In this picture I did a selective focus on the Worshipper, the pillar in the front and the inscriptions in the back are out of focus.
This week we I am going to touch-up on the topic "Form That Gives Substance". Take a look at the photo below.
View the light on the subject which lends a sense of depth and substance to this photograph. The variation in the light over the subject gives the form and the depth giving the illusion of the third dimension. The photo gives the illusion where the subject stands out from the background
To recap on the topic "Street photography", have a look at the below picture.
This picture was taken at Mahabalipuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India where foreign tourists are viewing ancient sculpture. This picture depicts behavior pattern of the local people and the tourist, the tourist appreciating sculptor's talent
On this week topic, we are going to see how we can selectively focus object while taking the picture
Please take a look at the above picture taken in front of Kapaleeshwarar temple, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. I did a selective focus on the flower (in pink and white clour) which the photographer is trying to shoot.
I made the other objects in the picture out of focus to highlight the significance of what Photographer is trying to click. Selective focus is achieved through "single point of focus" setting available in DSLR.
If you have a DSLR, please try this and you will be amazed with the results.
Here is another example for last week topic "Candid photography". This photo was clicked in Marina beach, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India early morning at 7 AM where health lovers are doing exercise over stone ball
For this week, I am going to cover on "Street Photography". In Street Photography, we need to give more importance to the behavior of the people, the live environment that we shoot and the impact they create when others view it
The above photo was clicked in the shop near Kapaleeswarar Temple, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil nadu, India. The posture of the lady shows that she is confident, her belief in god (we can know this from the marks that she has applied on her face), her love to ornaments and dedication to her work
To rewind, another example for last week topic, "Panning in Photography". This photo was clicked at VGP Theme park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
I did a continuous focus on the people who ride in the roller coaster. Continuous focus is a setting that we have to set in the camera before try for panning
This week we are going to cover "Candid photography". In candid, we try to click the picture more natural the way the people behave normally. The behavior of the people/subject changes when they to come to know that they are been clicked through the camera. We should make the people comfortable so that they behave naturally when we click the photo
The below photo was taken in Mahabalipuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India where two kids are playing in the slide made of rock near lord Krishna's butter ball
To recap, another example for last week topic "Texture in Photography". This photo was shot at beach in Mahabalipuram, chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
This week topic is going to be "Panning in Photography". This is a technique where we focus the moving object and click the photo which should reveal that the object is moving with the gazed background to give the feel of the movement. Take a look at this picture
This shot was taken in Marina beach, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. There are lot of activities generally happening in the service road near the beach. In this picture I did a continuous focus on the moving object (person riding the bike) with the background (people protesting for a specific cause) gazed. The intention of shooting this photo is to convey that even though there is a protest happening, the person riding the bike is not worried or bothered about it. With the focus techniques in photography, it is very handy to convey the meaning what we intend to share
To recap, here is another example for last week's topic "Pattern in Photography"
The topic that we are going to discuss this week is "Texture in Photography". The dictionary definition of texture is "The distinctive physical composition or structure of something, especially with respect to the size, shape, and arrangement of its parts". In simple terms, texture of the object/material will expose the granular details of the tiny particles that the object is compose of. In the below image, I have tried to shown the texture of the cloth of different colors
