Silhouettes are a trick of the trade....

Silhouettes are a trick of the trade. No matter what the subject is,

a silhouette always catches the eye. Daily Pilot photographer Kent

Treptow found a nice opportunity to use this technique in this week’s

photo.

Silhouettes are useful in situations when the subject can’t be

identified for whatever reason or when a story calls for a generic

type shot that doesn’t want to single out one person. They also can

be used to help the photographer clean up busy subject environments,

like Kent’s beach shot. Just a shot of the people on the beach would

be a scattered and busy picture. But, by underexposing the subject,

the climber really pops out and the people on the beach become

another layer in the photograph.

Whatever the reason the silhouette is always visually pleasing.

Regardless of the subject matter they always make pretty pictures.