silhouette Shoot right at night Tip #4 – Capture silhouettes

At night, if you’re using what light there is, you need capitalize on it. One option is to look for silhouettes where you capture a subject in front of a light source.

In this image shot in New York after dark on a wet night I used the lights of the oncoming traffic to backlight this woman as she walked down the road trying to hail a cab.

Because she was moving fast I was walking behind her at a similar pace so there was no chance to stop or use a slow speed so this image had the ISO set high to capture what light I had.

Related posts:

  1. Shoot right at night – Tip #1 – Get the light
  2. Shoot right at night – Tip #3 – Set a high ISO
  3. Shoot right at night – Tip #5 – Capture movement
  4. Shoot right at night – Tip #6 – Early Morning Sun
  5. Shoot right at night – Tip #8 – Closed shops