According to Scott Kelby, my photography guru, a basic rule of silhouettes is to "make sure the subject you're silhouetting is easily recognizable. I see lots of silhouette snapshots where my first thought is, 'what is that thing?'" I'm not sure Scott would be proud of this silhouette. To my eyes, this clearly a silhouette of two people jumping around, but then I took the photograph. By the way, we almost missed the beauty of this particular sunset. We were downstairs in the basement and my daughter came up to get something. There was a certain excited awe in her voice when she said, "You guys, you've got to come upstairs and see this!" The light in the sky was so unusual that we were transfixed. "Glory to God!" was the phrase that came to my mind.
What is a silhouette? Here's the dictionary definition: something lit in such a way as to appear dark, but surrounded by light, or the effect produced by such lighting. The phrase "surrounded by light" is an evocative one, isn't it? It reminds me of the time John the Baptist said to his disciples, "I must decrease, but He must increase." Better for someone to see the light of Jesus surrounding us, than to get caught up in the details of how we look. Then His light is what defines us.
What is a silhouette? Here's the dictionary definition: something lit in such a way as to appear dark, but surrounded by light, or the effect produced by such lighting. The phrase "surrounded by light" is an evocative one, isn't it? It reminds me of the time John the Baptist said to his disciples, "I must decrease, but He must increase." Better for someone to see the light of Jesus surrounding us, than to get caught up in the details of how we look. Then His light is what defines us. 