Silhouettes create a sense of drama in a photograph.
A silhouette is a picture shot into a bright light, such as the sun, so the subject becomes a dark, featureless, shadowy shape. The Pentax K100D is a digital single-lens reflex camera with about a dozen shooting modes. You can take silhouette pictures in any of its shooting modes, as long as the flash is off. The best place to start is in "Flash Off" mode, one of the automatic shooting modes in which the camera will select the best exposure for the image.
Instructions
1. Position your subject between a bright light and the camera.
2. Turn off the camera flash using the "Flash Off" mode. Find the setting on the mode dial on the top left of the camera. It's marked with a lightning bolt with a line through it.
3. Aim the camera toward a bright spot in the frame, just outside your subject, and press the shutter button halfway. This causes the camera to set its exposure settings for the bright light, leaving your subject dark. This creates the silhouette effect.
4. Take the picture. Review the image to make sure you like the silhouette.
Tags: bright light, shooting modes, your subject, Flash mode