Silhouettes

Silhouette after sunset, photographed with my Nikon D810 and NIKKOR 16-35mm lens using a Singh-Ray Gold-N-Blue polarizer to accentuate the pink and gold tones in the image. Happy Friday, have a wonderful weekend! 

  Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love. ~ Rumi Imagine being spontaneously asked by a young man to be “in” on a surprise proposal to his girlfriend at the beach, and if I would please take a few pictures!! It was the most amazing, sweet, romantic experience! During the moments I…

Silhouettes create a dramatic presentation of a subject, adding a little more mystery and intrigue!  Photographing near sunrise or sunset provides a good opportunity for creating a silhouette as shown in the photo above, darkening the the trumpet player, while casting a warm glow around him. I positioned my camera so that the sun was…

Sunrise or sunset can offer the photographer exquisite light conditions to create photographs with mystery and drama. A scene that we experience everyday, becomes somehow magical. I was concentrating on photographing the light warming up buildings in San Francisco’s financial district, and turned around to see an equally beautiful scene behind me. The solitary figure…