To take silhouette photographs, you need to have a suitable light source behind the subject. These images were taken of a group of people who play in a band. As portraits they retain a certain secrecy about them, and allow the photographer complete control over what the viewer may be told is true about the image, such as the outline or shapes, but the detail may not be visible, which appeals to the human condition which craves for visual information. To take this set of images, I used a Nikon D80 DSLR with a 50mm portrait prime lens. I used manual focus and exposed for the soft box behind the subject. I used a hair drier to ruffle the hair and to add a further dimension to the work.
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