Erika Thornes demonstrates how she lowers the saturation of her silhouette photography and applies a color filter over the entire silhouette to bring out one tone. She then reapplies a bit of saturation back to the photo creating a pleasing almost monotone Silhouette in Adobe Lightroom.
- [Instructor] Now previously we talked about…how to make a really, really bold silhouette…using a lot of colors and trying to…get every color of the rainbow in there.…And then we covered what happens when we push it too far.…Now what would happen if we wanted to do…a bold color but we want it to be almost monochromatic?…We wanted it to be the dominant color of the image.…There's two ways we can go about this,…well three ways actually.…One of them is we can just adjust the white balance.…And we get a pretty great color gradient but…I want one color and this is giving me a range of colors.…I'm getting the blue and the purple and the pink,…so that's not quite what I'm looking for.…
So let's bring that back to where it was.…Let's look maybe...…There we go.…That's close to where it was.…So we've got this silhouette here.…It's got some color going on, not too much.…Now there's two places we can do…something called a color overlay.…We can either do it down here in the split toning panel.…We can apply the same color to the highlights…
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3/17/2017In this course, photographer Erika Thornes demonstrates shooting techniques for several kinds of silhouette scenarios, from people to trees and more. She explores the lighting conditions that work best for silhouettes, and shoots several examples. The course concludes with an exploration of post-processing techniques that accentuate shapes and bring out lighting.
- Getting the shot
- Changing angle
- Exposing for the sky
- Using AE lock
- Setting exposure compensation
- Using Shutter Priority mode
- Selecting a lens
- Fixing the horizon
- Adjusting contrast and blacks
- Using the Targeted Adjustment tool
- Adjusting HSL (hue, saturation, and luminance)
- Using the histogram
- Fixing banding and haloing
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome30s
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Exercise files13s
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1. Silhouette Photography
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What is a silhouette?1m 16s
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Get the shot1m 5s
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Post-production45s
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2. How to Get the Shot: Location
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Finding the light3m 51s
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Angle2m 7s
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Separation7m 18s
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Think outside the box5m 31s
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3. How to Get the Shot: Camera
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Exposure, an overview5m 31s
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AE lock29s
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Highlight Alert enable1m 22s
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Lens selection3m 2s
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4. Clean Edit Basics
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Fixing the horizon2m 38s
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Basics panel4m 15s
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5. Tone Curve
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Contrast1m 57s
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RGB51s
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Targeted Adjustment tool1m 2s
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6. HSL
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Saturation2m 13s
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Hue1m 6s
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Luminance2m 10s
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7. Lens Correction
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Chromatic aberation2m 45s
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8. Adjusting Your Blacks
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Using the histogram3m 8s
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9. Split Toning
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Split toning3m 26s
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Before and afters1m 25s
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10. Bold Silhouette
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Gradient filter6m 1s
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Fixing banding and haloing5m 44s
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Color overlay4m 51s
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Conclusion
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Recap24s
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