One of the things that I loved about photography when I first took it up properly was the ability to either focus on the detail in an image, or focus on the overall image. What better way to do the latter than with a silhouette; drawing the eye to form rather than intricacies.

Strangely, it’s mainly my earlier images, such as chimneys at sunset, and a person at night that use silhouettes. It’s something that seems to come slightly more naturally to me when I have a film camera in my hand. The most recent silhouette photo I’ve took was back at Christmas; a wintery beach scene, but before then, it a sunrise over the black sea a few years ago.

After seeing a blog post with some fantastic examples of silhouette photography, I’m determined to think as much about form as I do about the details.