How I got the photo: Peta in silhouette

How I got the photo: Peta in silhouette

Photography is all about light—how we shape it, manipulate it, and use it to tell a story. For this image, I wanted to create a dramatic, high-contrast black-and-white silhouette portrait that emphasized shape, texture, and emotion. The vision I envisioned a moody, almost ethereal portrait—one that played with highlights and shadows to create a striking silhouette effect. The goal was to sculpt my subject with light, revealing just enough detail…