1. Understand the Problem

to successfully create 2 silhouettes 

2. Research and Investigate

A silhouettes are the most successful when the shape in the front is almost completely black from the shadows. Below are pictures I found to be very successful in having a dark subject with a light colored background. These backgrounds range in colors from plain with to oranges and blues.

3. Generate Possible Solutions

-sunset with a couple on a bench

-sunset with a couple walking the a park holding hands 

-in front of a fire a group of friends jumping

-someone riding their bike at sunset

-someone running in front of a sunset

-houses in front of a sunset/sunrise

4. Select AND DEVELOP Best Solution 

-houses in front of a sunset/sunrise

-sunset with a couple walking the a park holding hands

6. Test and Evaluate

I ended up re-shooting on 3 different occasions because of testing I had to do through many different types of compositions. There were many times I thought I understood what a silhouette was only to find out after shooting that it wouldn't work like it did in my head.

7. Produce

The house with the sunrise picture I wanted to try to capture the different colors in the sky and was hoping that there would be more clouds, however every time I would plan to shoot there were different weather obstructions such as rain or snow. There would also be the issue of not a lot clouds so I made do with what I could shoot.

The picture of the couple in the park in front of the lake, I could not get my friends to do that picture so I instead used some of the pictures that I shot at for an engaged couple. I also did shoot a few pictures of them holding hands or kissing, but I found in my practice that flags are very interesting to shoot with because of their transparency. I decided that the pictures holding hands and kissing looked boring and very cliché, I wanted to diverge from that so I changed my mind about which one I liked better.