Extra Tip: Try photographing just the reflection and leaving out the subject - it's a great way to produce some groovy abstract images.

• Background should be much brighter than your foreground. Position your subject between your camera and the sun.
  
  
• Make sure your camera's flash is turned off.
  
  
• If your camera is on automatic, you can trick it into taking a silhouette. Most cameras measure the light when the shutter button is being depressed part of the way (at the same time as it auto-focuses), not when the button is pressed all the way down (which takes the picture). Point the camera directly at the lighter background, and press the shutter half way, then (without letting up on the shutter release button) point the camera at your subject, and press the button all the way and take your picture. In most cameras this will lock the exposure setting into the camera, ignoring the foreground - neato huh?
  
  
• Many cameras have an exposure compensation control which allows you to override the camera's meter. If the foreground is too light, set the exposure compensation to a negative value to darken the foreground.
  
  
• Unlike with film cameras, with digital you can keep experimenting until you get just what you want. Don't be afraid to try changing settings now to get different results.

• Some of the neat things you can do with a digital photo software are:
• Turn color into black & white or sepia
• Soften, sharpen, warm, saturate, add tint or glow
• Make it look like it was done in paint, chalk, charcoal, colored pencil, water color, mosaic tiles, stained glass and much, much more.