12 Amazing Shadow Photographs
By Patrick Arseneau – There’s a lot to think about when composing your photographs. Lights, background, foreground, rule of thirds, etc. One thing people often forget is the shadows. We don’t think about it often but shadows always exist and should be considered when composing your pictures. Especially when the light source is strong and the shadows are hard and dark. Of course the most important thing to think about is the subject, but if your subject creates a hard shadow, it can be a little distracting if the shadow falls out of the frame.
Sometimes, if you’re creative enough, the shadow itself can be the subject. You just have to think outside the box and see how you can use the shadow for an interesting subject. See a few examples below.
When I was doing a photoshoot for a local band, I positioned them so I could have the light behind them work as “hair light” and I used my flash for fill light in front. I took a few pictures with different compositions and nothing seemed to work. The lighting was good, the exposure was ok but there was something wrong with the composition. After a few tries I used both eyes; one in the view finder and one looking directly at the subjects. HA! I included their shadow in the frame and voila!
I put together 15 stunning pictures that explains what I’m trying to say. Like they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. All these pictures were taken from the photo sharing site flickr.com.
Taken by Lightchaser
Taken by proserphina
Taken by Don3rdSE
Taken by pbredow
Taken by FlappinMothra
Taken by Tobi_2008
Taken by Marsup
Taken by James Tensuan
Taken by Gilles Pinault
Taken by cosmicsailor
Taken by Stellar
Taken by Peter Hasselbom
All these pictures were found on the photo sharing site flickr.com. If your picture appears here and you wish to have it removed from the blog, don’t hesitate to contact me and I’ll have it removed immediately.
