20 Shadow Images to Inspire You
Image by padawan *(xava du)
Today as I was pulling together some images for this weekend’s photo challenge (on the them of ‘Shadows’ – I’ll officially launch it later today) I found so many cool images that touched on the theme that I thought I’d pull them together into an image collection. I hope they give a little inspiration and a few ideas on how to tackle the challenge this weekend.
Image by seanmcgrath
Image by Raúl A.
Image by ElMarto
Image by thejbird
Image by d?nito
Image by icedsoul photography .:teymur madjderey
Image by Rufus Gefangenen
Image by NuageDeNuit
Image by Martino's doodles
Image by Alexbip
Image by mugley
Image by Whatknot
Image by fabbriciuse
Image by Ric e Ette
Image by Greekadman
Image by ms4jah
Image by Rickydavid
Image by kevindooley
Image by Paulo Brandão
74 Responses to “20 Shadow Images to Inspire You” - Add Yours
May 15th, 2010 at 12:24 am
quite cool. thank your for your efforts.
May 15th, 2010 at 12:36 am
I was experimenting with shadows, without actually having shadows, and drew the shadow directly on the backdrop (which is my computer monitor) in illustrator.
May 15th, 2010 at 12:52 am
Great shots!
A favorite shadow pic of mine: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zero101/4164367720/
May 15th, 2010 at 1:08 am
My goodness these are amazing! The hot air balloon one took my breath away. spectacular!
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May 15th, 2010 at 1:35 am
I’ve been trying to experiment some new things and here is what I’ve achieved :
May 15th, 2010 at 1:38 am
I’ve been trying to experiment some new things and here is what I’ve achieved :
May 15th, 2010 at 1:48 am
The hot air balloon is amazing
May 15th, 2010 at 2:22 am
VERY cool! I’ve tried a few with shadows, but nothing as cool as these. The only decent one I have so far was this one
The rest of my pics at http://howardpa.zenfolio.com
May 15th, 2010 at 2:48 am
using shadows to give an interesting interpertation of reality makes the image so much more interesting…
lovely works shown in this post !
here is one i made to give a diffrent. and more unusual perspective of what is the most known palm trees
row in israel:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amirpaz/3553267249/in/set-72157604839519124/
May 15th, 2010 at 2:55 am
I like the shadow boxer image, great background, and also the guy with a shovel and the great orange sky.
A recent bride-groom shadow shot I made in between actual real shots:
http://jasoncollinphotography.com/storage/bride-groom-sunset-silhouette-florida-wedding-photography.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1270447219687
This shadow collection was not what I expected, but that’s good!
May 15th, 2010 at 3:41 am
(forgive me if I already sent this – PC problems today)
VERY cool images. I’ve tried some like this and only managed this one so far:
http://howardpa.zenfolio.com/p970917278/h1f02ce1f#h1f02ce1f
May 15th, 2010 at 3:48 am
May 15th, 2010 at 3:49 am
Awesome photos! The Daily Shoot today is shadows. Can I steal one of these? J/K.
I’m at work so haven’t downloaded mine yet but it’s pitiful compared to these.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:39 am
Beautiful! Truly inspiring.
Here is one of my own…
May 15th, 2010 at 4:52 am
This is a better image than the last one I shared. The ant was actually a surprise and not what I was trying to shoot.
May 15th, 2010 at 5:45 am
Wow u just found those in your collection. My god there good. I think u just made it a little harder, but I’ll try:-)
May 15th, 2010 at 6:25 am
Very Nice Work
May 15th, 2010 at 6:52 am
lovely photos. very inspiring. here is a link to a photo I took last year inside forbidden caverns in Tenn:
http://quietamidstthestorm.blogspot.com/2010/05/cave-shadows.html .The shadow cast on the wall of the cave looks quite interesting.
May 15th, 2010 at 9:56 am
I LOVE the hot air balloon shadow…. There’s something about the sky just intrigues me.
May 15th, 2010 at 10:11 am
very nice pictures
May 15th, 2010 at 10:54 am
I love all the shadow themed photos! Very good collection.
May 15th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Funny as I made some of shadow photos latetly
and
and the photo by whatnot reminded me of these two
May 15th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
can you do a tutorial on shadows? love the effect
May 16th, 2010 at 12:25 am
Thanks a lot for this. I used to see shadow as a nuisance but this collection of photos has definitely changed my mind. Looking forward to getting creative with shadows now !
May 16th, 2010 at 12:47 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44601985@N03/4594196046/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44601985@N03/4531653187/
May 16th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
May 17th, 2010 at 2:24 am
Beautifully inspiring, thank you! The shadow on Silk by Rufus Gefangenen and forest shadows by Paulo Brandão are wonderful, leaving us to enjoy a quiet sense of mystery.
May 17th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Sweet stuff, thanks for posting the motivating images.
May 17th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Wow ! extra shots !
One of mine :
May 17th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
May 17th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
I really like these “inspiration” posts of collections of images around a theme
Often find them as helpful as the tutorials… Can we have more like this please?
May 18th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Apologies for the delay posting….
May 21st, 2010 at 1:57 am
like your photos & style also very inspiring
May 21st, 2010 at 2:00 am
Breathtaking collection…
This one is from my 365days project in flickr.. so far the only one with my shadow
May 21st, 2010 at 2:04 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vpoyilat/3374652581/in/set-72157612591003367/
May 21st, 2010 at 2:21 am
I really enjoy your web page. I eagerly wait every week for the new comments and tutorials on photography to arrive. Thanks. I hope you like this link to flickr on one of my shadow photography.
I expect some comments. Is that possible?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionaranjo/2245316060/
May 21st, 2010 at 2:26 am
Great inspiration!
I invite you to see that shots I did some time ago:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mvlaran/2760133115/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mvlaran/2776042850/
Cheers
May 21st, 2010 at 2:28 am
Great inspiration!
I invite you to see that shots I did some time ago:
Cheers
May 21st, 2010 at 2:50 am
May 21st, 2010 at 2:53 am
I took this shot on my way home from work one Spring evening…
The light is reflected from a building across the street.
Cheers,
Gerard
May 21st, 2010 at 3:06 am
Very good shot’s!
thanks!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36921275@N08/page3/
May 21st, 2010 at 3:08 am
I like this one.
May 21st, 2010 at 3:12 am
Here’s a photo I took of someone fishing in the Milford track in New Zealand.
If you like to see more, please visit the entire album at http://picasaweb.google.com/amnon.is/Milford
May 21st, 2010 at 3:23 am
Inspiring images. Now I have to play with my shadow boxing
May 21st, 2010 at 3:53 am
Beautiful inapiration!
Two of mine:
May 21st, 2010 at 3:54 am
Beautiful inapiration!
Two of mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/renatobuti/4616708312/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/renatobuti/4581787579/
May 21st, 2010 at 5:07 am
Photo 7, Uh did that guy just bury someone?
May 21st, 2010 at 5:53 am
May 21st, 2010 at 11:14 am
Great article and wonderful images!!!
May 21st, 2010 at 11:41 am
Superb article… inspiring!
May 21st, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Very inspiring, thanks for share!
Here one of mine that I made this weekend:
May 21st, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Look at this photo, shadows are fine!
May 21st, 2010 at 6:15 pm
These articles are very inspiring, I also love the images in the comments..very useful!! Thank you for all your work!!
And have a nice weekend!!
May 21st, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Im a bit behind… still interested in the fences but some of the shadow phots are great thanks for sharing
May 21st, 2010 at 10:45 pm
The pictures are simply awesome. I was simply mesmerized. I never really knew that shadows could bring out such breathtaking results. I wish i could get a tutorial on shadows.
May 22nd, 2010 at 12:11 am
It is really great and inspiring.
Great Regards for all the members of DPS
Ashwani
May 22nd, 2010 at 10:41 am
Look my photo of shadows, i think it looks nice
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/2770267000_27ca39f652_o.jpg
May 22nd, 2010 at 10:42 am
May 22nd, 2010 at 9:32 pm
I agree, the inclusion of shadow elements can be a dramatic compositional technique.
May 22nd, 2010 at 10:24 pm
I loved this kind of photography !!
thanks a lot for sharing …
from my side submitting 2 .. expecting your comments and idea…
1. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/begumf/4626013039]
2. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/begumf/4581433444]
May 22nd, 2010 at 10:26 pm
expecting your idea and comments..
May 23rd, 2010 at 5:22 am
Roy Arden has great examples of this. One of my favorites can bee= seen here: http://www.royarden.com/pages/photo1.html
May 24th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
this is another one
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4227521002_74f85cdae2_o.jpg
May 25th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Here is one of my shadow experiments. The photo is of my husband sitting in our living room. I love how the shadow frames his head.
May 25th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
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May 26th, 2010 at 3:18 am
wow I love all this pictures
May 26th, 2010 at 4:57 am
May 27th, 2010 at 12:28 am
COOL!! love all of it!
May 29th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Here’s one of mine – inspired by Elliott Erwitt:
May 31st, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Great source of inspiration. I really love to one from greekadman, nice post production job. And the lighting on thr one from d?nito is amazing too. Here is a tentative of mine to use shadow. Always happy to get comments and advices. http://photo.sylvainletellier.com
June 17th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
sun blasting thru snow covered trees (my dub) by Paulo Brandao is what i like to call a “wallhanger”! amazing!
September 16th, 2010 at 5:35 am
i must say this is interesting, because looking at the pictures, i wouldn’t ahve noticed the shadows very much if not for the title of this topic.
knowing that the photos are there specially for the photos makes me pay extra attention to it and it makes me realised how such a subtle thing influences the whole mood of a picture. this is somehing i’ll take note when taking shots in the future.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:23 am
Can you please help on how to avoid bubbles while taking night shots with Digital Camera like Sony DSC-H55.
March 12th, 2011 at 8:47 am
This is a great work of art…Fantastic…hope to create such creative photo artwork…
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