Shadows can add a lot to a photograph. They can emphasize emotions, create surreal images, and be used in a variety of ways. While strong use of shadows in color photographs tends to be mostly used in silhouettes, it can also appear in a variety of other forms in color photos as well. In my opinion though, shadows are most powerful when used in black and white photographs.
Below we present a showcase of truly outstanding photos that make strong use of shadows in a variety of ways. All images are linked to the sources where they were found. Please feel free to explore further works of photographers showcased in this post.
Ricky Montalbano
Just a neat, artistic picture of a skateboarder and his shadow.
deadstar
Philippe Sainte-Laudy
Newbaro
Vic Nicholas
John Sloan
Vilhjálmur Ingi Vilhjálmsson
Nuuttipukki
teddymb
Thomas Mues
Bill Hinton
TJ Scott
Valerie (pearceval)
Gazza or Garry
William Hundley is the fan of the so-called “Entoptic Phenomena”: cover your friends with a cloth, ask him/her to jump in the air and make photos while they are jumping.The result is the effect which is called Entoptic Phenomenon in digital photography.
Jason Swain
A stunning silhouette of a beautiful young lady. The light and shadows here create and excellent beauty shot.
A very creative use of shadows to help portray a powerful feeling and emotion in this picture.
A combination of deep shadows, dark colors, creativity, and perfect time make for a very interesting and surreal photo.
“View from the top of ‘Levant Terril’ at Mons in Belgium. A ‘terril’ is a hill made from mining waste. There are still a lot of them in the old mining regions like Mons, now being appreciated as green areas. I’ve used a ND1000 filter in order to have an ‘evening effect’ even if the sun was high in the sky. This is NOT a tone-mapped HDR but a digital blending of 3 exposures. The main exposure was of 30 sec.”
Ciscophotography
Create use of shadows to create some abstract tears.
Original picture – no Photoshop or image manipulation is used.
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