Borrow someone's cell phone and turn on the flashlight. Use the small cellphone light at an angle to create long shadows in a dark room. The smaller the light source, the harder, more detail the shadow appears. Move the light around to make a nice shadow design. Notice that the farther away the light the harder the shadow appears. Take several photos of each simple object. Hand in your 5 best photos.
'Pringles'
'Oranges' shot late in the day in natural sunlight
Capture some shadows with natural lighting
Shadows on People
Try water in a glass, textured fabrics, hats, lace, etc.
Use real or fake plants to create shadows.
Use kitchen utensils - a pasta strainer, potato masher, an egg beater.
Cast Shadows can make a word or picture.
Hand Shadows can be fun!
Paper Cut Outs
Cut out an animal, person, monsters, mask, tree, house,
or something you dream up!
Shadow Still Life
Combine your shadow photos with your shadow cutouts, black and white portraits, bugs, nature, or texture photos. Add some still life objects to make an interesting collection of artifacts. Make sure to write a paragraph or two, creative artist statement, to tell a story about your shadow still life.
Shooting through a backlit screen
Altered Photoshop Shadow Photos
Multiple shadows can show movement or past actions.
Cutting, pasting, and rearranging shadows into a design.
Hard Light
A small light from the side creates a long interesting shadow. A second cell phone light from the side works better creating hard light since the cell phone flash light is so small.