Shadow photography (?)

[professionalamateur]

Hello everyone,

I have not really been into photography until now but photos taken by using shadow (shade?) are getting my attention lately.
I tried to search Google with the phrase "shadow photography" and could not really find good web sites about it.

What I would like to ask is (as I'm not a native English speaker), is "shadow photography" the correct title for it? If not could you suggest some terms so I could look for them?

For example, under which sub-category would the web sites about this topic be in this directory: Open Directory - Arts: Photography ?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/118544864_a53655443d_b.jpg

Above URL is a good example of what I'm interested in.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Opher]

I dont know what you would call it. The only thing i can thik of to do that would be photo shop.

 

[Mturulski]

I don't think it's photoshop. It looks to me like the photographer used his/her own shadow to hold the girls hand while taking the pic.

 

[Big Mike]

Easy enough to do without photoshop, but I don't know that this is done enough to actually have it's own category of photography...thus making it hard to search for.

 

[Goontz]

Easy enough to do without photoshop, but I don't know that this is done enough to actually have it's own category of photography...thus making it hard to search for.

Agreed. I can't think of anything else you can do with it other than the example that was linked...

 

[Christie Photo]

It's called "subtractive lighting."

Rather than adding light as we would in the studio, work in a outdoor shaded area where the light is all around (flat). Then, using gobos, trees, buildings, etc, subtract light to create soft, directional light falling on your subject.

I hope this helps.

-Pete

 

[Christie Photo]

Ooops. Never mind. I misunderstood what you were asking.

-Pete

 

[Goontz]

Ooops. Never mind. I misunderstood what you were asking.

-Pete

I was just thinking "...I don't think that's the same thing."

 

[Christie Photo]

Ooops. Never mind. I misunderstood what you were asking.

-Pete

I was just thinking "...I don't think that's the same thing."

I hadn't clicked on the link. I read "photos taken by using shadow (shade?)" and went off half cocked.

Oh well.

 

[AUZambo]

Are you talking about stuff like this? This is a pic of my soon to be baby-momma and a self portrait.

My best advice would be to just go out and give it a shot...you'll learn through mistakes....at least that's what I'm hoping I do! This was my first attempt at shooting shadows.