shadow photo

1. Warm Up – Shadow Alter Ego
Create a make believe shadow for a
person (yourself or classmate)
Today and
tomorrow’s
in class
activity.

2. First….what are the possibilities?

3. Be inventive

4. You will have to think of and then find
an image to use as the shadow

5. Then….plan your photo
• The pose
• A background or none?
• Make sure you can easily
cut out the person.

6. Use Cast Shadow Technique you
learned the past few classes

8. Two People?
-Can be related
to your final
project!
-Subject is your
fairytale,
poem, song,
quote, or
movie.

9. Photo of person has to be your own photo
Doesn’t have
to be a “close-
up” photo.

10. Rule of thirds can still be applied

11. Add some drama

13. You are telling a story through the person and shadow

15. Play with Proportion

16. Work in a group?

17. Here’s some more ideas with a twist!

21. So…start planning.
1. Who will you take photo of during class today?
1. What will the shadow be?
-Superhero
-Fantasy creature
-Animal
-Object
3. How will person pose to help simulate the
shadow’s form?
4. Final Product due by end of class Friday
-Post to your warm ups page on your website