Capturing Shadows

Hi All,


Welcome to My Photographic Observations.
Today my theme is about capturing shadows. While in Medjugorje I would look around for different ideas to photograph. This set of three photos is mainly street photography. I like taking street photos as you always look for gestures or something that you don't see everyday.
I think with this set it is mainly about the colour, like the wall which was painted a bright yellow.
With the late afternoon sun there was also long shadows and some had a really cool effect.

I tried to isolate the people and would always look for someone that would be a colour that would stand out against the wall.
The shadows of course would be black but finding people with that certain gesture that would stand out.
The first photo that I am sharing was a guy who was walking along the street and what stood out to me was his rose coloured shirt so I had the colours of the shirt, wall and the shadow which stood out.

Rose Coloured Shirt?

It took me a couple of shots as I had the exposure set wrong. I had exposed for the highlights but over compensated so finally got this image which was the best.

The next photo was a couple with a young child that the was carrying in her arms. She had looked stressed as the child was crying but it stopped about fifteen seconds before I took the photo.

Two Shadows

Her partner was in front but you can make out the pram and the partner on the wall with the shadow.

The last photo is my favourite of the three. After waiting for about fifteen minutes with no one passing by I figured it was time to leave. Something distracted me behind and was looking at a car parking. When I turned around to face the wall I see this tall young man walking and his shadow was huge.

Long Shadow

What makes it interesting for me was he turned to his left and was looking to see if I was taking a photo which was logical seeing I had a camera in my hands.

That is my spin on shadows and photography. In all three photos I feel the shadows added a little bit of a different element to the photo.


These are My Photographic Observations and if you have any comments whether it be criticism or compliments then I would love to read them so leave any thoughts down below in the comments section.

Vedran