To follow up our recent tutorial on shooting amazing silhouettes, we wanted to empower you with plenty more inspiration to go out and shoot your own. Here’s our collection of 100 spellbinding silhouette shots spanning all kinds of different methods and concepts.
Though these shots are all about shadow, pay close attention to how each photographer uniquely uses light to tell a major part of the story.
Danisarda
Tooley
Gilderic
Bobeirasa
Picsbycam
Cayusa
Sixtus
Spodzone
Saguaro Pictures
Kiwanc
Topaz-mcnumpty
Gjeewaytee
Storymary
Art Rock (Hennie)
Pagedooley
pchweat
Owen’s
Topaz-mcnumpty
Kyle May
remuz [Jack The Ripper]
tanakawho
~Prescott
Matt Lehman
unclefuz
thirtyfootscrew
Adam Dale
Rockets & Love
Peter E. Lee
m for matthijs
Harvest Zhang
Stéfan
jcoterhals
shoothead
jeffk42
Jonathan Camuzo
J.Salmoral
oet G r u n n !
ecatoncheires
Fovea Centralis
Steve Kay
peymuspawer
gadl
Alarzy
Miss Barabanov
Hugo |-|
StefanosP
mrhayata
Cheddarcheez
Anna Gay
davedehetre
nathansnider
D’Arcy Norman
Michael Sarver
vladeb
yaruman5
Pink Sherbet Photography
greekadman
Gonzo Carles
jfgornet
Daniel Y. Go
culpfiction
iandavidmuir
versageek
an untrained eye
~Bob~West~
azmanaziz
fishbulb9
theilr
jelleprins
A. Papushoy
Janielle Beh
Dude Crush
ChrisGoldNY
Bob the courier
perledivetro
VancityAllie
Janielle Beh
DaveFayram
Sabrina Campagna
peter pearson
…-Wink-…
aouniat
SemperNovus
Jerome Rothermund
Misguided_photo
Joming Lau
ozgurmulazimoglu
scott.tanis
mikebaird
miguelteixeira
Paul Stevenson
beatlesfan94
theilr
Express Monorail
Morgales
Phae
newlight2
isabel bloedwater
andrew.stichbury
jasonr611
Share Your Silhouettes!
Looking through the examples above, I’m amazed at how it’s possible to use such similar concepts to accomplish drastically different moods and attitudes in your photography.
Use the comment section below to leave a link to your own silhouette shots and be sure to let us know how you captured it!