Creating shadows and photographing them

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Creating shadows and photographing them

A shadow of a pole going over a manhole got me thinking the other day about shadows. I could make cardboard cutouts of shapes and create my own shadows with this new generator i got. And then take photographs of the shadows.

There could be some interesting compositions to make. What sort of shadows should i make? And where?
-- Godzilla shadow
-- Groundhog
-- foreshadowing--tell future
-- a person's shadow
-- airplane

By Matt Maldre on Jun 19, 04 | 12:36 am | [2502] Hits | permalink

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Very cool idea

How about...

Flying saucer/Alien spaceship

Rocket

Any animal: dog, cow, alligator, monkey ...

As far as "where", one idea would be to put the shadow on something it relates to, e.g. Godzilla shadow on a skyscraper, dog shadow on a fire hydrant, alligator shadow on a sewer drain ... Or conversely, put the shadows on something completely un-related: dog shadow on public sculpture, groundhog shadow on a bridge. The un-related idea might force people to think a little bit more about what they are seeing. But then again, they might get more joy from it if it's all spelled out for them

Posted by: Tom on Jun 19, 04 | 8:27 am

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