100 Spellbinding Silhouette Shots to Inspire & Amaze
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!

Most of those pictures above are so great! I took one during the rehearsal of a Christmas theatre play:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaelpiguillem/4208947233
inspiring indeed. nice collections!
Thanks for this great selection. As proposed, here is my own shots:
The guy from Bonifacio : http://www.flickr.com/photos/macbrains/4172582116/
Venice : http://www.flickr.com/photos/macbrains/4172572816/
great pictures, here are some of mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oljudet/3595370839/sizes/o/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oljudet/4263911124/sizes/o/
cant say much about the captureing of theese, they pretty much explain themselves.
have a nice day
martin
Couple of my shots:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2745/4419639068_c269ba93e8_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4574560957_f76fe81133_b.jpg
very nice collection some shots were really good and different from the typical silhouette we see everyday (trees or people against a sunset) . i really loved the one by greekadman that was absolutely brilliant
Share Your Silhouettes! – alright =)
Taken on a holiday (whitsun) trip on Langeoog, a German island of the North Sea, a photo shoot for fun…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/medevac71/4049318811/
This shot is just some weeks old, taken from outside the Wuppertal (GER) Zoo, theres a pedestrian bridge/way thru a part of the zoo.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/medevac71/4459535863/
Taken april ´1st -no joke – I really love this photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/medevac71/4482774566
Your collection here is very nice ! Great photos
Great collection, thanks for including one of mine. here is a more recent example from my stream:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artrock2006/4596993853/
Here’s my most recent silhouette. I saw this guy when I was on lunch break at work. I liked his hat. I like the picture even more.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arichan16/4618462247/
And here’s a rather old one.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arichan16/4325950844/
My younger brother in law was playing with toy soldiers and I couldn’t help myself, I had to take pictures of them! The window was right behind them, so it came out like this.
Nice collection and some really good inspiration too. Thanks.
Pictures above are great. Here are some of mine:
“Kalemegdan” fortress, Belgrade – Serbia, April 2010:
http://img72.imageshack.us/i/29787356.jpg/
http://img248.imageshack.us/i/31577138.jpg/
http://img171.imageshack.us/i/52284929.jpg/
http://img62.imageshack.us/i/38750003.jpg/
I hope you like the pictures.
Mladen
Some great ones here. Some of my favourites that I have done are these:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suprspi/4580718394/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suprspi/4580716710/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suprspi/4530221894/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suprspi/4529589111/
I’ll throw my hat into the ring quickly. Here’s Shadows of dance, I’m quite proud of this one!
http://evilor.deviantart.com/art/shadows-of-dance-91380540
Those are terrific. Here’s a couple of my own.
“The Proposal”
http://www.facebook.com/kentfrostphoto?v=photos#!/photo.php?pid=3226647&id=164635606496
“Sillhouettes”
http://www.facebook.com/kentfrostphoto?v=photos#!/photo.php?pid=3226292&id=164635606496
Let`s share!
http://www.henryhingst.com/fogo
I used a ND8 filter with a great sunset here in Brazil!
Great pictures, always around!
Great job & nice pictures !
Here are some of mine :
http://chaquejoursuffit.com/index.php?showimage=61
http://chaquejoursuffit.com/index.php?showimage=45
Have a nice day
Nice collection and some really good , I am a visiting first time this site and i think its awesome..
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It’s an awesome selection. I’m so pleased to be in it.
Check also these silhouette shots :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gilderic/4058184202/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gilderic/3379078550/
My favorite silhoutte-shot, my father during a hiking trail:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6hKhe9cEHOE/SPS4xef4y_I/AAAAAAAABFc/2qQPkB_9pws/s1600-h/wandere.jpg
Wow, thanks everyone for sharing so many of your own shots! Great work all around.
Here’s a different silhouette portrait
http://www.flickr.com/photos/levycarneiro/3686540243/
Note: flash/strobes setup included!
I took this image a few ears ago while I was shooting a friend surfing in the evening. I had my 300mm lens with a 1.4x extender and captured the silhouette of the San Clemente Pier and fishermen at the end. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirkhoward/3126855987/
I only like a few of those shots. Pretty much of them look like accidents, but not like artistic ones.
I feel that you where trying to fill them up to 100, but well… sometimes less is more.
On the other side many of the user shots here are impressive.
Great feedback here!
I really enjoyed them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/esconphotograpy/4590337494/
Taken with my Pentax k-x
I love the ones with the blue hues in them. Very nice and artistic images here! Thanks for sharing!
Hope you enjoy my silhouettes!!
http://solerito.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/tres-amigos.jpg
http://solerito.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/stamped-on-paradise.jpg
http://solerito.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/wait.jpg
http://solerito.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ominous-1.jpg