Personal Study
How is movement captured in photography?
In this study I want to research how movement is captured in photography. From my AS coursework I found long exposure in photography quite interesting and wanted to explore the idea further. Personally, I'm fascinated by the way a camera can capture movement in such a unique way. I intend to look into the way in which different objects in a photograph are used to clearly show its movement such as colour and light and objects that are blurred or out of focus can make a photograph.
Bill Wadman - Dancers in motion
Jake Catlett - Panning Photography
The main technique used in this series of photography is panning. This can be done when you follow the moving object in the photograph. Jake Catlett included a lot of colour in his images to clearly display the movement in it. One of my preferred photographs of his is the family on a motorbike. He used photoshop to enhance some of the colours but not the technique. This makes his work seem more impressive to me as the technique is only shown through his own skill and patience with the camera.
Simon Birch - Oil paint
Simon Birch is a UK born artist who now lives in Hong Kong. He is known for his oil paintings on canvas. His work interested me as i was exploring movement in art and photography and liked how he was able to create movement on a canvas.
Bill Wadman Inspired Photoshoot.
Long Exposure
Long Exposure With a Focus
Photoshop
Panning Experiments
Movement in photography can be used to enhance and show different things in an image. It can show the speed and motion of an object or the flow of a dance. It could also help to enhance the focus on an object through isolation and contrast.
I don't have a most preferred technique although I do like having a focus or a still object in an image. This is shown in panning and the long exposure when one object is still. It contrasts with everything else in the photograph and displays the amount and the speed of the movement. I now understand how important colour is when capturing movement. When there is more colour and contrast, it makes the blur clearer and the more blur and out of the focus it is suggests that there is more movement in the picture.
I don't have a most preferred technique although I do like having a focus or a still object in an image. This is shown in panning and the long exposure when one object is still. It contrasts with everything else in the photograph and displays the amount and the speed of the movement. I now understand how important colour is when capturing movement. When there is more colour and contrast, it makes the blur clearer and the more blur and out of the focus it is suggests that there is more movement in the picture.