I really appreciated all of the images that were chosen for this presentation, I think they are wonderful examples of how motion can be captured by using the photographic process. It is interesting that you can look at an image that was created by Muybridge or Marey over a hundred years ago, when photography was in it's infancy, and see how they did what some contemporary photographers are trying to do today. Capturing the motion that is occurring in an image can be a daunting task at times, some people get very frustrated by unwanted motion and dispense it as an exposure problem, others attempt to purposely do it and have absolutely no success at all. I personally enjoy images that have had motion intentionally added to them, especially when they are done well and aren't too gimmicky, taking an image that would otherwise be completely static and making it appear to be almost animated can be a really effective aesthetic or compositional choice.
I completely agree with the description on the seamonkey site; that when blurred motion or stop motion is used in a photograph that it can serve as an aide for creative interpretation. The juxtaposition that is created is quite powerful and it definitely helps the viewer to "pull more than just aesthetics from the work, but and understanding of the meaning." I am really excited to see the final images, I'm sure they will be very dynamic.
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I thought it was a funny comment you made, about how often times people take images and accidentally get a blur in their photo and then when photographers want the blur, it's difficult to obtain. oh the madness!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that sometime it can get extremely frustrating when your trying to get a focused photograph and it comes out blurry. But sometimes, it can be a happy accident and I often find myself liking that image even better than the focused one.
ReplyDeleteYou could not be more correct on this one. When I was taking the photographs I would test a few out and be frustrated with my blur. It does seem like the images that are slightly fuzzy on accident are the ones that look more intriguing because they are natural and organic. I tried to mimic this in my shooting for this project as well. And I like that you picked up on the juxtaposition of the aesthetic.
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