Levitation
Professional examples of levitation work were taken from Yowayowa, also known as Natsumi Hayashi, who produced an array of pictures creating and effect of levitation. She often uses a tripod and puts her camera on a self-timer, giving her time to jump, as the camera captures the image of her mid air. To catch her mid air, this is achieved by using a fast shutter speed. The blur is from the shutter speed being fractionally not fast enough, creating a cotton candy-like effect.
Zoom Blur
Dominic Harris' zoom blur pictures consist of brightly coloured images. He uses the distortion of zoom blur to create unordinary pictures. This effect is created by moving the camera on a horizontal plane after the shutter opens and before it closes.
This effect is created by setting your camera to a slow shutter speed and twisting the lens (increasing or decreasing the zoom) whilst the shutter is still open. The picture turns out with one focal point and the rest is blurred and distorted. This can be applied in a range of ways, one of which is showing disorientation.
Francesca Woodman
The photographer Francesca Woodman took photos of people where the person was moving, but the background was completely still.
She achieved this through having a long exposure, allowing time for the person to move. When they move, their image blurs and so does their outline making them mysterious and inhuman. This creates a ghostly effect.
She achieved this through having a long exposure, allowing time for the person to move. When they move, their image blurs and so does their outline making them mysterious and inhuman. This creates a ghostly effect.
1st Response
These coloured versions above are me developing the artists idea and understanding how the effect is properly executed.
These black and white versions of my response are a developed set of images using Woodman's principle.
GIFs
Romain Laurent makes GIFs. He does this by taking multiple photos and putting them together in photoshop, and making them come up in quick succession.
Light Painting
Micheal Bosanko is the link artist for this project. His work is to create a range of light paintings in different environments. What makes his work special is that he hides the person drawing with the light source, making the environment he draws very resemblant of the inspiration.
First Response
In this task I was required to take a series of light painting photos. This task links to the theme of Movement as it shows light drawn in the air accurately and freely. My intention was to respond to Micheal Bossanko's work by exploring in my own way motion and light effects. For these photos I had to change the shutter speed to "bulb" and the ISO to 100. In addition to this the aperture must be at approximately F22.
The images below are my favourite, especially on the right, with the two different temperatures of light.