Part 4, Project 2, Exercise 1:
Initial notes on the images:
Derek Trillo, Passing Place, Manchester, 2006 :
‘City’ scenery because of the stair vase and lit up building
Figures are blurred which gives the impression they are moving
Most cameras record movement as a blur as they capture several frames of the images different positions over the exposure
Even the gradients of colour in the lights suggest they are also moving
Harold Edgerton, Bullet and Apple, c.1964, Bridgeman Images
Very dramatic
The movement is in the bullet and the explosion of the apple
The bullet gives the movement speed
The shadow of the apple seems to be slightly deformed in representing the actual apple as half of it is missing
The apple appears to be balancing on a bullet case but not actually being knocked off from the blast of the bullet
The image is likely to be ‘staged’, perhaps all the pieces are fixed to each other to create the illusion. I suspect this is the case especially looking at the apple and how its been crafted neatly rather than truly exploding as an apple actually would.
Harold Edgerton, Multiflash tennis serve, 1949, Bridgeman Images
Again, the blurry figure suggests the movement
The circle is created by frames of a tennis racket in each position as it is rotated, showing the direction it moves to hit the tennis ball
From the line at the top of the page we see where the ball has made contact with the racket.
The image is in black and white but in negative, so the background is black and the subjects are ghostly white. This shows up the frames of movement more vividly and gives the photo a more ‘arty’ feel.
Jacques-Henri Lartigue’s Cousin Bichonnade in Flight
The image initially confused me, I was unsure as to whether she was sliding down the railing of the staircase or leaning on it so that her feet are barely seen beneath her dress.
The photo appears set in a certain time period because of the way the woman is dressed and the grand architecture of the staircase and gardens surrounding her.
Looking more closely, she is more likely ‘leaping’ down the last few stairs, but that's hard to tell as she is so stationary and there is no ‘blurring’.
I don’t believe it is necessarily a photo from the era its appearing to be because of the quality of the photo and the fact that cameras in the past were unable to capture movement as previously mentioned in the course material.
I took a few photos to try and experiment capturing movement in a photograph. I found it hard to try and think of a subject matter that would depict movement specifically, so just continued until I came across something that would spark the idea.
The first photos i took were on a walk as i came across some pigeons pecking at food left for them on the street not far from my house. I figured that being such timid creatures, they would be a good way to try and capture flight or movement, so with my iphone I walked up to them expecting them to flutter away.
However, they were too invested in the food! I managed to get quite close to them before they even began to walk away.
I think the second photo shows a better example of movement, with one of the pigeons feet raised. The first photo they could be sculptures, theres no suggestion that they are even alive. The second one seems to be more raw, with the mud and less picturesque framing of the birds. My lack of photography skills perhaps give the photo a more relatable and realistic sense.
I then progressed to try and capture movement while i was in the back of a car, as i thought this would give that ‘blurring’ effect that other photos use to depict speed.
Although the sky is beautiful, the scene itself isn't particularly aesthetic. it's difficult to catch a scenic view in a moving car as we drove through a residential area of the city.
The trees are the indicators of movement. The static trees in the background remain still and the bushes in foreground are blurred and out of focus. This could be put down to just poor camera skills as i would assume if i hadn't taken the photo myself. Though it did give me interesting ideas on how objects appear depending on their positions and perspectives in relation to movement.
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