Showing posts with label Intentional Camera Movement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Intentional Camera Movement. Show all posts

Friday, 15 March 2024

The Art and Beauty of Intentional Camera Movement (ICM)

Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) is a art form in itself, for those willing to see (the Emperors new clothes?), it is beautiful. 

Greens, blues, browns and a wee bit of red
I went into the hills and went to Joshi’s Cottage (for the second time read about when I went for the first time here).  

A bit of path with bushes overgrowing
Going for long walks into the forest with my camera, I decided to shake up my photography by doing intentional camera movement (ICM).

Slower this time, browns and blacks bring out the foreboding forest
It is like using a paint palette, broad brush stokes and and a dabbing effect, a very different view and feel from the typical photograph.

A hint of red (rhododendrons) amidst the green and almost black leaves, the sky peeps through at places
Initially I simply wouldn’t get it right, but after more than fifty tries I slowly started I started getting the hang of this creative art form (or so I think!). 
From dark at the bottom to light at the top, the palette of colours  
Slowly I tried to get streaks of red in a green and brown background. but being in a forest they were predominantly colours of green brown.

Diagonals this time with glimpses of red.  Very slowly and which accounts for the curly designs
 

An extreme movement, slightly curved, I don't know how that happened, maybe the lens I used or the movement 
I am still miles away from this form, more hit or miss really. But I am getting there, ever so slowly. Maybe I will try the colours of the seashore next time. I am gradually reimagining the world through the art and beauty of ICM.