The shot I choose resulted when I accidentally set my shutter speed to 15 seconds. I took advantage of the delayed exposure and switched the lights on and off, and my friend quickly moved the flashlight around in a random pattern creating the chaotic burst of li
ght around his stomach.
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hey, nice title! This photo is very intriguing to me. I like how the light patterns are focused only around Dan's stomach area; if it had been all over I think it would have detracted from the scene a bit. Nice cropping, also.
I really like the lonliness this picture seems to give off...the back and white and the way you cant see his face all contribute to the emotion you've conveyed in this shot. I really like how with a second look at the picture you notice the light writing and its realy amazing to me that it almost seems like thats the only thing moving in the picture and he seems very static. very cool.
the cropping of the photo is awesome, it creates a great positive/negative relationship. by only shooting a select area of his body, the rest of it is implied even though its not present in your print. the light has made such an interesting gesture line, you really get a sense of movement.
i like the way the lines from the ipod create a gesture around the body. Having the subject on one side of the photograph is a good composition as well.
Monica, Did you use a tripd? I wonder what would have happened if Dan had been a bit more in focus, so the contrast between the light writing and his shape would be stronger. Also, I wonder, what are you trying to communicate? The image is clearly surreal? But to what end? is it supposed to be gross, or unnerving, or?? The lights very clearly feel connected to Dan somehow, and have strong association to paranormal imagery, like ghost photographs. Its all really intriguing, and I'd like to see how you would develop this technique, which now is cool to look at but not with a lot of content, into something really rich and with a strong relationship to the subject.
hello there
I did use a tripod for these photos, but somehow managed to end up with blurry pictures anyway. When I took this shot I actually used a longer exposure than I expected to and we had some time to experiment with turning the lights on and off, using the flashlight, and apparently knocking the camera around.
I don't really mind the way it looks out of focus, though. It would be interesting to have a stronger contrast between Dan and the lights but I think this way evokes a more chaotic feeling, which is contrasted by the lights which in themselves are chaotic but in this frame seem confined in the one area around his stomach which, to me, puts a sort of calm over them.
Sorry for the equivocal response, hopefully I've explained myself a bit better.
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