Location Photography has given me an insight to what you're able to create with the help and guidance of a camera. Within this unit I have discovered the use of cinemagraphs aka Flixels, the use of minute movement deep within a 'photo'graph.
Yesterday I found myself taking photographs of the sunset, from my window. I sat and thought "this is stupid, I shouldn't be doing this inside, I should venture outside and see what else is out there!". I quickly gathered the camera, the tripod, my sketchbook, drawing equipment and took off before it got dark.
On my little journey I collected footage for film and photographs
For Location photography we've been told to write a post comparing two photographers or styles. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to compare the wonders that is Flixel to still photography. This could be about how photography has changed today, there's so much more you can do with a photograph nowadays. For this post I'm going to focus on a clip of footage I captured. Comparing the footage to a thumbnail of the clip.
Here is two photographs I took that evening. Firstly taking a photograph of my chosen subject, after that I decide to take a short video. Of course some film footage won't be any use to Flixel due to the lack of a steady hand but that's where the videos come in, still being able to use the waste of a jittery footage for something else.
Photo One
Plain, simple and still photograph. Still being able to see and imagine the bird in motion but it's one moment captured in time.
To roll off this post nicely I've added a video of all the footage I captured since it's become a tradition to create short films from an event, small or big.
On my little journey I collected footage for film and photographs
For Location photography we've been told to write a post comparing two photographers or styles. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to compare the wonders that is Flixel to still photography. This could be about how photography has changed today, there's so much more you can do with a photograph nowadays. For this post I'm going to focus on a clip of footage I captured. Comparing the footage to a thumbnail of the clip.
Here is two photographs I took that evening. Firstly taking a photograph of my chosen subject, after that I decide to take a short video. Of course some film footage won't be any use to Flixel due to the lack of a steady hand but that's where the videos come in, still being able to use the waste of a jittery footage for something else.
While on my Flixel profile I noticed a variety of public albums, albums in which people have uploaded their cinemagraphs. Some under the hash tag of black and white, flixel adverts, portrait, wedding and travel/transport. To connect to this post I had a look at #Landscape which you can view here: https://flixel.com/cinemagraphs/landscape/
Photo One
Plain, simple and still photograph. Still being able to see and imagine the bird in motion but it's one moment captured in time.
Photo One
Converted into a Flixel. Being able to see the bird in full motion, seeing it's flight pattern, the true direction it's taken. Seeing the truth of what was in front of me.
Even the most smallest of movement can make a significant difference. Being able to see what's beyond the photograph 'through the wall', what the photographer was experiencing at that moment in time.
Since the majority of my sketchbook is based around fashion/portrait photography I thought it would benefit with a contrast of Photographs I took.
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