Movement

The subject of this image is a rocky cliff by the ocean. I took this image from the beach when it was close to high tide. I took this image using my digital camera on a tripod, I then used photoshop to change the color, I printed the inverse on transparency paper and used photo paper, an enlarger, a filter and the dark room chemicals. I chose to create this image because I found a blog online about a photographer who takes creative landscapes using motion. In this image there are lines from the motion, a range in value and distinct positive and negative space. There is contrast between the grey cliff and the white sky. You can see movement in the lines by the cliff and on the beach. There is unity shown because the blur causes everything to seem connected.

In this image there is informal image, the cliff on one side and white with a little grey on the other. The image is is soft focus. The lines from movement serve as leading lines. There is a low horizon line where the cliff meets the water. This picture started out digital. To create the movement I set up my camera on a tripod and made the shutter speed slow, but not too slow. While the shutter was open I zoomed in and out which created the tunnel like effect and the leading lines. Before I inverted the image in photoshop I turned up the contrast of the image in photos. I printed two copies of the inverted image on transparency paper to increase the contrast. In the dark room I made a segmented test strip of 2 secs, it was very grey so I did another one with a 2.5 filter. I decided on 3 secs with the filter. I made my first full print and I decided I didn't want any borders so I made it without the frame. I printed it again keeping it at F11.

I took this picture in York, Maine at the beach where I spent most of my summers as a child. My family has a house in York. I have climbed these rocks with my cousins and siblings. I wanted to take an abstract picture of this place I love. I think this image could be stronger if you could see the waves more, there isn't a whole lot going on in the picture. To do this I would have to take another picture.