Project 3-In Limbo: Inspirations and Ideas
For our third project we were assigned to capture motion. We could convey this motion in many different ways; shadows, expressions, actions, etc. I first just simply thought about ways in which I could capture people while they were in action. I took pictures of my friend dancing around with her scarf twirling and blowing in the wind. From my window, I took pictures of people biking and walking through the quad. I then thought about what I could do to incorporate the surroundings with the motion of the people. I paid special attention to shadows and lines (from tree branches in particular). I photographed at times of the day where the sun wasn’t directly overhead so stronger shadows were able to be cast. Unlike most of the street photography pictures I chose for inspiration, my pictures were not in black and white. They were brightly colored. I also played around with contrasting colors, I photographed subjects with bold, bright colors against dull, brown tree branches. This contrast allowed the subjects to pop out more and placed emphasis on them and their movement.
