Blur Work Diary

During the lesson on the 20th September 2016, our task was to take images of the technique of blur through the inspiration of the photographer Klein (whose images were shown to us at the beginning of the lesson and one is shown in my techniques post). When I started this lesson and first saw this technique, I didn't really like it because I felt like it was really messy and crammed with too much going on, however, after going out and taking images, I have actually changed my mind about this technique because I do think in some cases it works really well.

Within most of my photos, I used a tripod- this is where I wanted the surrounding to be clear and sharp. However I wanted to experiment different types and I did actually take some images off the tripod, and personally I think some of these shots worked just as well.

My favorite image of this shoot: 

This is the raw image which I really like, the edited one is shown on my straight images which I also really like. This image was taken on an off chance of it working, as my project is of the teenage subculture, as we were walking back to college, I remember this is where everyone who goes to college normally smokes, therefore quickly got my camera out to try and capture and I am quite happy with the results. This is the example I took without the tripod because I think this way, none of my subjects are in focus and can be identified, whereas if I had a tripod, they weren't really moving that much so they would have been recognised and they may have not wanted to be in the image.

This photograph taken by Seoul, Korea, naming the photo- "Crossed Hopes", I thought this one relates to my photo as shown above in this blog post because of the grittiness of the image. Even though I decided to add the unedited version of my photo in this post, the use of the blur technique still shows grittiness duet the subjects within the frame- the teenagers on the side smoking especially. This links with this image I have found because this one is taken in the underground- a place which isn't a place which people would called nice and high maintenance, in actually a place which is grimy and very dirty.

My least favorite image of this shoot: 

This was one of my first images I got where I got someone in my class to move around to try and capture blur instead of using other people, however I do not think this image worked at all, personally I believe this is because I got someone to move around un-naturally and it ended up like this. Another reason this image has turned out this is due to a too long shutter speed, it meant my subject was lost more than I had wanted.

Using this technique?

When I come to taking my photos for my independent project, I think this technique is a good one to try and include. Additionally, I will take what I have learnt from this shoot onto my project, certain shoots I believe documentary will work so much better and I believe one shoot which I do choose to be documentary (perhaps the smoking or skateboarding one) I will use this technique because it would mean people I take photos of wouldn't be clearly shown on my work.