NZPhotographer Issue 61, November 2022

Dance of Life
Nikon D810, 24-70mm lens @ F13, 1/5s, ISO40
ICM AND DOUBLE EXPOSURE
Intentional Camera Movement, ICM, is another
technique which isn’t only confined to landscape
photography. I really enjoy playing around with this
technique when working with models, as it gives a
fantastic, ethereal sense of movement within the
image.
I often find I get many images that aren’t successful,
but there is always one that comes out sensational.
Therefore, don’t give up!
In my image ‘Dance of Life’ which was taken in full
daylight under the shade of a tree, I had my camera
set at F13, 1/5s, ISO40. By hand-holding and spinning
my camera whilst trying to keep the lens in a centred
position, I achieved a beautiful blurry movement,
creating a slightly abstract image, but one in which
you can still make out the details of a girl with flowers
in her hair. I then applied a leather grain texture using
a closeup photo of a black leather chair to this image
in-post.
It is often a good idea to explain to your model what
you are trying to achieve, as the practice of wobbling
the camera can look quite bizarre from a model’s
point of view!
With cameras being as clever as they are today, we
can access many different techniques to change the
dynamics of what we see before us. One of these is
the double exposure setting.
My image ‘Mad Science’ was a bit of a fluke and is
a series of three multiple exposures made in-camera.
I really enjoy the chaos in this image that wouldn’t
be present if it had been a single exposure. My postprocessing
techniques for this creation were the same
as for most of my other images - I tend to always
convert my images to black and white, then decide
whether the colour or black and white version is
visually stronger.
38 November 2022 NZPhotographer