Over the past week I have worked towards using what I have learnt in a new space here is a few of the moments I captured.
This water shot I like for its errors. Although the light was not enough to use a huge shutter speed I managed to get it around 1/125 which was enough to still the action . The strong horizontal lines help show movement and chaos.
As is my style I love colour so in the edit I brought the aqua up as well as the red. I am also fond of the range of expressions with each of the subjects. However the narrow aperture is more out of necessity as I only had access to the in door florescent light.
It is also brightest in the centre which grabs the eye and is then guided in a zig zag way along the lines until it reaches the round shapes of each head,
I like this photo due to the mirrored body shape each of the subjects is making. By having common shapes it encourages our eyes to compare them to one another. This starts at our subject who is the one in focus and brightest which draws our first glance here then goes deeper into the image following the other shapes creating depth. This is also true to the round shape of the exercise balls.
This also has a strong use of thirds. The top third which is also at a slight angel is an implied line of the arms. This parallel line gives a sense of stillness and strength which is further implied with the vertical lines of the bodies.
Furthermore as all the subjects are looking out of frame this makes the audience wonder what they are looking at, and if its the same thing then it may well be the thing making them become so still,
I like this image as it is selective, as an audience we do not need to see the subjects face or the lower half of her body to know what is going on in this frame.
Personaly I like the detachment from the subject as you cannot see if she is struggling in a moment of stillness or if she is enjoying it as the body language is fairly neutral with her head tilted up perhaps looking at someone else. I also feel as the frame is slightly tilted gives even higher level of uncertainty and was left on purpose even though it is easily corrected and is juxtaposed to the strong vertical lines of the arms on the power points on the right third,
After a few classes and using up all the passable close up low angles I could find I attempted to capture more of the space than oh here are people working out. this image is strong in its simplicity as it is the collection of bags from the class. In essence just giving to the audience “here is what it is, understand from it”
