Movement within photography is a very effective thing to do especially when it comes to dancing. There are a countless number of photographers that have used movement in photography as it can fit in to every genre. But dancing is a movement of the body and can be experimented in many different ways. I have found some examples of how the movements in dance and photography can be captured. I like this effect in images as it leaves you following the movements as if you could really see them move.
In this top image showing the same dancer, three times, she has clearly done a dance move an the photographer has captured the moving body parts up until a certain point. The movements are visible due to the long exposure used. I love this effect and it is definitely something I will consider trying out. I like how each move shows the extent of the dance move, them arms bent and legs perfectly aligned, I think these particular poses work really well in this type of photography. When looking at the movements themselves, the strokes are faint but you can see how the dancer has moved from one position to the next. Lighting is key for images like this and it would be something I would have to try out again and again to get it right.
This second image of two images combined shows a very faint movement on a white background. The model looks like she has slowly jumped up and down to create movements where her hair is moving quite a bit. Her arms are extended out from her body and you can see the movements from where her arms were during the exposure. The image on the right of her face is quite interesting as it is blurred as she has moved but it almost gives a 3D effect to it, this may be down to the colours used in lighting and editing but there are very soft, pinks, blues, whites and yellows which makes it very beautiful. I really like this set of images and there are others in the series like these, but although I think it looks great and still used the same long exposure technique, for my ideas I am looking into dance and movements within dance so I would like to have a bit more dance included within my images.
These last two images I found whilst looking for movement photography on a broad search. Black and white can work very nicely for this kind of photography but only when shadowy dark images are what you are looking for. The image on the left is just of a female looking towards the camera. Because of the long exposure she isn't standing dead still and you can see movements, her hair is blurred and you can see faint movements from the dress. This kind of image is intriguing as you don't know anything about her and why you cannot see her face but yet little is shown for us to even make judgement. It would be good to test out images like this one of the right to get lighting correct for the long exposure.
The image on the left is a professional dance image. The dancer is in nude and has chalk dust thrown around her to create a lovely effect for the shot. There is a fast shutter for this image although it does show the dancer in motion. It is easy enough to capture movement in both quick motion or slow motion, but both need a lot of work in the lighting set ups. I particularly like this image because of the chalk dust in the dark room, the light has caught the dust and brightened it. I have seen many dance images like this before, it is something I would like to try, but would need a big enough space to do the shoot.
Here is a short video clip I found on YouTube whilst researching, which is for a tutorial site in which you have to pay for, but from this short clip, you can see some of the dance images from photographer Frank Doorhof. He uses props most know for dance photography which is material cloth and chalk dust, both create very beautiful effects, and both something I would love to try out. In these clips it shows the type of studio space to work in and how the shot has been taken which is very useful.
These are all ideas to mix in with my movement and body ideas.
