In the pursuit of ART in photography, how far can one go?
To be technically competent, the photo should always be in focus. Or at least have one area that is in sharp focus.
However, I find it pleasing and artistically creative to dip into the realm of the blurred and unfocused.
For me, the exquisite blur, and the hint at the essence of the moment or movement, is what appeals.
To be technically competent, the photo should always be in focus. Or at least have one area that is in sharp focus.
However, I find it pleasing and artistically creative to dip into the realm of the blurred and unfocused.
For me, the exquisite blur, and the hint at the essence of the moment or movement, is what appeals.
It was raining and misty, on the drive up to Pietermaritzburg. I could have given up, and not taken a photo, based on the norm that all photos should be in focus. But I was delighting in the images I was getting through the wet windscreen! The blur was incredible! The forms were mist covered and hazy, but the scene was captured perfectly. A cold, wet, misty Friday afternoon, people going home from work, umbrellas up, walking along the road.
In post editing, the black and white high contrast effect suited the scene even more.
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The exquisite blur, created by mist, movement and lack of focus creates ART for me. Artistic photography. |
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