It’s autumn in the midwest and the colors in some areas are at or near peak color. The next couple nights the temperature will be dropping into the 20’s, which is quite unseasonable. Will the leaves all drop before reaching peak color? We will know in the next day or so. It is autumn in the midwest and while the next couple nights are expected to be unseasonably cold, next weekend it’s suppose to be in the mid 70’s.
I wanted to get outside and see the autumn color before it quickly disappears. It was quite windy today, anything but unusual for Iowa. Certainly not the conditions typically wanted for nature photography. However, it was an ideal day for intentional camera movement (ICM) images.
ICM is a technique I learned in 2012 while attending a photography workshop in Acadia National Park. It was fun! It’s been a few years since I made images with this technique and was unsure if I would be successful. While pressing the shutter, you intentionally move your camera. You want movement and sometimes complete blur and only the colors are distinct. Today, I wanted movement, but just enough so that you still knew my subject. Sort of like an impressionist painting.
Some may say it’s a blurry photo and others will see and appreciate the artistic perspective. The artistic side of photography is what appeals to me and being someone who tends to be more left-brain, it is a challenge. You can’t move your camera just any direction, there has to be thought to it. What is the outcome you are looking for, what story are you wanting to tell?
Below is my favorite image of the day to show autumn in the midwest!
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