It was at the "Museo del Prado" in Madrid where I saw a painting by Turner for the first time. I remember telling myself, "someday I will paint like that". Years passed and I ended up becoming a photographer.
I was photographing weddings in the Riviera Maya, but what really fascinated me in my free time was capturing landscapes. I shot them in black and white, in long exposures and even minimalism, but that Turner in "del Prado" was always on my mind.
One day I was checking old files to see if I could find a picture that I liked. I found one that caught my attention. It was a person walking in a forest, but I moved while taking it. I thought, maybe if I move the camera while the shutter is open I can achieve an effect that makes my photographs look like paintings.
I started playing with the camera, and every time I went out to shoot landscapes, I tried moving the camera. In the meantime, I did some research as well and found something called ICM or intentional camera movement. There were a few people using this technique to photograph. So everything that I had been doing with my camera for the last months already had a name, and many people were also attracted to this type of photography. I was so happy to discover what to look for when doing research.
So I did, and I started following professional photographers who did ICM. I was learning from their images until I came up with something that I liked. I found my own style!
This technique manages to blend textures and colors in an incredible way, and the result is beautiful. Finally and in my own way, I found myself painting landscapes, only without a brush.
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These are really good. Love your painterly style. I think it's sad that so few people look to shutter speed as a way to get creative. When I'm a passenger in a car I'll take a slow-ish shutter speed like 1/20 and shoot out the car window, often while panning in an arc or whatever, without even looking through the viewfinder and the results in tree lined roads can be spectacular.
Thanks for writing!!! The blur created with slow shutter speeds while the camera is moving is really beautiful. My shots are between .4 and 2 seconds, I have never tried a 1/20th. I guess it makes sense when you are moving as fast as a car.
Load More Replies... These are really good. Love your painterly style. I think it's sad that so few people look to shutter speed as a way to get creative. When I'm a passenger in a car I'll take a slow-ish shutter speed like 1/20 and shoot out the car window, often while panning in an arc or whatever, without even looking through the viewfinder and the results in tree lined roads can be spectacular.
Thanks for writing!!! The blur created with slow shutter speeds while the camera is moving is really beautiful. My shots are between .4 and 2 seconds, I have never tried a 1/20th. I guess it makes sense when you are moving as fast as a car.
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