photos 8: sense of movement

This photo creates a sense of movement with eye-line. The girl closest to the camera is making eye contact with us but her body is turned away, almost as if she's getting ready to join with the other people in the photo - they're all looking at something off to the right. We caught her in the middle of a movement, and she pauses to acknowledge the viewer. The direction that the other people are looking makes the viewer wonder what could possibly be going on out-of-frame as well, keeping our eye constantly moving to the right.


This photo creates a sense of movement with lines. The road receding off into the background is one thing, but the texture of the bridge is arguably even more interesting. The separate slats are going int he same direction as the road, but there are lots of them, giving that area of the photo a more staccato rhythm than the rest. The bridge also looks like a sort of gateway, drawing the eye into the photo and to the end of the street where it eventually stops. The movement is very one-dimensional, but moves very deep into the photo.


This photo creates a sense of movement with shape. These flowers typically stand upright when there isn't any wind, but just looking at the shape of the flowers here gives the impression that they're moving. They're all being swung to the right by the wind, reaching up into the top right corner of frame. I'm not sure I like the blurry flower in the foreground, but it's the one with the most interesting shape, so that's a happy accident I suppose. The contrast of the white flowers against the greenery also helps lead the eye from one flower to the next.