5. Solidifying my ideas

3 main ideas have sprung to mind. 

Having spoken with Andy Thorpe after the practical on 29/10/14, it prompted me to think more creatively and it ultimately led me to three main ideas that i would like to decide between.

I can use some of the after/post production work on either idea. 

1. Initial idea of using the 'Timer Remote' to capture the image and the movement in between the start and end of one movement - showing the movement continuously but in one image, evenly spaced out. Showing each stage of the movement - passing of time. In post production, I can then layer on representations of time e.g. stopwatch, pocket watch, hour glass, sundial. Using light to give shadows that tell the time. E.g. half the body would be in darkness/shadow = 12:30pm or something. 3/4 of the body would be in view = 11:45. 

e.g. www.perfectlandscape.com/frozen_motion/Portfolio_1.html#22
e.g. www.perfectlandscape.com/frozen_motion/Portfolio_1.html#20


2. Using powder to show the passing of time. Jump in the air and powder falls around the dancer - giving the concept of movement in the picture and showing the passing of seconds as she jumps with the powder, but then parallel to that and juxtaposing the stillness of the dancer in midair. Perfectly still. 

e.g. www.loisgreenfield.com/galleries/airborne/index.html
This gives ideas for lighting too.

Simpler movement and maybe less complicated visually - more to prepare.  


3. !!!!! Dance is tied so intrinsically to time - portraying that in my images. - works well with the essay route too. Time being the core to dance. Could use an old pocket watch to hold the dancer up in the air - create the watch and the 'holding up' part in photoshop/illustrator. The pocket watch can be always supporting her - the chain of the pocket watch can tangle and entwine around her - showing the tie to the concept of time. 

e.g. www.loisgreenfield.com/galleries/airborne/index.html?pg=3 

The chain can support her - make it thick and tree/root like surrounding her. The idea of support ^ 

Richard Calmes Photography
James Rowbotham Dance Photography 

I have started to create the clock already - for practice more than anything, a first attempt. Followed these instructions ..... 

psd.fanextra.com/tutorials/drawing/how-to-create-a-stopwatch-illustration-in-photoshop/