So here, there are two primary elements: me (not moving), and everything else (moving).
Hello! I’ve been sharing quite a few cinemagraph posts on social media and today I’m excited to share a quick step-by-step on how I put them together in Photoshop.
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The spirit world and photography have a pretty natural affection for one another. There’s an entire chapter of the history of photography devoted to spirit portraits, aura photography, and oodles more. We can’t help our fascination with those who aren’t with us physically. Working with cinemagraphs provides a pretty easy and contemporary avenue to create something that can play with our understanding of reality. Whether it be something as simple as a gentle wave in an otherwise static image, or something as elaborate as a disappearing form, I love the theatrical element of elevating otherwise predictable segments of time.
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For a little sneaky magic, look at that water for a second.
My little sister Casey and her boyfriend Rob joined me for a frigid chilly, but beautiful, morning on the family farm for some portraits. I’m pretty sure none of us could feel our extremities, so it was amazing that their goofy personalities still came through in these photos. It was honestly a struggle narrowing it down to 10 favorite, but I did it, and I’m sharing them with you on this fine, way-less-frozen Monday.
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