Over the past few months (and thanks largely to Simon Ellingworth’s Mono Vision Challenges), I have begun to discover the potential of intentional camera movement (ICM) for creating really interesting photographs. By using a relatively slow shutter speed and carefully controlled camera movement, it is possible to turn an ordinary looking scene into something much more expressionistic or create a dreamlike or nightmarish image.
I have just started experimenting with ICM and it is not nearly as easy as it sounds (though I find it easier on my Fuji X70 than on my Nikon D5500). It may not be easy, but it certainly feels more spontaneous than the effort involved in creating yet another pin-sharp image of Buachaille Etive Mòr!
Here is one of my early efforts:
As Doug Chinnery, one of the masters of ICM, puts it ‘Let go. Enjoy not being encumbered by a tripod. Free yourself from the 'rules' of photography and see where the images take you.’
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