August Book Club: Exercise in Thinking Sideways, Breaking Rule One. Always Hold Your Camera Steady.
I took a quilting class with Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably a number of years ago, and have never finished the quilt. It's pinned to my design board, and I decided to photograph it today. First, I took photos of it straight on. Then I moved up and down, as suggested in the book. I did not run towards it and click as my attic is too small for that. But then, I realized that the pattern was squares within squares, which called for a rounded shape so I swirled the camera around (can you use that word to describe a camera action?) and practiced various speeds to get the effect of the center flower square being relatively clear but all the ones around it blurred in motion.
New for me, but it reminds me of the creative things that @vankrey is always doing.
This does remind me of @vankrey! It's fantastic and I have never thought to use the camera this way (swirling it, yes, I do believe that is a proper term!!). I'm faving for the fantastic job and for reference to the bookclub--I'll just watch what y'all do for now!
@jyokota Hey Junko, I'm putting together a post for my blog about the first week of the Book Club, and I was wondering whether you'd let me include this image and quote some of your description of the process. (I'll link back to here too.) Thanks!
