]]> https://www.jamesbellphotography.co.uk/blog/shoots/crosby-beach-sunset-icm-photography/feed 0 https://www.jamesbellphotography.co.uk/blog/shoots/crosby-beach-sunset-icm-shoot-2 https://www.jamesbellphotography.co.uk/blog/shoots/crosby-beach-sunset-icm-shoot-2#respond Mon, 04 May 2020 09:34:59 +0000 https://www.jamesbellphotography.co.uk/blog/?p=20866 Following on from my first attempt at ICM Photography at Crosby Beach I wanted to develop this further as an experimental form of photography for me so I headed back out to Crosby Beach for sunset tonight. This time I brought my longer 90mm lens as I feel this will give more pleasing results allowing me o capture more of the Irish Sea. Here are a few photos that I really liked form tonights shoot.

]]> https://www.jamesbellphotography.co.uk/blog/shoots/crosby-beach-sunset-icm-shoot-2/feed 0 https://www.jamesbellphotography.co.uk/blog/shoots/crosby-beach-sunset-a-new-approach https://www.jamesbellphotography.co.uk/blog/shoots/crosby-beach-sunset-a-new-approach#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2020 09:00:02 +0000 https://www.jamesbellphotography.co.uk/blog/?p=20854 For as long as I can remember I have admired Painters who capture the Landscape in an abstract form. The kind of images I’m talking about are recognisable as Landscape scenes but contain no real sharp detail. Photography on the other hand is all about detail. Or at least it is to me. If I were to make a Landscape Photograph of a large vista for example and the image wasn’t sharp, lacked detail and god forbid was blurred I doubt it would do well as a photograph. People wouldn’t connect with it if they couldn’t see the detail. On the other hand there has been a movement in photography for a while called Intentional Camera Movement or ICM for short. As the title suggests this is a technique where the photographer makes no effort to capture a sharp crips landscape image using a big sturdy tripod as is common place with us Landscape Photographers. It is simply a case of waving the camera around at a scene using a longer shutter speed than one normally would when handholding camera in the hope of moving the scene around within the frame and capturing something abstract. In my experience if this is done correctly it can given quite unusual and pleasing results.

I made an effort of trying this technique for the first time on Ainsdale Beach last year. However tonight I wanted to head down to Crosby Beach for sunset and give it a proper go. I made quite a few shots, here are a couple of my favourites.