Instability - 2011

Part 1
Composition: slightly tilted photo with a casual natural lighting on a very slow shutter speed that allows a speed blur on the moving subject that is casually located on the counter side of the window bar, which are carefully located to have this sense of paralel lines, thus giving a sense of balance and composition using the golden points.

Concept: This semester has been in many ways, the end of many things and the beginning of so many others. I think this representation comes carefully as the subject goes out of the frame, but at the same time, it's entering to the frame.

Method: Again, more experimentation using slow shutter speed and lightning. This one came easy because I used the lighting exposure from outside and then, bracketed until I got the right exposure. The pose and models were entirely spontaneous, which is why this one is my top favorite.So I decided for people moving from one place to the other and I found a great spot at International Center were people would not notice my presence (or won't be bothered by) and decided to do as many shots as I could.

Motivations: I wanted to give this sense of "speed" but at the same time, I didn't wanted the old topics. What I really like is this misterious feeling that you can get from the photo and from the spountaneity of it, due the lightning, the tone and the fact that the model is another part of the photograph and not the main subject.

Context: I wanted to convey a strong emotional feeling that could be interpreted in an easier way without going for the obvious.

Part 2
Interpretation: Although it's a very personal photography, few got my idea. However, the idea of being "left aside" and "forgotten" was still present as one of the classmates pointed that she was reminded of a zoo scene, and the picture taken from the reptile zone which is often overlooked or ignored by the public, because the animals are repulsive.

Evaluation: I think that this photo stands on it's own and I definitively like it as one of my favorites. I wouldn't dare to change anything, and although it might have a few errors (as contrast or lighting) such errors work in a fine way that leave a strong impression on the viewer.

Extension: I would like to try and do a project where people actually help me in spontaneous pictures but without being asked for help, and as well, where they are not the main focus of the portrait but an outstanding element of their own.