ICM images

[Greyswan]

I don't know if there's any interest, but how about a thread on ICM (Intentional Camera Movement).imagery I've been following a group on FB that does some stunning artistic imagery with this technique. Disclaimer - I've tried the technique but not yet gotten something worth looking at. It's a fun thing, quite tricky and beautiful when it works.

Just look up ICM photography on FB.

 

[nevermore]

We had an active-ish thread for ICM on POTN that was in the Still Life, B/W Experimental sub-forum. That would be a good place for it here.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

There is this thread
Or is that not what you mean, Chris?

 

[nevermore]

There is this thread
Or is that not what you mean, Chris?

I thought about that, but I think this is a bit different.

ICM can be applied to inanimate or non-moving subject matter (e.g. moving the camera to make trees in the woods streak vertically), while the other thread is intended more for expressing/emphasizing the motion of living things that we understand to move. It may be splitting hairs a bit, and there is overlap, and it will inevitably confuse some. Panning shots, as an example, can fall into both categories.

I think if there is a new thread, the opening post should state something to make that distinction.

 

[OhLook]

This is the POTN thread. The OP was UKseagull, last activity two years ago.

 

[DavidWatts]

Yes, ICM is a separate genre entirely from motion in photography. I'll post an example here if I can also eventually post it in a thread if it develops. This is an example of ICM:

It's a wheat field, that with ICM, looks like fire.

 

[West Coast Birder]

Well, sounds like it time to start a thread on ICM here! Chris, since you brought it up, you can certainly do the honors if you want to start off with one of your own photos. I think I have glanced at the POTN thread on ICM and it is definitely intriguing and should offer a great deal of opportunity for creativity and artistry.

 

[DavidWatts]

Chris, go for it. There should be a fairly descriptive instruction in the opening post of what ICM is all about. I've been through threads covering this genre at forums and a lot of posters can be quite confused about what it is, and might post images that aren't at all ICM. Just my 2 cents worth.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Chris! We have consensus. Start your thread!

 

[OhLook]

ICM can be applied to inanimate or non-moving subject matter (e.g. moving the camera to make trees in the woods streak vertically), while the other thread is intended more for expressing/emphasizing the motion of living things that we understand to move.

I think if there is a new thread, the opening post should state something to make that distinction.

Allow me, for the guidance of the new thread starter who has to write an intro: Skygod's thread also covers vehicles. It could include machinery at work or falling trees or anything.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Maybe the difference lies in the camera. In Intentional Camera Movement it's the camera that moves. In Simon's thread it's the subjects that move.

 

[nevermore]

Allow me, for the guidance of the new thread starter who has to write an intro: Skygod's thread also covers vehicles. It could include machinery at work or falling trees or anything.

I'll add that Skygod verbally specified living things in his OP, yet even he posted a moving train with no visible people. People are obviously implied (never mind emerging autonomous vehicles for a minute ;-)) But it is vague. Some of the moving vehicle shots in that thread are with the camera remaining still--that is not ICM.

Also as guidance, I stress that ICM is moving your camera during the exposure whether that is panning, or other movements (up or down, rotating, while running, while spinning on a merry-go-round, zooming, erratic movement, etc.) to achieve an atypical visual effect. That's my understanding anyway. Here is an example. I'm not wild about the shot, but it's an interior scene with sconces and string lights. I simply moved my camera down along its vertical axis during a slow exposure.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Some of the moving vehicle shots in that thread are with the camera remaining still--that is not ICM.

That was the point in my last post also. The difference seems to be camera still or camera moving. There is bound to be some overlap, but I think there is enough of a difference to have two separate threads.

 

[i-G12]

I have no idea, none, of what this covo is about.

 

[nevermore]

I have no idea, none, of what this covo is about.

Then our work is done.

 

[OhLook]

Maybe the difference lies in the camera. In Intentional Camera Movement it's the camera that moves. In Simon's thread it's the subjects that move.

Yep! That makes it simple.

 

[OhLook]

I think there is enough of a difference to have two separate threads.

There definitely is. For anyone who hasn't seen the ICM thread on POTN, the photos there will show what ICM is. Scroll down a bit; the first photos are old and no longer visible.

 

[the durkarian]

I don't know if there's any interest, but how about a thread on ICM (Intentional Camera Movement).imagery I've been following a group on FB that does some stunning artistic imagery with this technique. Disclaimer - I've tried the technique but not yet gotten something worth looking at. It's a fun thing, quite tricky and beautiful when it works.

Just look up ICM photography on FB.

It looks you have just started one.

 

[Greyswan]

There is this thread
Or is that not what you mean, Chris?

No, not exactly Levina. ICM's are artistic photos that can look, for instance, like a Monet or have other effects from the intentional camera movement and slow shutter speed, sometimes double exposures or not just panning. They really are beautiful art pieces and quite difficult (I've tried, and not yet succeeded in producing a decent one).

Here are some samples from the FB group - I don't want to post someone elses' images:

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Some are very abstract, I find some of them quite beautiful. But of course I don't know if there's enough interest.

 

[Greyswan]

Yes, ICM is a separate genre entirely from motion in photography. I'll post an example here if I can also eventually post it in a thread if it develops. This is an example of ICM:

It's a wheat field, that with ICM, looks like fire.

Yes! That's it. Abstract art photography basically using ICM. I didn't know POTN had a thread on that.