Photography; A red study

So, continuing with the photography experimentation, and deep dive into the thin line between focus and blur, I continued to capture an unexpected scene that drew me in.

I was washing a red dress, and the reflection of the lights on the water and soap suds was absolutely beautiful.

Using the ultra zoomed in end of the lens, I took the following images, again celebrating my love of detail, but also embracing the way that I perceive the world through my -12 short sighted vision…

• Reflect: I wonder if being short sighted (coupled with being an only child) is one of the reasons why I am genuinely fascinated by pretty much EVERYTHING, visually speaking? Could also be coupled with some form of undiagnosed ADHD, as I am often really fascinated by the details around the meeting or moment I am living, and sometimes disconnected from the discussion - busy appreciating the visual world - but luckily my autopilot kicks in and has been listening to whatever people have been saying, and I manage to seem like I was listening…

• Plan: More unexpected moments to be captured, like the washing of this red dress, a symbolic moment in several ways - Feminism, fighting stereotypes, glorifying the beauty of the female form, our warrior costumes, red as passion and as war, it all came over me as I was taking these zoomed in photographs.

• Act: I could have brushed off the moment, but I chose to capture it, and this is the new habit-creating behaviour that I am enjoying so far in Term 1 of this MA Fine Art: Digital. More actions like this to come, more and more naturally!

• Observe: Every moment is art. The folds of cloth are vehemently beautiful, like every folded moment captured by Holbein, or the Dutch Masters. These sorts of photographs are certainly the support that could help me to paint cloth in acrylic or oil with much more accuracy, studying the way that light bends and folds and reflects with the tissue.