The question, “Is the centered eye more likely to follow the viewer?” drew me to the above piece of art while walking across the Colorado State University campus.
the eyes have it
art
a photo study: tempo
Tempo as a composition element within photography is an extension of Ted Forbes’ discussion of rhythm…the beat…the pulse within images. He notes that tempo is the means by which we display speed, movement, as well as the passing of time all within a frozen moment.
Within the comment section of the YouTube video , Tempo in Visual Composition and Photography, Ted Forbes furthers his discussion by noting that
tempo is different than the ‘rule of xxx’ stuff. Every photo has a tempo—a pace at which the elements relate to one another. This is simply becoming conscious of these relationships and learning how to vary the pace of the images you create.
Speaking of music within composition, here is a blog by Moss and Fog who offers us a video that is “a fascinating experimental film by Marcin Nowrotek [who] combines 3D footage of jazz musicians and 3D animations to create a video that brings amazing depth and physicality to the screen.” Enjoy.
As always, I would love hearing your thoughts and seeing how you understand Ted Forbes’ discussion of tempo within photography.
awaitin’ spring
It is by its breath
That autumn’s leaves of trees and grass
Are wasted and driven.
So they call this mountain wind
The wild one, the destroyer.
~Fun’ya no Yasuhide
Nikon D750 f/4.5 1/40s 24mm 100 ISO
a bead of foam
On the waters
of the flowing river
a jewel, a bead of foam —
the pity
of this fugitive world
~Saigyō (Poems of a Mountain Home, B Watson)
Nikon D750 f/9 1/160 90 mm
the world seems….
Is it because my mind
keeps dwelling
on every worldly thing
that the world seems
more hateful to me than ever?
~SaigO (1118-1181 B Watson, Poems of a Mountain Home)
Nikon D750 f/4.5 1/40s 85mm 100 ISO
leaving
Should I leave this burning house
of ceaseless thoughts
and taste the pure rain’s
single truth
falling upon my skin?
Izumi Shikibu (J Hirshfield & M Aratani, The Ink Dark Moon)
rhythm… Nikon D750 f3/2 1/320 40mm 100 ISO
reflection
On a troubled current
we grow old in this world–
today’s rain-filled stream
will only increase
with tears.
~Izumi Shikibu (J Hirshfield & M Aratani, The Ink Dark Moon)
rule of thirds…rhythm…symmetry Sony NEX-5N f/8 1/200s 96mm
cee’s black & white photo challenge: patterns
their traveling hats
looking small…
mist
~Issa (www.haiku.guy)
emigrate IIII Nikon D750 f/3.3 1/1,000 40mm
Hop on over to Cee’s Photography to join this week’s black and white photo challenge.
a winter scene
What is in front of my eyes
changes into a scene of the past —
a winter shower!
~Buson (Y Sawa & E Shiffert, Haiku Master Buson)
Nikon D750 f/8 1/1,000 70 mm
wyoming’s winter
Both field and mountain
All taken by the snow
Till nothing yet remains.
~Iōsō (J Clements, The Moon in the Pines)
Sony NEX-SN f/8 1/800 80mm
snow fence
Fields we saw
blooming with
so many different flowers,
frost-withered now
to a single hue.
~SaigyO (B Watson, Poems of a Mountain Home)
Wyoming Sony NEX-5N f/13 1/800 91mm
negative space
in the spring breeze
already casting shadows…
irises
~Issa (www.haikuguy.com_
Nikon D750 f/3.2 1/1,600 40 mm
a meditative journey 
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