Nov 17th & 18th Entry #9

You have now learned what personal and critical responses to images entail. Now, using your ability to be discerning, find an image online that you believe would be worthwhile to respond to. Put a link to the image on your blog (NOT THE IMAGE ITSELF) and then write a personal or critical response to the image of at least 400 words.

picture: http://portfoliopad.com/images/9050/226109/large/054.jpg connected with http://portfoliopad.com/images/9050/226109/large/055.jpg

personal response: I love this picture, and the set that comes with it. The picture has such a sense of movement, and the movement has no limits or boundaries, it is just so free. And the color is such a soft pallet, the picture as a whole isn't in your face or loud. Most photography is now high fashion and so bright and abstract, but this is a beautiful, delicate picture with soft, wispy elements and lines. The whole aspect is very dream like. The way the photographer has captured the movement without really making it look so frozen and posed the way that most pictures are really stands out to me. Dance itself is a great way to tell a story, or a way to get your feelings out, and I believe that the photographer really thought about that when he was planning this photo shoot, because you can tell that the model and photographer are very passionate about this set. The model on the left is strong and confident, set in her position and her way in life. The model in the middle is very poised and graceful, a perfect balance of the models on either side of her. Finally the model on the right is very free and open with limitations. Together they are very complementing and fit well together to make the whole photo. When I look at this photo I feel relaxed and calmed, and I really think that a picture can be judged on the emotional response that it gets from the audience. The photographer should be very proud of this photo. He captured a difficult subject on movement and grace, and adding a whimsical quality all wrapped up.