In this initial series I was looking to explore the motion in the water, I did this by using a neutral density filter and a slow shutter speed. To do this I used a slow shutter speed and a tripod, causing the water to blur and the landscape to remain stationary.
The images show the landscape as static – as we would expect to see it, while the water is fogged and blurred from its movement. What is interesting here is that there is no definitive way of recording the water, here the shutter speeds are all around 1-4seconds, but what is the correct objective way to photograph water? Is 1/250 correct which would capture the scene still, or would 1/15 create something more akin to what the eye sees?
Where I feel these images lack is the relation to time and duration as I wanted to explore it. The images certainly show the stillness and movement within the image, but how does this convey movement to the viewer? I feel that because the images are conventional and we know what the subject is, we do not search for any new content or meaning.