It's the height of wedding season in Charleston. I have been attending a lot of weddings lately, camera in hand... ready for action. But as luck would have it, it seems that all weddings have the same action... different faces, same pictures.
Like many situations we photogs find ourselves in, after a while you begin to think to yourself... "If I have to take one more boring, ordinary picture of this scene just so the client will be happy, I won't be able to look at myself in the mirror tomorrow."
So at the reception of a recent assistant gig, I had a little fun with the dance floor. I chose the dance floor because, in my opinion there's no image more awkward than Uncle Ernie frozen in mid Chicken Dance.
For these I created a bit of motion with reduced shutter speed. It's tricky to balance capturing just enough focus with just enough motion to convey the scene, but keep it intact. It's prone to a LOT of throw away images, but I think that the reward is well worth it.
These are my best so far, as I fine tune the details. I'd love to know if they are only interesting to the easily bored photographer or if this technique is viable as an alternative to the typical static dance shots... So, comment away...
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