Exploring ICM keeping the creative juices flowing
by Bruce Saille
Winter in Wisconsin can be harsh, and the outdoor events I love to photograph are limited in the first three to four months of the year. I'm hoping that by exploring intentional camera movement (ICM), I can keep my creativity flowing.
I recently began exploring the creative technique of using intentional camera movement or ICM in some of my images. ICM is the technique of using a slow shutter speed and camera movement to create an effect that can produce an impressionistic or sometimes ethereal effect on the image. Being a straight photographer most of my adult life and only occasionally stepping outside of the bounds of conventional photography, I have found this technique exciting, fun, and invigorating. Images in the past that I would have passed over because I thought they were too cliche or mundane, have become interesting. It also makes being a passenger, driving down the road with my camera in hand shooting out the window fun!
Since I'm relatively new to this technique, I don't want to explain how to achieve this effect.
If you are interested in exploring this for yourself there are a ton of articles on the Internet and many videos on YouTube. Ernst Haas used this technique in many of his images as well as the Alexey Titarenko. I hope you like some of the images I made using this technique.
