If you’re not sure what ICM is, it stands for Intentional Camera Movement and is a great way of producing some abstract painterly images. I quite often use this technique when the light isn’t quite what I wanted or I can’t find a specific subject to photograph.
The technique goes against everything that you learn about with landscape photography, like trying to keep the camera as stable and still as possible to get the sharpest photograph or using a high enough shutter speed so you don’t get any motion blur in the image.
By moving the camera while you are in the middle of an exposure, the results can be quite different, even when shooting the same subject.
It’s not a technique that everyone loves, but I’ve got a real fascination to it because it can produce some really beautiful images that makes the viewer think.
Here are a few examples of ones that I have done recently. Please do view them full screen so you get the full effect.
