Choosing a photography subject early is essential in a group activity like Morris Dancing. Henry was simply too gorgeous to overlook!
However, what to choose for a feature. I am now getting fussy and I like having a feature shot and others to fill in more aspects of the portrait. But the feature is not just to show you the physical appearance of the subject: it must try to show something more. If the double-speed double-step shot had been in focus, that would have been the feature. I considered just the plain profile for a while, then the profile sliced by the dance stick. Finally, I decided to crop another shot and go with that because it showed more of his character.
And the title? After the double-speed, the dance leader calls: This is madness! And his troupe respond, with broad grins and shouted enthusiasm: Yes, but it's English madness.
Great fun ...
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3 comments:
I must get down there one day. I think I'd enjoy it. Love the bells on his knees. Agree re the shot choice although I do like theclose up with the blurred stick.
Interesting shot. One that made me smile because I just don't understand morris dancing
Yes, the blurred stick is an interesting photo. Normally we would regard the blurred stick as ruining the image, but in the context of what I have been peddling as portraits it exemplifies Henry to a tee.
MD is to be taken in by the senses not by the intellect. It is all about community and all about tradition - both of which move me to silent tears.
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