Will O’ the Wisp
The images in this series were created using a technique called Intentional Camera Movement (ICM). Using extended exposure times, I move the camera while the shutter is open, which creates a dragging effect as the incoming light streaks across the camera sensor. ICM results are highly variable; it can be hard fully visualise the outcome so there is certainly a lot of trial-and-error involved and an element of luck. Even so, certain scenes and situations do work better with this technique than others. I've been producing ICM images for many years and have learned to identify—or engineer—circumstances which are likely to produce pleasing results. The abstract photographs you see here were made from a wide variety of subjects in range of locations around the world. As a long-term project, my intention with this series is to create images with structural definition and a feeling of grace, maybe even approaching ‘visual poetry’.
Nat Coalson - Time Passage II (Armstrong)Nat Coalson - HighlanderNat Coalson - Flights of FancyNat Coalson - Roman BathsNat Coalson - Roman BathNat Coalson - Holding Onto ForeverNat Coalson - RegenerationNat Coalson - Neptune's PassionNat Coalson - AtlantiaNat Coalson - WithinNat Coalson - Eye of the BeholderNat Coalson - Royal LineageNat Coalson - Merlin's AlchemyNat Coalson - Summer SetsNat Coalson - Faux Vista - AlthorpNat Coalson - Time Passages I (Althorp)Nat Coalson - BenchmarkNat Coalson - Ancient HistoryNat Coalson - Eternal FlameNat Coalson - A Memory … Or A Dream-Nat Coalson - Waiting for DawnNat Coalson - The Spirit of CavendishNat Coalson - Swimming with SharksNat Coalson - Fountain of TruthNat Coalson - Ragusa RoyaleNat Coalson - Indigo RhythmsNat Coalson - Colours of the MedNat Coalson - Into the MistNat Coalson - RaptureNat Coalson - Passion on the HorizonNat Coalson - Playing FavouritesNat Coalson - MatadorNat Coalson - Rouge à LèvresNat Coalson - HeraldicNat Coalson - Lavender DreamNat Coalson - GallipoliNat Coalson - Apulian DreamNat Coalson - Sunset River CrossingNat Coalson - TurnerNat Coalson - In the FleshNat Coalson - Heaven and EarthNat Coalson - Jewel BoxNat Coalson - Amore di LecceNat Coalson - CultivatingNat Coalson - The UnicornNat Coalson - NebulaNat Coalson - SurfcomberNat Coalson - Colonna di MonteNat Coalson - Portmeirion DwyNat Coalson - Portmeirion UnNat Coalson - Deep Within the RedwoodsNat Coalson - Eternal Cycles