This is the third week I went to watch the rehearsal of this performance-art piece being choreographed by a new friend, Rudy Perez. This week I wanted to concentrate mainly on motion, and capturing what, to me, was the essence of the piece. I didn't want to use fast shutter speeds to get sharp, crisp images that caught a movement cleanly, but rather using slower shutter speeds to capture longer moments of the dance in a single frame. The piece itself is very abstract, and I wanted to experiment and play with getting more abstract images.
This week the artists went through the entire piece with the "music," which was more of long, drawn-out sounds and noises, at least to my untrained ear. Watching them going through their movements was so interesting I had to keep reminding myself to shoot. There isn't a theme or story to this piece that I've been able to discern, but one long piece where one motion flows into the next seamlessly.
Of course, at the same time I also watched for "moments" to happen during and between the different sequences. I'm intrigued by this particular series, though it may not speak to anyone else. But I'm learning that is going to make my photography speak -- because of my own personal view of the world that no one else has.
While I was watching for movement, there were times I also saw other moments that I wanted to try to capture. I'm enjoying this whole process because I find that I am totally immersed in the moment with the only thing in my mind is the dance. After the first of the year I'm going to go back and continue to see what happens next.
