If you’re reading this on facebook, you will need to click-through. Facebook is going to support animated GIF, but not quite yet.
One of my favourite photographers is Jamie Beck. The reason I first saw her is because she created cinemagraphs. She took an old, tired image format, GIF and created small moving photographs with them. Just a little bit of movement in an otherwise totally static photo.
They’re not that hard to make, just a little time-consuming, but you do need a recent version of photoshop that can edit movies. Which I have! So I thought I’d try. The best ones are when there is a repeating movement. Hair blowing, a fountain, something without a beginning or an end. As a trial I took a video of me winding my watch. Worked out OK. Now I know the process I’m ready to try some more. Take a look at Jamie’s website AnnStreetStudio for her photos and her cinemagraphs.
You’re going to break the spring!