I decided to begin with experimenting with movement with my woodland den. I thought this would be the best one to begin with as under the tree’s there was less light then with some of my other dens during the day and i assumed that over exposure was going to be a problem with such a slow shutter speed. I actually really like the slight over exposure in the images as it makes them appear less realistic and more in the realms of fantasy. It took quite a while to be able to balance the light levels with the aperture and shutter speed as even with the trees casting shadows the light levels were still very high with the slow shutter speed. I then got my model to walk up and down within the frame of the camera. Throughout the images below we experimented with different speeds of walking to create different effects with the shutter speed. I composed the framing of the images to have the den right in the center of the frame and then the figure is flittting around the frame. The light spills into the image mainly from the right hand side and this is predominately the side of the image in which light is coming from. 

These first two images experiment with the subject moving quite quickly through the frame. Therefore the subject is very blurred to the extent that you can’t tell that it is a definite figure. The first image is composed to have the subject in the right hand corner of the frame, the direction of the movement suggesting the subject is moving inwards towards the center of the frame and towards the den.  As this is the direction in which the light spills it works quite well in looking as if the subject is following the beams of light into the image. In the top image the figure looks more like a person as the shape of the blur maintains the appearance of a head and some sort of arms and legs. 

The below image is composed differently and the subject is moving a lot quicker through the frame. In this image the subject is running towards the light and away from the center of the frame. The blur of the subject is much more extensive and is a lot less suggestive of being a person. You can tell that they are wearing something green and the colour of skin in the blur suggests that the photograph shows the movement of a person. I personally prefer the above image just because it conveys some sort of presence to the blur more so then the image below. While i do want to create mysterious blurs i do what there to be some substance to the photograph. 

All of the rest of the images show my subject walking a lot slower through the frame so you can see the complete outline of the subjects body it is simply blurred in some places to show the movement of these specific body parts. The above image shows the whole figure almost in completeness simply with the arm of the subject and the face of the subject being blurred. I think this works really well in creating the sinister impression that the subject is turning towards the camera to look at you as the viewer. I also really like how the light in this image works, having the light coming from behind the subject and therefore illuminating the back and shoulders of the subject. This intense light on the subject also suggests an eerie ethereal quality. The above image is the most solid of my blurred images, the rest of the photographs descending into more of a blur of movement.

The three images below act almost as a little series of photographs, showing the progressive movements of the subject in and around the den. I think if i use these images they would work really well to be displayed as a trip tic.  

This last image is almost an odd one out as the subject is walking forward and therefore in a completely different direction to the rest of the images. Almost the whole of the figure is blurred in these image and the lighting on the subject is completely different and therefore conveys a different impression. 

Overall i think these images worked really really well as they convey exactly the impression that i wanted them to. They show the presence of people without having a solid presence and this creates an eerie impression to the photographs.