http://www.huckmagazine.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/eight-photography-rules-worth-breaking/
#1 The Rules of Objectivity
#2 The Rule of Audience
#3 The Rule of Manipulation
#4 The Rule of Reality
#5 The Rule of Technicality
#6 The Rule of Ownership
#7 The Rule of the Camera
#8 The Rule of Rule Breaking
The Rule of the Camera – Part 1
For this image, I interpreted the Rule of the Camera as being a collection of images that were created by having slightly odd camera techniques in terms of settings but also camera movement. This image below was in reality taken as a mistake however all my images were essentially mistakes in this particular shoot as it was about exploring the boundaries of the camera. The image below is an image of a bay that was taken at night with very long shutter speed of 30 secs with an ISO that was slightly lower than I would normally take. As I took the image i ever so slightly gave a little wobble o the camera which created this red light shooting through the sky which is of a lighthouse, however I like the image of the bay is still well in focus. This links to my current project as in a later date, I feel I would be interested in exploring light as this has a direct relationship with nature.
The Rule of the Camera – Part 2
For these last 3 images I wanted to explore a relationship with the present and the past by taking images of structures that have survived time since before cameras existed. This represents the rule of the camera as it captures the spirit of time of when ideally cameras couldn’t capture at the time they were built. The first is an image of an old harbour, the second is a sea fortress and the third is a chapel, all surviving and existing for centuries. This relationship of shared history among each structure where for centuries people have lived and survived off these locations reflects the rule of the camera because I believe it captures not the process of survival, but the legacy of how these places have been used to survive which links, particularly the first two images.
