Maggie Gottschalk-Extended Seeing

Device: Android Galaxy S2

Software version 4.1.2

App: Pixlr Express

To achieve this week’s goal of “extended seeing” I wanted to show the gradual motion of an object as it moves throughout space.  Usually when we see photographs of objects in motion, the camera only captures the object at one specific moment in time.  As a result, I wanted to try something different and show an object in motion by capturing it at multiple moments in time.

            First, I chose a small textbook as my object because it produces a lot of movement when thrown in the air.  Next, I took the book outside, threw it high in the air, and proceeded to capture multiple pictures of its descent.  Third, I opened up one of the images in an app called Pixlr Express.  Within the app, there is an option through the “adjustment” category to add an image.  I added a different picture to the already existing photo, so now there were two separate images of the book.  I strategically chose a photo that was taken just after the already existing photograph so that the viewer could see the slight change in motion.   I adjusted the photo accordingly so that the pictures lined up, and because they have the same background, it appears that they are the same photograph.  I did not edit the colors of the photograph because I did not want to oversaturate the blue sky in the background.  If I had done this, I feel as though the viewer’s attention would be drawn to the bright background rather than the textbook.