WHEN EMOTIONS BLUR AWAY
Research shows us that images when they become blurred produce a different and often stronger emotion. Shooting blurred photos can be considered the opposite of black-and-white photography - while black-and-white is about hiding colors to bring out shapes and shadows, blurring helps to reveal colors by hiding shapes and shadows. Blurred images affect our emotions and how we interpret images. Blurred images give us a feeling of mind-boggling motion. They evoke memories because colors and shapes alone can trigger some memories stronger than the same image with details. Because only the colors and shapes match other people's memories, not the details. Blurred images also initiate curiosity. Since blurred images also can suggest that someone is leaving they can generate nostalgic feelings. An interesting subcategory is a combination of the opposites: black and white blurred images - where distractions by both details and colors are hidden away to bring out larger shapes or patterns. I prefer to work with the desaturation of colors, where the strength of both - black and white and colors - are combined.
