Marion van Hal
ICM Photography
ICM Photography is a creative way of photography which involves the technique of Intentional Camera Movements during the exposure.
These movements can be made in different directions, quickly or slowly, with small or large movements. The type and intensity of the movements depend on the photographer’s objective, meaning the movements can be in different directions or even a combination of directions.
Even switching between different points of view during an exposure is an option.
Generally, the exposure time is deliberately set longer than usual or necessary in traditional photography and in very bright conditions a Neutral-Density filter is required in order to achieve longer exposure times, allowing the photographer to select combinations of aperture, exposure time and sensor sensitivity that would otherwise produce overexposed images.
ICM photos shown on this website are all single exposures and only go through general post-processing in Adobe Lightroom, so no photos have been manipulated in Photoshop to achieve the ICM effect.
Some photos that are clearly multiple exposures, are taken in camera, being fused by the camera itself.
The latter type of photography is known as the ‘Ventosa-style’, named after the Spanish photographer Pep Ventosa, famous for this style of photopgraphy.
The Ventosa-style photos are also taken the ICM-way, with deliberate movements.
Outdoors & Indoors
Whenever Marion goes outdoors, chances of seeing her busy with one of her FujiFilm cameras are 90%, and when not in reach, there’s always her iPhone. Whether it’s a walk in the woods, a trip by bike or when visiting a town, there’s always a reason to stop for taking some shots.
When staying at home, Marion often can be found busy on her MacBook, processing her photos, or creatively imaging in her small studio, experimenting with different kinds of small objects in her blackbox, lit by just a tiny light source, or, the other way around, in the dark with some object placed on her light box.
