19
EMOT ION
This last photo includes motion, movement and emotion. I
chose this photo, because the composition is similar to the
previous three images and students could replicate it with
practice. I took the picture last year at my local Bay Area
Derby league track. A skater from the Oakland Outlaws is
in motion while the fans congratulate her. The viewer has a
path created by the fans on the track. The fans also display
emotion. There is black and white and red all over this image
which help make it a decent picture. This photo shows that,
with practice, their photos can have motion, movement and
emotion too.
I always seem to be in transition, so I want to believe that
transitions are easy, but I know it is not true. As I grow older,
I struggle with becoming the old dog who doesn’t learn. I
search for excuses to stop experimenting because it would be
easy if everything could stay the same. Then I remember the
shark and the puppy. The puppy brings enthusiasm to new
experiences and the shark must keep moving to survive.”
BRYAN FARLEY
Farley has a BA in Women’s Studies
from the University of California
Santa Barbara, a Masters in
Educational Technology from
Sacramento State, and a few
teaching credentials. He has had
epilepsy since high school and lives
in the Bay Area with his two children
where I take pictures and teach
photography. More about Farley at
www.bryanfarleyphotography.com