Bill Viola's Photographs.

Bill Viola produces brilliant illustrations of movement within water. Above we can see the subject falling then capturing the natural human reaction to the situation given. Lighting has been enhanced to highlight the movement within the water, the oxygen bubbles around the body and also the ripples around the top where the body would have fallen through. The patterns created in the ripples enhance the subject making him much more interesting to view as well as the texture created within the millions of bubbles create a variety of tones and shades of blue which contrasts to the smooth solid black background it's within.

'The Fall into Paradise was recorded under water and the film has been slowed down creating a dreamlike atmosphere.' (Bill Viola. (2005). Bill Viola's 'The Tristan Project' at The Art Gallery of New South Wales. Available: http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Bill_Violas_The_Tristan_Project.html. Last accessed 27/02/2012. ) After this was filmed Bill Viola could then slow the action down and reveal frame by frame the movement of bodies and bubbles and which frame creates the most interesting positions and patterns.

This image above has no photo shop manipulation unlike the other image I analysed you can tell this as the detail of the bodies/clothing and features in the water are quite blurry. The angling of this image is also quite interesting, taken from below makes the subjects seem they're swimming up whereas the first image I took is taken straight on to enforce a sinking feeling. Angling is important in water photography dependant on what you want to enforce on the object/subject.