Bill Wadman

1. Bill Wadman
Stephen Heywood

2. Bill Wadman Movement Originals
Bill Wadman shot portraits of dancers with a slow shutter speed in order to capture
the dancers’ movements through motion blur. The resulting photographs look like a
strange fusion of photography and painting. The entire series of his was shot using a
Canon 5D Mark II and a 35mm f/1.4 lens. Both of these images is a simple exposure
taken in a very dark room, with only a single soft light source shining down on the
dancers from above. Wadman used 3-second shutter speed with his lens at f/11.

3. The photograph to the left was taken using a
shutter speed of 10 seconds and an f-stop of 5.6 to mimic
Bill Wadman’s work.
The movement in the image is shown by the
movement blur and resulting in various stages of
movement to be captured.
The photograph to the right was taken using a
shutter speed of 20 seconds and an f-stop of
5.6 again imitating Wadman’s work. Both these
images were taken at ISO 800.
For all my images I edited them using
Photoshop where I increased the exposure so
the image became slightly lighter so the model
became more visible. The vibrancy levels were
also increased so the red clothing would
appear more radiant.

4. The photograph to the left was taken
using a shutter speed of 15 seconds and
an f-stop of 5.6 to mimic Bill Wadman’s
work.
The photograph to the right was taken using a
shutter speed of 15 seconds and an f-stop of 10,
again imitating Wadman’s work. Both these images
were taken at ISO 1600.
In the image above, the model is wearing a black
dress, giving an transparent look with the black
background.