Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.- William Congreve
Don’t let the title fool you. Yes, this is photography related. In fact, it is very much photography related. My thought for today’s “Thought for Thursday” is this: Music is powerful and pictures are powerful. Use both to maximize the emotional power of your portraits.
I will give you a good example of what I mean. Look at this photograph. It is a photograph that was taken by the ultra talented Robert Mullins. It is a picture of a wedding dress just hanging there. It is processed beautifully. It is a powerful image alone. It certainly can stand on it’s own.
This image alone stands very strongly.
But what happens when music is added. I found this image on robert’s blog. And I did find some appeal to it. I found some uniqueness to it. But when I found the same exact image on his website accompanied by music, the effect was very different. I want you to watch the slideshow on his website: Robert’s Website. After a few seconds, you will see the image of the dress. Do you see how the music has affected the way you feel about the photograph. Perhaps it won’t affect all persons, but I believe that it wil for most.
What did you think? How did you feel? Don’t you think that the music enhances those images? Don’t you think that the right music sets the right mood? We all know music affects us emotionally.
And we know that images can have a very strong and emotional effect on us as well. Does it not then make sense that if we combine the two mediums that we will get a result in which our emotions are even more affected. I’d like to get your feedback on this subject matter.
