Full Body Movement

Elegance in the way that someone holds their figure and extends their limbs is always a crowd-pleaser, as this dancer image shows.

Elegance in the way people move their limbs is one of those qualities that resonates very clearly and easily with viewers, without analysis.

We have a natural appreciation of it, and it’s something everyone is attracted to. Capturing it, on the other hand, doesn’t come so easily, because in the flow of someone moving – even something as obvious as walking – the graceful moments happen between others that are ordinary, or just plain awkward. Also, some people are naturally graceful, others clumsy.

For a photographer this means paying close attention and reacting very quickly, and if you keep this as one of your goals – waiting for the graceful postures and not being satisfied with the ordinary ones – your success rate will be higher. This works in exactly the same way as looking for a distinctive expression over a flat one.