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I discovered the Intentional Camera Movement technique after buying an ND64 filter,1 with the initial intention of producing some landscapes with the flowing water blurred to show motion.
What actually happened was an entirely spontaneous "I wonder what will happen if I put it on and pan the camera with the waves?" when I was at the beach one day. That was it. When I saw the results, I was smitten.
The images using the 'press the button and wave it about a bit' technical description I give it are only about 60-70% predictable. You can only get to work out how things are likely to go for some subject/technique combinations with experience... ish.
I have still never to this day used the ND filter for the purpose I bought it for. I'm glad about that, because I didn't fall into doing the the blurred water landscape cliche, and I don't have to carry a bloody hefty tripod to any out-of-the-way places.
I have no imagination, so I wouldn't think of making an image like the one below from scratch, on paper with paints or whatever. But if there's something there in front of me to work with in the first place, I can use the ICM techniques to 'create' something from it.
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ND is Neutral Density. An ND filter reduces the light coming through the lens so that slower shutter speeds than normal can be achieved in a given amount of light.↩