{"id":225,"date":"2022-02-07T23:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T23:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/?p=225"},"modified":"2022-03-29T20:06:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T20:06:15","slug":"16-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/16-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"16. Shadow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/MG_0109-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/MG_0109-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/MG_0109-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/MG_0109-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/MG_0109-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/MG_0109-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/MG_0109-507x338.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>Whap!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To communicate an action through only the silhouettes cast by shadows is to strike an essential balance: if the silhouette in question is too simple, the resultant &#8220;scene&#8221; will be formless and vague. However, if the silhouette is too detailed or defined, the point of the exercise- telling a story through simpler mean than usual and to the same dramatic effect- would be nullified. So what, then, is an appropriate action that is not too vague but not too complex, and that would also make for a compelling visual narrative?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I arrive on a smack in the face. With the generous help of some associates, I was able to capture the exact moment of impact during which a blow was landed right on an unsuspecting target&#8217;s face. I believe there is a great sense of motion and energy in this composition and it is all told through the lense of the absence of light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m quite proud of this photo, and quite appreciative of my friends who made it possible to capture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To communicate an action through only the silhouettes cast by shadows is to strike an essential balance: if the silhouette<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/16-shadow\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">16. Shadow<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-story_telling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JakeC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}