Juggling Movement

Here’s an example of fitting together different actions to explain the whole

A more fluid kind of situation that calls for a jigsaw-like fitting together is when the ‘units’ are moving independently. The only control you have is using anticipation to help you move your camera position as they move.

These shots were taken on a tea plantation in Sri Lanka, at the end of the morning shift, when the workers weigh the sacks of leaves and then transfer these to large sacks that will then go by truck to the factory. In reportage photography, it’s the kind of situation where you’d typically want to cram as much information as possible about the process into a single frame. That way, one shot will do the job, rather than having to run a step-by-step sequence.

Fitting the pieces together