This project was an entirely new venture for me, helping me delve into motion media in a very different way. I’ve been making movies all my life, but I have never combined photography with an animation aspect that can transcend the traditional boundaries of a still photograph. Using a few layers in Adobe Photoshop, I overlayed a video of the wiper blades on this Volvo combating the rain. It was the perfect setting to try my first cinemagraph. I brought up the saturation in the photo as well to play with some of the contrast. While the vehicle is dark and blends a bit with the gravel driveway and the gloom, the movement of the wiper blades adds a playful, familiar, and eye-catching element to the otherwise stagnant composition that is synonymous with chaotic streaks of water and whirling winds. Ideally, I want the composition to be even sharper. I had to limit the file size to upload to my website.