What happens when you let go of sharpness and allow the camera to move with intention?
Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) is often described as a photographic technique - a way to blur, sweep, or paint with light. And that’s true. But anyone who stays with ICM photography long enough discovers that technique alone isn't what makes the work come alive.

ICM rests on three intertwined parts: mindset, technique, and practice. The camera movement techniques can be learned - the different moves, the timing, the whys and hows that shape the image. That's the visible side of ICM. The craft.

The mindset is different. It isn't automatic. It doesn't arrive just because you slow the shutter or move the camera. It has to be cultivated - through conscious exercises, ways of seeing, and intentional practices that gradually change how you enter an image.

And then there is practice. The kind musicians return to every day. The kind dancers rehearse, and painters repeat at the easel. This is where ICM photography deepens - through showing up, refining sensitivity, and allowing intuition to mature over time.

When mindset, technique, and practice begin to work together, ICM stops being an effect. It
becomes a way of seeing. That's when curiosity takes over. And that's where creativity begins to awaken. The images you’ve been reaching for become the images you make.

For photographers ready to go further into this realm, my books explore both sides of this
practice - the technical foundations of ICM techniques and movement, and the creative exercises that shift how you see and respond through the lens. Each one offers a different entry point into deeper work.

You can explore them all here: https://roxanneoverton.com/publications