We Levitate, Not Jump!

Bloggers! Have you ever seen this kind of picture?

Or, this one?

Yap, it's levitation photography! Levitation photography is trending right now in photography lovers. Well, what is levitation? The word "levitation" was taken from Latin, levitas, which means light or mild. This photography technique makes the object of lens seems like floating defying gravitation. The picture below maybe the first levitation photograph. It is Cousin Bichonnade in Flight and was taken in 1905 by Jacques-Henri Lartigue from France.

Cousin Bichonnade in Flight

Then, levitation photography was reintroduced by Natsumi Hayashi on her blog: http://yowayowacamera.com.

Levitation photography can be generated in two ways, the first is by jumping and posing hovering, and the second is by the help of Photoshop. The object of the photo mustn't be seen like jumping but levitating.


Levitation photography is different with jump shot. In levitation photography, the object must be seen like he/she is hovering, so the facial expression, body language and other aspects must be seen natural, like there's nothing he/she is doing but levitating. See the difference with jump shot?


Well, I have some levitation photography pictures. All the pictures below are taken from Natsumi Hayashi's blog. Enjoy!

That's all! One thing, the model must be sooo professional, and exhausted while picturing these levitation photographs!