DEVELOPMENT SHOOT 4 - DYNAMIC ZOOM 1

SHOOT PLAN:
 Material: canon 60d camera, tripod.  

Models: a man.

 Props: black hat, headphones, doll.

 Where: living room, by the window.

 When: afternoon/end of the afternoon (depending on how dark the day is, as slow speeds will be needed)

 Aims: The initial idea was to plan a shoot outside and experiment with this technique having a human figure on a landscape. Nevertheless, the weather was too rainy all week, so I decided to plan a shoot inside just to understand how this technique works, as it is my first experience with it. The idea is to shoot by the window so the trees will be seen across the window. This technique seems like an interesting tool to explore the idea of memory and dreams, so using this and including a human presence who will stay ‘’anonymous’ (meaning his face or body won’t be seen clearly) I expect to create images that may represent the way we might remember things: through flashes that are often not very defined and that can change with time and disposition.

 RESULTS: This was mainly an experience that allowed me to understand this technique a bit more and consider new ideas to use it, having my theme in mind. There are some interesting images. The location works well with the dynamic zoom, as the lines seem to drag the viewer into the view outside the window. I decided to ask my model to face the window, with his back to the camera. I feel this makes the person being photographed less ‘’specific’’. When we see a face on a image we tend to create a general idea about that person, and we decide right away whether we identify with that person or not, whether we like them or not. When the face is hidden, the identity suddenly becomes a lot more vague. It might reminds us of someone, but we never fully decide who we see in there. The atmosphere in some of the photos is a pensive one: a man looking out of a window surrounded by a strange effect that seems to draw the viewers attention on him, and his own vision on whatever is outside the window.