Plans for the shoot:
Last night I rummaged around my house with my dad looking for various pieces of technology from both of our generations, as I decided for this shoot today I wanted to focus on the contrast between old and new technology. I have managed to collect: a vinyl record, CDs, various old phones, my ipod, my smartphone, digital camera, bridge camera, old disposable camera, and a video tape. With these, I am going to shoot in the studio using various techniques. This will be another of my 'experimental' shoots where the final pieces are more likely to come after I have edited some of the shots together. I am going to start by photographing each of the individual items and then I'll photograph the old and new items side by side. I'm also going to use an overlay technique to show the contrast. One of my shots will focus more so on the cameras I have brought in, using an 'image within an image' technique, starting with the disposable camera and the getting 'newer' as the shots come 'closer' to the front.
Shoot Evaluation:
Despite the initial struggles with this particular shoot, in the sense that I felt like I wasn't getting the results that I wanted, I was able to get some really interesting images from them. With this first animation, my initial plan was to have my model holding out the cameras on just one hand, but the weight difference between the newer and older cameras was so substantial that it was near impossible to keep completely still, which would have made the animation look ineffective. I decided then to place my model siting on a stool, so that way she could be supported by her lap and would only have to focus on keeping the rest of her body still. Although there is some slight movement in her head in some of the shots, because of the change in the frames on the animation, the movement isn't so evident so essentially I did achieve what I had planned and I am really happy with the result. The only thing I would criticise is that the camera doesn't actually appear to be that old, and doesn't create much of a contrast. I think the camera would have looked older in colour as you would have been able to identify it more, but I wanted the black and white effect as this again gave the impression that it was taken with a really old camera.
This second image was again another complete experiment, as I wasn't planning on doing this particular effect with this shoot. When browsing for Photoshop tutorials, I came across one to turn an image into a Polaroid-style collage, and I thought to myself, that the Polaroid camera is another example of an older style of camera, as they are not so common these days. However, I didn't have a Polaroid camera with me, which is why I chose to use the tutorial on this image of my model holding the more modern digital camera, as this to me shows the contrast of old and new technology again. I really think the actual effect itself looks amazing and I will definitely use it again considering how easy it was to produce.
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