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Project 52 - Week 44:  Think Cinematically

11/4/2016

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Our challenge this week was to take something we like and, instead of telling a story with just one photo, tell a story using a sequence of photos. The photos should have the same feel in terms of their location or edit process.  The best sequences will elicit emotion from the viewer.

The sequence below was taken on the same day, at the same time, in the same location.  It's a typical story of the love a dog has for his ball. Sometimes that story is simply "here it is, throw it for me."  But, sometimes it's about playing with the ball for the love of the ball alone--that point where a dog does not need a human to be involved, but enjoys the ball on his own.

I see this every day with Luke.
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Some of the things I did to unify the story a bit more include: (1) turning it into black and white (sometimes grass and background can take away from the emotion which you are trying to convey in the frame); (2) using only the images where Luke clearly does not want human interaction between him and his ball; and (3) showing a sequence of events that work their way from Luke being in an upright position to his eventual roll over (and extended paw) with the ball.

When preparing for this week, I tried to think in terms of "before" and "after," which helped me to build a starting and ending point to the story.  I do think that as a photographer, this is a very normal process that we perform every day when we have sessions with our clients.  We have a series of ideas in our minds that we photograph, and they tend to be in a sequence.  That sequence allows us to build a cinematic story for our clients.

Not to detract from my cinematic story above, I have included one of the images below, in color. This will hopefully allow my blog host, Weebly, to choose this smaller image as the feature image when it shares the post in the early morning hours.  One can only hope.

To see more cinematic thinking, start this week's blog circle off with Kim Hollis of BARKography, based out of Charlotte, North Carolina. Work your way through the links at the bottom of each blog until you are back here again.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend.  You can rest assured part of mine will include one small dog with an orange ball.
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Jessica link
11/4/2016 06:18:22 am

I love when my dog plays this way too. The shot of Luke completely on his back with the ball in his mouth is perfect!

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Kim link
11/4/2016 06:24:32 am

I love the "paw" shot and Luke's ears! Those would be fun to photograph. :)

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Susannah link
11/4/2016 09:17:18 am

I love that last image of Luke on his back. It almost looks as if he's pushing the viewer away.

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Kelly
11/4/2016 10:46:57 pm

Ahhh . . . b&w trumps everything for me. Love your storyboard. :O)

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