Still Movement (Campany Instructions 1)

Bragaglia's translated piece about Photodynamism is interesting because of the "trash" potential of those pictures that we take and then delete because they are not focused. They are not sharp. They don't capture a perfect image. I think in this day and age when Autofocus technology is so precise  there is something infuriating about producing a picture that's less than crystal-clear perfection.

But it happens all of the time, especially now when everyone is always carrying a camera in their back pocket.

Bragaglia says that "In this way light and movement in general, light acting as movement, and hence the movement of light, are revealed in Photodynamism. Given the transcendental nature of the phenomenon of movement, it is only by means of Phtodynamism that the painter can know what happens in the intermovemental states, and become acquainted with the volumes of individual motions ... Only with Photodynamism can the artist be in possession of the elements necessary for the construction of a work of art embodying the desired synthesis" (29).

What he says here often happens accidentally, but it can also happen quite deliberately in several ways. The instructions, then, are multi-parted.

Instruction 1: Put your camera's setting on the long-exposure (these are usually night-time settings, utilized in very very very steady mode that consists of multiple rapid-fire shots that layer on top of each other so that whatever light that's captured is multiplied onto the same image. Anther way that this works is that the shutter doesn't close, and thus attempt to capture, for as long as possible, the light. This is how people take pictures of the Milky Way). Now, not all cameras have a long-exposure setting, so I would read the instruction manual or Google your camera's ID number to check. What happens if you don't keep your camera steady (usually by not actually touching it), is it causes a highly blurred image, an image that appears to be moving. It works the other way too: If the camera is still, but the subject is not (remember, these long-exposure shots are usually used for taking pictures in the dark of objects that don't usually move: like the stars), the camera will take a Photodynamic shot. In this Instruction, I would like for you to keep your camera as steady as possible, and have someone, your subject (object?) move in some way. 

Instruction 2: Attempt to take a moving shot, a blurry shot, of movement or laughter or talking, or etc... if it helps, turn your auto-focus off (this option is usually available in any camera, even cell phone cameras). Try to capture that moment of horror, as Bragaglia calls it. 

Instruction 3: Manipulation of Photodynamism. On a photo editing program, place your image and then increase your blurring brush to the largest it can go. Swipe the brush once across the screen in an arched curving motion. 

How are these products different? How are they the same? What do they tell us? What do they tell us about Photodynamism?