Project 0, Becoming friends with your camera

In this project, I created images to demonstrate famous “dolly zoom” effect.

Part 1: Selfie, The Wrong Way vs The Right Way

Image	Description
	Selfie taken at close range without zoom. The smaller focal length plus the close proximity distorts my face somewhat.
	Selfie taken further away with zoom. The long focal length plus the distance makes my face flatter in this image.

Part 2: Architectural Perspective Comparison

Image	Description
	Zoomed in version
	Zoomed out version

The zoomed-in image looks "compressed" because of the long focal length, which reduces the amount of "perspective distortion" in the image.

Part 3: The Dolly Zoom

A simple GIF showing the dolly zoom effect. Notice how the green chairs start to look like they are moving closer to the center of the image as the camera moves back.