Improvements to my previous assignments (part 1) November 17, 2008
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After going through this module, though it was quite tough at times with the tight project deadlines and presentation every week, I feel that I have learn a lot from this module and i am able to take better shots now with better composition, angles and especially exposure. Thinking back, it was really not easy initially when i started out. I still vividly remember the monotonous shots that I have taken.
Throughout the course of module, I have been always reviewing on my previous assignments and was hoping i can improve on them but didn’t have the time to upload to the blog. Sorry for that. =)
Here are some of the shots that I have improved. Feel free to comment on any of them.
Assignment 1
Subject Element: Colour (Title: The Bright Side of School)
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Location: Walkpath from the central library to COM1 (near LT15)
For this shot, as the title suggestion, I wanted to portray the bright side of the school. Being a student, studying is our top priority. Most of the time, students are rushing from places to places to attend lesson and thus not noticing the bright side of our school. I also hope that this shot can help to bring the awareness to observe the surrounding and enjoy the process instead of just study, study and study.
Assignment 2
Subject Element: High Key (Title: Innocence)
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For your information, the baby girl in the photo is my niece. For this shot, I wanted to use the low key effect to enhance the innocence of kids. My experience from this shot teach me that it is not an easy task to take a clear nice shot of small kids because they keep moving around! To achieve this, it took me multiple shots in order to get the angle and feeling i wanted to portray. Nonetheless, it is a nice experience taking photos for my niece. Isn’t she adorable? =)
Subject Element: Low Key (Title: The Fake)
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For this shot, I wanted to enhance the mysterious effect of the mask. The low key is to portray the more evil side of human using a mask. I used a black cloth when taking this shot. It was taken in a well-litted room and was taken without a flashlight. Personally, this is one of my favourites as it brings out the eerie and mysterious feeling when I view this photo. Comments and feedbacks from my friends are positive too.
Subject Element: Perspective (Title: Taking Off) or Adjective for assignment 5 (Title: Progressive)
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I slightly tilted my camera to take this shot. Perviously, it was taken at a less interesting angle. I went back to the same block of building to take this shot. By the way for those that can’t make out the place, it was taken at a newly erected 4o storey HDB flat next to commonwealth mrt and the view was marvellous. From this shot, I have learnt that sometimes breaking the rules and tilt the camera, the effect might be magnificient. Thanks Evan for your feedback. =)
Assignment 5 November 3, 2008
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For this assignment, I am tasked to create photographs without using “human expression” as subject to depict some adjectives from a list of them. In short, we are strictly not allowed to include any humans, not even body parts. I feel that the purpose of this assignment is to express emotions without using the simplest form of tell-tale signs from the facial expressions.
The first idea: Chaos
After brainstorming for a few days, I came out with an idea of showing the scenario that one will come upon but would not take note of. For my first piece, the theme that I want to portray is chaos. When one is frustrated in completing some tasks, he / she would tend to vent their anger on papers and throw them into the waste paper basket.
I have also added noise to the background of the photo and adjusted the contrast to give a more rough and messy feeling. I hope that when people look at the photo that I have taken, they will subconsciously relate it to a frustrated and chaos scenario that I am experiencing during the scene.
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The second idea: Mess
I wanted to create the idea of mess by using an artist used palette. In the midst of creating a painting, this scene will be very common to them and viewers can relate it easily. For this photo, I only adjusted slightly on the contrast to bring up the colours in the palette so as to enhance the messy feeling of this photo.
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The third idea: Peace
As for the third piece, I wanted to have the theme: peace. By having a candle commonly used in aroma-therapy, I wish to give viewers a feeling of serenity and peace. Besides that, candles are commonly used during prayers. Furthermore, light is an element from scripture associated with peace and harmony.
Aesthetically, I have blended a bluish-white background to further enhance the mood of the photo. Overall, I hope that this photo will give the viewers the feeling of peace.
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The fourth idea: Lonely
Last but not least, I would like to portray the theme lonely. I have made use of the activity, fishing, which generally depends on oneself and most of the time, alone. Even if it is done in a group, people tend to focus and fish within their own confined space at some point of time. Lastly, I have adjusted the colour scheme to sepia in order to bring out the feeling of loneliness.
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