Week 8 : Final Project 2.0 & Photoshop

24.03,2017 (Week 8)
Adrian Charles Chee Yew Chen (300666425)
Introduction to Photography

Week 8 : Photoshop

Lecture:

Mr Vinod began the class by asking us to submit a compilation of our exercises. We were required to send in our e-portfolio. After that, Mr Vinod gave us a short lecture on photoshop. He taught us the basics of photoshop and showed what some tools in photoshop does to the image. He then proceeded to check our individual exercises and then gave his feedback personally to those he felt needed improvement. He gave us an extra week to look into those which wasn't satisfactory and replace those. 

As for my final project, I decided to stick to the topic of 'Church'.

Reflection:

Experience:

Observations:

Findings:

Exercise 6: Consistency

09.03.2017 (Week 6)
Adrian Charles Chee Yew Chen (300666425)
Introduction to Photography

Exercise 6: Consistency

Lecture:

We were suppose to learn how to use the Adobe Photoshop but due to unforeseen circumstances, the lecture for that was postponed to next week. Instead, we learnt how to properly compile and arrange our own Portfolio. Mr Vinod then briefed us about our final project and proceeded to show us many wonderful examples of how we can conduct our final project and the topics which we can go for. Mr Vinod also taught us about consistency through the different examples he showed us.

Instruction: Final Project

Theme-based project: Presentation of a series of 5 images.

Student, you have by now completed various exercises on Exposure and composition. This means that you are now able to:
1) Control your exposures after pre determining the desired result ala The Zone System (To be able to anticipate the final result before making the exposure)

2) Use The Rule of Thirds or principles underpinning composition to identify and compose potential points of interest within the frame.

3) Understand and achieve consistency

4) Edit at a basic level (next week)

With the above done and understood, it is now time to put your mettle to the test.

Your Task:
Choose a Subject of Interest, i.e.: Architecture, Landscape, Peoples, Person, Still Life, etc. and capture a series of 5 images. You will present the final result in your MS Doc. along with a rationale. You will also update your eportfolio with the said.

To elaborate further:
If the subject is Architecture and the topic is KLCC, you will shoot a series of 5 pictures on that topic only. This work will then be edited in Adobe Photoshop and presented to the class. Of course to achieve a series of 5 pictures you will have to visit the topic several times before achieving pictures of good quality (Exposure, composition, consistency and editing). It is through this process that you will learn to plan your shots before actually photographing them.

Exercise 6 - Consistency / Topics for final project


1. Droplets 

2. Shadows

3. Trash

4. Second Sun

5. The Sun

Feedback:

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Reflection:

Experience:
I had troubles and difficulty in choosing and deciding what topics I should venture in. I was very afraid of choosing a wrong topic and am still quite uncertain.

Observations:

While working on this task, I came to notice that I am quite into the scenery of the skies. But, I am still quite fearful towards that topic as I know that it is not a topic that was anywhere near easy.


Findings:

When I was doing this exercise, I found that it was quite difficult to get good consistent images with different variations along with it. It definitely requires much practise and time to achieve a decent range of photos.

Exercise 5: Composition- Principles

2.3.2017 (Week 5)
Adrian Charles Chee Yew Chen (300666425)
Introduction to Photography

Week 5: Composition- Principles

Lecture:

Mr Vinod began the class by checking everyone's blogs. He checked them one by one and gave each one of us feedbacks based on our own personal work. After that, Mr Vinod proceeded to teach us about the different principles underpinning composition in photography. A few examples are such as:

• Domination/Emphasis
• Isolation
• Balance
• Repetition
• Alignment
• Contrast
• Rhythm
• Symmetry/Asymmetry
• Harmony

After briefly teaching us the basics of these principles, Mr Vinod assigned us a task to go out and capture 4 images which contains at least 1 of the principles. Each picture needs to contain a different principle from the previous. After we have taken the images, we were required to show them to Mr Vinod. Below are the images I captured for the in-class activity.

Contrast

Repetition

Isolation

Alignment 

Symmetry

Mr Vinod ended the class without giving us a take-home exercise. We took the same lift down to SEGi Tower Lobby. Fortunately(or unfortunately), he remembered right before we exited the lobby. He gathered us together at the lobby and informed us that we need to do a take-home exercise similar to the task he gave us during class.

Instructions 

Exercise 4b: Principles underpinning composition

Capture 4 Images adhering to any of the mentioned principles below:

Domination/Emphasis • Isolation • Balance • Repetition • Alignment • Contrast • Rhythm • Symmetry/Asymmetry • Harmony • Perspective

(Put to use what you have learnt in the Zone system exercises here)

Ensure the results are recorded as instructed on MS Word (using tables and the instructed font and font size).

Exercise 4b: Principles underpinning composition

1) Repetition

2) Harmony/Contrast

3) Symmetry

4) Isolation

5) Alignment

Feedback:

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Reflection:

Experience:

I found this exercise quite interesting. It definitely helps build an individual's interest towards photography. It made me try my hardest to achieve a certain principle related to composition, especially when the subject matter in it's natural appearance does not portray itself to have a certain principle related to composition.

Observations:

While working on this take-home exercise, I noticed that there are many everyday objects which looks plain and ordinary until we find the right angles and perspectives to get the best out of that subject matter. 

Findings:

When I was doing exercise 4b, I found that we need to get out of our comfort zones in order to get the principles underpinning composition. In order to capture a well-composed image with certain specific principles, we must put in effort to look for them and be ready to travel and explore a little bit.