Christina Hiew (300 416 675)
Principles Underpinning Composition Exercise
Lecturer:
Last week, I was late for Mr. Vinod lecturer class session. I missed his talks, his shares, his guidelines and almost all his class instruction for the next practical exercises. When I reached the class, I was constantly followed-up my classmates to seek for guidelines so that my lateness won’t be a barrier for doing the class practical exercises. However, after looking around my classmate’s photography, Mr. Vinod told me most of my pictures did not fulfill the marking criteria. Thus, I have to retake another picture that links to the topic.
Below are the in-class practical exercises:
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F5.6 S1/60 ISO400
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F5.6 S1/30 ISO400
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F5.6 S1/15 ISO400
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F5.6 S1/80 ISO400
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From the
lecturer advice I understood that: the principles underpinning composition
should
1. Composed the principle with the
element in the picture
2. Underpin the exact principle with the
element in the picture.
Specific Instructions for 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 • Reflection
Print all 4 images on an A4 as
instructed in class.
(Put to use what you have learnt in the
Zone system exercises here)
1. Contrast
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2. Repetition
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F5.6 S1/125 ISO400
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F5.6 S1/80 ISO400
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F5.6 S1/60 ISO400
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3. Balance
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F5.6 S1/150 ISO400
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4. Isolation
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F5.6 S1/80 ISO400
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F5.6 S1/150 ISO400
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5. Dominance
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F5.6 S1/150 ISO1600
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Feedback
Reflection
Experience:
Walking from 1 place to another place to
get a good shot of picture is definitely like hell! Why? I was wearing a dry
t-shirt and I ended up a shirt with strong odor due to excessive sweat.
Starting from bending down my legs to squatting my knees and most energetic
thing was lying down on a road to capture the societies unconscious behavior.
Yeah! Sounds awesome yet all effort paid off.
Observation:
Doing this exercise, definitely not
easy! I noticed my surrounding occupied a lot of things but that doesn’t mean I
can randomly take a picture to fit in the composition of the subject. For
example, I can take a picture of staircase to shows the repetition of each step
of floor however I noticed the other factors might effect my photography such
as the contrast color since most staircases are build in a less bright area.
Findings:
Each principle compositions are very
straightforward and direct and I understand the connotation behind. As Mr.
Vinod told me it is easy to fulfill the marking criteria but there is no
inspiration or feeling in the picture. Therefore, I learn that art need passion
and creativity but also a feeling of sensation.
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