Theme-based project: Week 7

16.03.2017 (Week 7)
Christina Hiew (300 416 675)
Digital Photography and Editing
Theme-based project: Presentation of a series of 5 images

Lecturer:

No lecturer was conducted however Mr. Vinod looks up each of our Microsoft Word exercises so that we arrange and edit in the correct way.  Mr. Vinod also updated his instruction in our Facebook group page. Below is his instruction:

For those of you who were absent yesterday and could not discuss and "show" me your sample topic pics please send them to me over FB msg over the weekend. You must begin the real work over the next week if you intend to do well, but, not without first selecting an appropriate, suitable topic for yourself.

Ps/ next week is the last week of submission for all previous exercises (1-4).

From the lecturer advice/instruction I understood that:

1. Begin the real work over the next week
2. Select an appropriate, suitable topic

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.
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. 

 Topic: Jalan Alor Street Food Night Market

I decided to take this picture which is knowns as Dragon Bread because it catches a lot of people attention when the smoke expands around the environment. Also, I find it quite challenging where I have to wait for the right moment to capture thus picture.

F5.6     S1/125 ISO 1600

This is an ice cream hawker. It famous with the techniques of spinning and mixing around the ice cream. I find that I have to zoom in my lens to capture thus shot.

F5.6     S1/80   ISO 1600

This picture is to showcase there is a  little tuner in Jalan Alor where a lot of people prefer to take this tuner as a access of shortcut to Jalan Alor.

F5.6     S1/60   ISO 1600

I decided to take this picture because I found that the back of people is interesting even though the seller is quite busy dealing with customers.

F5.6     S1/120 ISO 1600

This picture is to shows Jalan Alor is always hectic and crowded for the delicious of foods where you can variety of foods such as seafoods, fried noodles, satay, BBQ chicken and so on.

F5.6     S1/80   ISO 1600

Feedback

Mr. Vinod looks through each of our individual work and strongly encourage me to proceed the topic with Jalan Alor Food Street Night Market.

Reflection
Experience:

It is absolutely not an easy exercise because I feel hard in capture every tiny aspect/details of people doing things. When I try to take picture I have to choose a proper spot because very least light is available at night and that makes me to adjust a higher ISO but thank GOD IT was not raining!

Observation:
Jalan Alor is always a busy and hectic night market that famous for street food. I observe Jalan Alor is crowded that makes me unable to have small tiny spot to take picture. It was so crowded and I was been pushed left to right.

Findings:
I learn that taking picture is never an easy and right thing to do because I am at risk of taking picture without sufficient of light enter to camera. I learn that next time I should take picture of Jalan Alor at evening timing while the sun is still there.