NM3223 – Cel’s Photography Blog

This assignment asks us to create a photo essay of 8 to 12 pictures. I did 8 pics. My story is about a person’s change in status as he grows up. Everyone starts off by riding the toy cars at the playground. Then they progress by riding a 4-wheel bike, then a bicycle…. n in the past, the trishaw was yet another mode of transport…. then some have no money to buy a car, so they buy a scooter (in this case, a Vespa). The next is a motorcycle, which is slightly more expensive to buy. Ends off with a beetle and then a really expensive car, a Bentley. Enjoy….

The car in the playground: f/2.0, 1/250sec, ISO100

4-wheel bicycle: f/4.0, 1/100sec, ISO100

Bicycle in the alley: f/7.1, 1/30sec, ISO100

I’m gonna retake this pic cos it’s the only picture with people in it. Anyone have any ideas where I can take nice trishaw pictures?

Vespa: f/1.8, 1/100sec, ISO100

Motorbike: f/1.8, 1/200sec, ISO100

Orange beetle: f/4.0, 1/160sec, ISO100

Bentley: f/4.0, 1/125sec, ISO100

SELF-ASSESSMENT (TOTAL = 8.8/10):

My depiction of change is very explicit. Most of my classmates did otherwise. Either way, i think I’ve done a pretty good job in terms of scouting for vehicles and creating a story out of them. With that, I give myself 9.2/10 for effort and 8.4/10 for creativity. (Total = 8.8/10)

MY OPINION OF OTHER CLASSMATES’ WORK:

 I like the works done by Mei Mei and Jasmine. I feel that portraying emotions of people is a daunting task, and so I must applaud them for effort. Jasmine’s contrast between “Live to work” and “Work to play” was an interesting way of depicting change. Mei Mei’s photos of old people and their jobs showed clarity of career changes through the times. I give them both a total of 8/10 for this assignment.

I am impressed by Jie Ying’s photographs. The composition is consistent and the colours are very much alive. A perfect10!

The aim of this assignment was to observe how light interacts with objects to create patterns, shadow and sense of depth. How colours change their saturation through dawn to dusk and how shadows make textures feel tactile.We were supposed to explore image capture techniques to create a sense of space and time of real world in our prints. Below are the 2 images that I came up with.

Somehow or other, I kept thinking of “the light at the end of tunnel”, so on a Sunday morning at around 8am, I headed outside my house and climbed into a drain to take some photos. Thankfully the drain wasn’t smelly. =p The focus of the picture is on the walls of the drain at the foreground. Towards the light, the drain gets a tad bit blurry. For this shot, I badly needed a tripod, and since I don’t own one, I decided to improvise by using a tile that I saw outside my neighbour’s house to put across the drain.

Taken at 8:30am, f/22, 1.6sec, ISO100

This next picture is of a series of Russian dolls, from big to small. I like that they all look as if they’re the same size from this perspective. The focus is on the 2nd doll as you all can see. The only thing I wish to change about this picture is the background, as I feel it clashes with the colours of the dolls. Feel free to comment.

Taken indoors, f/4.5, 1/25 sec, ISO1600

Change of focus: Now on 3rd russian doll

Colourful staplers: f/4.0, 1/8sec, ISO 100

More shots for Assignment 2 (Do you prefer the shots below?):

SELF-ASSESSMENT (8.2/10):

For this assignment, I rate myself 8/10 for effort and 8.4/10 for creativity. Prof Reddy feels that I should focus on the 3rd doll instead of the 2nd. He said that it would add more balance to my picture. I shall do just that and upload it once I’m done. Classmates’ comments include, “I like the way the 2nd doll is peeping out at me…seductive” and “The background colour is fine, leave it the way it is”.

As for the drain picture, classmates commented that “It looks like something from Incredible Tales” and “It really draws me into the picture”.

MY OPINION OF OTHER CLASSMATES’ WORKS:

For assignment 2, I like the photos taken by Paul. He played around with shadows and colours very well. I’m not very sure which are the 2 photos that he finally chose, but either way, all his photos are really interesting. I particularly like the one where orange windows are contrasting with a white wall. I rate him a perfect 10 for his work!!