9th May 2014 (Week 13)
Seow Jie Yi (0318873)
Introduction to Photography
Final Project Process

WORK

2nd May 2014 (Week 12)
Seow Jie Yi (0318873)
Introduction to Photography
Final Project Process

WORK

REFLECTION

It's the third week that we have been posting the photos for our final assignment and the amount of things that I have learnt while taking these photos still amazes me till this day. Being observant is an important trait to have as a designer and I have learnt to be more observant while taking all these photos for the final assignment.

Usually I would just walk by the tree, which was the subject matter for my first photo in this week's post. Due to the fact that I told myself to be more observant of the things, does not matter whether it's living things, decorations or signboards, I stopped and stared at the tree for about a minute or two. Thus, earning myself a few weird glances by the people that were jogging past me. As I was looking at the tree, I realised that the pattern on the tree trunk actually looked like the patterns are all lined up that goes up the tree trunk.

Other than that, I posted six photos this week instead of five photos because I wanted to clarify something about the last photo in this post with my photography class' lecturer. On the first week of us doing this five photos assignment, Mr Vinod commented that my photos looked more like a landscaped themed rather than my theme, which was 'Beauty in Nature'. Therefore, I tried taking a photo of the trees lined up with its' shadows casted onto the lake with lesser subject matter. I hope the lecturer would say that it does not look more like a landscape photo.

FEEDBACK
Specific feedback: Mr Vinod commented that my photos were improving. He said that if compared to the first five photos that I posted for this assignment, this looks more suitable for the theme that I have chosen. He also said that I am getting what he meant, which was referring to the feedback that he gave me for the first five photos for this assignment, because he could see that I tried taking a more close up photos rather than those that he thought looks like landscape photos. Plus, he said that the last photo that I posted, which was the leaf that was half eaten was interesting.

25th April 2014 (Week 11)
Seow Jie Yi (0318873)
Introduction to Photography
Final Project Process

WORK

REFLECTION

As I was taking these photos, I tend to take photos of sceneries and the feedback that I had from Mr Vinod popped into my mind. He said to take a close up shot of a subject matter so that the photo would not end up looking like a landscape photo. Therefore, I tried to take photos close up.

Besides that, I realised that it would be easier for me to take a close up shot while using manual focussing as you can adjust it yourself and which subject matter to focus on. I used both auto and manual focus just to see the difference and I prefer the manual focus. The auto focus would not help in producing a desired photo because sometimes it would be blurry or it would focus on the other subject rather than the subject matter that I have in mind.

While I was choosing the subject matter, I thought to myself that the subject matter does not have to be something that is beautiful to achieve my theme which was 'Beauty in Nature'. Thus, I have chosen a half eaten leaf as one of the 5 photos that I have chosen for this week's assignment. The leaf may never be in its shape anymore but to me, it looked kind of unique but weird at the same time. In my opinion, the beauty in this photo was that the leaf was actually one of the two leaves that were eaten only even though the bush was as big as a car. 

FEEDBACK

Specific feedback: Mr Vinod said that my photos should be taken close up so that it has a better focal point. This is to help myself stick with the theme that I have chosen because a wide ranged photo would make my photo seem more like a landscape themed. Besides that, he also said that due to my theme, the photos taken should not have buildings in it. Also, he said that in these 5 photos, I should not repeat the same photo even though it may be slightly different because it may make the set of photos look repetitive.