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INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY

LECTURER: MARTIN CHONG yuh lin

Knowing me,

Knowing you.

One main reason behind selecting design course for my foundation is arguably wanting to learn more about the aspects of photography.

Assignment one

Black and white

For the first assignment, we are required to take pictures which consist only monochrome (black and white) colors hence blending in minimalism close-up shots. fair enough to say, monochrome and minimalist (close up or not) are arguably both of my favorite agendas in photography world as it is. moreover, five pictures are to be necessitate for this assignment which therefore i have selected my best five photos, here are the results...

Assignment TWO

photojournalism

street photo x klang

During the third week of semester 2, my course mates and I had the opportunity to sightseeing a small town named Jalan Tengku Kelana allocated in Klang, thus furthering up our street photography assignment. As we step down from the bus, so many features caught my eye instantly in this town with it's unique culture which therefore commences the start of my exploration with two of my comrades. There were few things that intrigued me while exploring...

throughout our shoot, i began to reflect my life on how blessed i am with every little things i have nonetheless big or small it's quantity compared to the lives of many homeless and poor citizens in this small area located at klang. yet the quality of attitude those people have is surprisingly outstanding on how they welcomed us with overwhelming kindness. before we head home, i decided to buy some snacks and handed to few homeless people to appreciate them as of teaching me a lesson. 

photojournalism is definitely an eye-opening activity to me, i believe that every city gives a different emotion feeling depending on the environment so that really excites me on doing more street photography in the near future.

Assignment Three

CAFE HOPPING

next photography exercise is highly deployed as a cafe theme where two categories are ought to be achieved such as interior space of the cafe and photos of foods and beverages, thus begins my next objective as i visited varieties of locations that pays off different background stories/feelings wherever i visit, just for this assignment.

Section one

Section two

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SUPERMOON

News spread like wildfire across the globe as this year's supermoon (14th November precisely) was recorded to be the biggest since 1948, skeptical as it sounded i began to track down the days upon it's arrival where fate will meet it's destiny, truth to be told that night was not an illusion but a reality. Adrenaline rush came like tsunami as i patiently deploy my camera/tripod settings and take a few astounding pictures with a good mate of mine. with my first ever mirror-less camera it literally was an unforgettable night where i was able to crosschecked one of my to-do bucket list!

setting up our cameras & tripods to get a good glimpse of supermoon.

finalizing our settings before actual photoshoot.

a blur picture to give a unique feature between mixed contrast & grain.

a shot of the supermoon with shutter speed 1/125, f-stop 6.7 and iso 200. 

best close up of supermoon with the same settings above this picture.

Assignment four

(try out)

LIGHT x Shadow X ANGLE

OVER A COUPLE OF WEEKS, my lecturer introduced a fresh topic for us to obtain and fathom few diversities of photography which are stated above. Coincidentally, a friend of mine whom's not taking this subject paid a visit and eventually became our model of the day for us to snap few pictures to understand more different prospects of light,shadow and angle. the results surpassed my expectations in a good way...

Assignment four

(actual)

unlike previous try out session, this is the actual agenda of this project where groups of five to come up with a theme, cosmetics, make ups and most importantly visual reference based. for my group, i decided to select winter as our theme which basically consists of those winter clothing. that's where visual reference takes it's position as lighting's one of the main source for this photo shoot, assuredly we went overboard during the shoot with laughter and what not...

Assignment five

LEVITATION

ideas in a photo visualization form.

1. A model floating on midair,holding an umbrella facing front or back on a peak edge of a misty abandoned construction building floor.

 

2. A model playing guitar levitating inside the forsaken construction building floor.

3. A model covering with a thick long black cloth while levitating. 

 

4. A model lucid dreaming hence levitating on mid air with blanket on top of his/her body.

5. A MODEL skateboarding and doing an ollie on mid air.

LOCATION of PHOTO SHOOTING.

1. genting highlands.

2. an interior room inside an abandoned house.

3. an abandoned construction site.

Assignment Five

(actual)

couple weeks flew so fast, the inevitable days approached as i finally get to anticipate my ideas bloomed into reality as of photo-shooting immediately after the approval from the lecturer. before the new year embraced, me and some of my best mates went genting highlands thus celebrating new year's eye of 2016, likewise marked the start of my photo-shooting. as we reached the peak of it's location, explored a few spots to take and end up finding ourselves a really authentic abandoned construction site where we spent most of the time there with the shooting. few days swung by, i went to this abandoned house that was forsaken beside my friend's house and decided to take the remaining pictures as it is one of my prime locations to shoot. here are the five and final results...

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Genting Highlands

Aside from being too focused on planning and running errands for shooting we actually did enjoyed ourselves from our little voyage heading towards genting highlands, spent quality hours goofing each other around exploring different whereabouts filled with diverse scenarios. All that i can say is, twas a memorable way to had celebrated new year's eve with them and ending the last chapter of 2016 before embracing to a new year...

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