Introduction to photography (week 14)

4.7.2014 (Week 14)

Chia Kha Wen (0319625)

Final Project (Fourth week)

Presentation: Studio Photography Portraits 

Feedback: the shots for this week, were about the same as last week. The shot of the house, Mr Vinod think the 3 shot was composed well. The other shots seems to lack a point of interest, that's why composition suffered. The exposure was a little dull, lacking in a little bit of contrast perhaps, but it is still acceptable as I can edit them in photoshop later, to increase contrast. Right now, I must shoot some more, in so that you can identify, good subjects and re shoot them if necessary and try to capture well composed images with strong points of interest.

Reflection:

Observation: On today's lesson, I observed that photo studio was very clean and tidy. Although the outlook  was a small room but there's many things that we need to know and learned. While shooting section, I realized that lightning was important. Moreover, to get a good-lightning studio photograph needs a lot of people to cooperate and helping.

Experience: During the shooting section, I get a motive to in-charge those light position. Those light was super heavy, I get easily unbalanced while moving the light.

Introduction to Photography (week 11)

13 June 2014 (week 11)
Chia Kha Wen (0319625)
Introduction to Studio Photography - research on 30s/40s/50s studio protrait.
Final Project : Village (First week)

First week shooting of final project:

Reflection:

Observation: Currently we just had a discussion about our final project for today's lesson. Each of us had to talked about what we wanted or selection of topic. Though the discussion, I observed that the topic that everyone had research for the final project that relate to some part of ourself. Most of the photographer's photograph had a connection to their background, which I found it was very cool that have a very unique and owned photograph style.

Experience: On today's discussion, I had share my topics that I choose for my self to my course mates which is the photograph of transparent bottles and village. After I had describe both of the topics to my course mates and Mr Vinod, Mr Vinod gave me a feedback that he like my village photograph idea and this was my first choice for the topic of final project. The reason I choose village is because my house nearby a village which quite modernized, it was something like village of 80s or 90s. On another hand, I wished to do this topic because it considered as my last memory of my dear grandfather who takes more care and spend the most time with me since I was born then my parents. My grandfather was a chef of a village in Seremban when he was young before, but he retired when I was born. As a return, I planed to do something that related to him.

Finding: While doing the exercise at the village, I tried to capture something that Mr Vinod suggested to me which is old-fashioned slippers. But I found it was hard because those white slippers with blue stripes at the side was hardly found nowadays, what I could manage found was Birkenstock and Corcs.

Introduction to photography (week 12)

27 June 2014 (week 12)
Chia Kha Wen (0319625)
Final project: Village (second week)

Reflection:

Observation:  On this week exercise, I tried to take something more details and nearer photographs. Last week most of my photograph was landscaped dun have any details version.

Experience: I get scolded by the owner of the house while I'm shooting his house, he though I was a robbery or something else. At the same time I kept explaining that I'm just a student, and I need to capture some photo for my assignment. He finally stop arguing and apologized to me when I show him my student ID.

Principle of design (week 12)

Principle of design (week 12)
Chia kha wen (0319625)
Paper cafting assignment

   
    In the beginning of this assignment, Ms Msslisa told us to find a theme and do 2 design related to the theme, symmetry and asymmetric . During the sketching time, I was totally no idea about what am I going to do and what's my theme was, because my mood was down when I know my video assignment's mark dun have reach my expectation. After doing some research on google,  I had an idea on sketching an apple with flowers for my symmetry and I had asked Ms Maslisa to approve. Her opinion was that idea is too simple, she expect something different from me. The days after, I get inspired by my violin. I learned violin before, but after few month I had stop it due to spm exam is around the corner. I wanted to do something for my violin, to remind me that I had learn before and the passion super loving on it during that time. For symmetry I done it with the whole violin body shape with patterns pop up. As for asymmetric,  I done it with a big tree, under the big tree got a girl playing her cello.

     During crafting process,  I maintained the same slow speed to craft out the papers instead of using fast speed to craft. It is because if you using fast speed, it will ruins your design and you have to redraw and craft again. This considered as my first time doing paper crafting.  It was fun but hard on crafting curve lines. It needs a good passion to finish up.

My art work was shown on below:

Introduction to Photography (week 10)

6th June 2014 (week 10)
Chia Kha Wen (0319625)
Lecture and Presentation (Project week1)


Lecture: On today class, Mr Vinod present to us on how and what we are going to do our project. This project take 6 weeks to complete it. Furthermore,  he gave us a lecture on zone system and composition to recall what we learnt from past few weeks. We will using all those technique in our final project.


Instruction:
-Find a theme for your final project.

Transparent glass:

Village (Kampung Baru Ampang):

Principle of Design (week 8)

Chia Kha Wen (0319625)

Principal of design

22.5.2014 (week 8)

Composition

       On today class, a A4 size mounting  board and a phone or camera (that you can record a video)was needed. My and my course mate was guessing what we are going to do on class, mostly was record a video. At first, Miss Maslisa gave us a lecture on composition which the points was same as Mr Vinod's class, Photography class. After the lecture, Miss Maslisa showed us some previous students small video which we are going to do next. Next, we were required to do a frame (by cutting the middle rectangle part). At the same time, choose a subject material to work with. The instruction of the assignment is capture 30 images (the frame must be inside the screen) and made it into a slide show.

  

        My subject material which Miss Maslisa choose for me was candy. After chosen the subject material for each one of us, we had 1 hour to try to capture the image with subject material and the frame. During that 1 hour, I realised that my candy must more than 1 only will have the effect. So, I went to jusco in Sunway pyramid to shop for candy. It was my first time to shop for candy, because usually I dislike sweet things, if not I will not shop for that. I spent RM20 for 10 pack different kinds of candy. 

        During weekend, I spent around 5 hours to capture the images at my house. I felt fun, enjoy and adventure while doing this assignment, because it was my first time to do a stop motion. Moreover on these images that I had capture,I was trying to make it looks adorable. Form my point of  view, it did not cover it all but got some parts was related to it. That is why I am putting a Korean song as the background music. For me, this Korean song was very cute and when I was doing this video, I was thinking this video might can be a confess or a valentines video too. At the end, I choose 38 images for my video

        Because of this assignment, finally I know how to do a video by using movie maker. It was cool and amazed (because I was sucks on any electronic device). By doing these assignment, I get to know more that laptop was not only for internet, it can do a lot of things other than that. Thanks to all lecture who bringing us to a new world.

Introduction of photography (week 9)

30.5.2014 (week 9)
Chia Kha Wen (0319625)
Photoshop - edit your selfie


Lecture:  For today class, we start learning edit pictures by using Adobe Photoshop. At first, because we all did not read the link that Mr Vinod gave us. So, the discussion was cancelled. Since the discussion was cancelled, Mr Vinod started to teach us how to use photoshop for edit picture. After that, we apply the technique that we just learn on our selfie and then use it as facebook profile picture for the whole semester.


Instruction:
1. Edit your selfie by using Adobe Photoshop.
2. Use it as Facebook profile picture.

Original

After edit

Reflection:
Experience- On today lesson, it remind me my high school life. I had learnt Adobe Photoshop when I was 14 and 15 years old, it was IT class, it is a compulsary subject which everyone must learn it. Plus, I joined journalism club. We used Photoshop to design our school magazine, when I heard from Mr Vinod that Photoshop is only edit photo and I shocked because I used that design a lot of thing on high school. I had stop using Photoshop for 2 years, todays class was a recall for me. At the same time, it was my first time edit pictures, because I dun use Photoshop to edit ownself picture before, I only edit cartoons.

Observation- On today lesson, I observed some technique on Photoshop that I did not use before. Like change the picture to black and white and adjust the zone system. Moreover, Mr Vinod demonstrate us on how to edit a self portrait at the same time he teach us the function of the tools in Photoshop. Nonetheless, I feel that edit self portrait was hard, maybe is that I had stoped Photoshop long time ago. Now, my brain just remember a few tools but not much, and all the skill i had learnt before was gone.

Finding- Based on the experience and observation above, I enjoy using Photoshop. Firstly, I had done these before although I had forgot most technique of them. Second, I had fun on using the tools and made something different then the original one. I will continue to use it for editing to recall back my memories.