Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Assignment 3

The purpose of this assignment is to understand and apply basic on-camera techniques such as focal length and sensor latitude. I am supposed to produce a photo from each of the sub-categories below:

1. Focal length
1.1. Perspective
1.2. Close up
1.3. Zoom shot

2. Sensor Latitude
2.1. High key
2.2. Low key

1.1 Perspective

The following photo below is taken along the Subordinate Court area. This photo is taken because it shows a wide space along the corridor of the building.


This Photo: f5.6, 1/60, ISO800




1.2 Close Up

The photo below is taken from the Singapore Zoo. The white tiger was resting. Its expression tempt me to take a close up photo of it.


This Photo: f4.5, 1/100, ISO 800




1.3 Zoom Shot

This shot is taken from the Esplanade roof-top. The clay pot is the main focus of this photo. The clay pot adds colour and uniqueness to the roof-top garden.


This Photo: f25, 1/6, ISO 400




2.1 High Key

This high key photo is taken against the sky. The building is Singapore’s First Fire Station. It’s a building with a historical heritage and a beautiful architectural style.

This Photo: f9.0, 1/60, ISO800




2.2 Low Key

This low key photo is taken late in the night. The lily is the fruits of labour of my green-fingered neighbour. There was a bunch of lilies blossoming from a pot. They are so beautiful that I decided to take a picture of one of them as my low key attempt.

This Photo: f4.0, 1/60, ISO 400




After Tutorial

During tutorial, my classmates and my tutor, Jing mentioned that in general, the angle I took for my photos did not make the subject appealing enough. Hence, I have decided to re-take all my photos for this assignment.


1.1 Perspective

The angle of the previous photo and the subject are not appealing enough. Hence, I had re-work on this assignment and am currently considering between the following 2 photos. However, I do feel that the second photo is much better than the first.


This Photo: 1/30, f5.0, ISO250

  



This Photo: 1/30, f18, ISO 200





1.2 Close Up

The previous photo on the tiger is irrelevant for this category. Hence, I am replacing the photo with another subject, a human eye as shown below. I am considering between the first and second photo below. However, I do feel that the second photo is better than the first one.


This Photo: 1/8, f5.0, ISO 800





This Photo: 1/200, f2.5, ISO 800





1.3 Zoom Shot

The comments during tutorial are that the previous photo of the pot in the garden is alright in terms of technicalities. However, the lines in the foreground of the photo distrubs the composition of the photo. I have decided to re-work on it and I am currently considering between the 3 photos below. I am still wondering which is better for this category.



This Photo: 1/5, f3.5, ISO 400

 



This Photo: 0"3/ f4.5, ISO 400




This Photo: 1/6, f18, ISO 400






2.1 High Key

My tutor, Jing feed backed to me that the previous high key photo is over exposed. Thus, I will replace it with the following subjects. I am wondering which photos are a better fit to be classified as a high key photo.



This Photo: 1", f5.6, ISO 800






This Photo: 1/25, f5.6, ISO 400






This Photo: 1/25, f5.6, ISO 400





This Photo: 1/60, f2.8, ISO 400






2.2 Low Key

The photo (the flower) taken previously had certain parts, which were over exposed. Thus, I have decided to use another subject instead. The photos are shown below. I am still wondering which angle of the 2 photos taken would have a better composition.


This Photo: 1"/ f4.5, ISO 800





This Photo: 1", f4.5, ISO 800





Final Artwork

After consulting my tutor Ms Chiang, I have re-taken some photos and selected the relevant ones for this assignment. These final photos, which are produced below, has been edited with Photoshop.


1. Perspective


This Photo: 1/30, f 18, ISO 200

 



2. Close Up


This Photo: 1/200, f 2.5, ISO 800
 




3. Zoom Shot

This Photo: 1/40, f 13, ISO 400
 



4. High Key

This Photo: 0"3, f 5.6, ISO 800
 



5. Low Key

This Photo: 1/50, f 5.6, ISO 800