Assignment 3: Symbolic of the Sun

This is the final image for my Symbolic of the Sun.

Personally, to me nothing is more symbolic of the sun than an umbrella. The umbrella has multiple purposes. For some it aid as a walking stick, to most of us the umbrella is used to shelter from the rain as well as the sun.

Therefore the image was taken from under the umbrella to show the bright sunny day. This represents the view of the umbrella user, this common everyday life event is sometimes overlooked but it is simple things like this that is significant of living. This, to me, is symbolic of the sun.

Symbolic of the Sun

Aperture: f/32 Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec ISO: 800 Focal Length: 60.0 mm

These few pictures are the latest cropped versions for the final portfolio.

The Dragonfly (Close Up)

Aperture: f/14 Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec ISO: 800 Focal Length: 60mm

Totem (High Key)

Aperture: f/29 Shutter Speed: 1/20 sec ISO: 200 Focal Length: 38mm

Assignment 3

For this assignment, we were to portray certain techniques through our photographs.

Perspective

Aperture: f/4 Shutter Speed: 1/13 sec ISO: 1600 Focal Length: 17mm

This shot makes the bridge looks longer than usual. However I think this picture lacks something to elongate at the centre.

Zoom Shot
Aperture: f/22 Shutter Speed: 2 sec ISO: 200 Focal Length: 17mm

This is a shot of the newly erected Christmas tree at the top of Vivocity.

Close Up
Aperture: f/14 Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec ISO: 800 Focal Length: 60mm

This was taken at the Botanic Gardens with a 70-200mm lens.

High Key

Aperture: f/29 Shutter Speed: 1/20 sec ISO: 200 Focal Length: 38mm

This was taken at the new NUS Guild House. It was one of 10 short white statues against a white wall.

Low Key
Aperture: f/4 Shutter Speed: 1/100 sec ISO: 400 Focal Length: 135mm

This is my favourite shot so far. Using a 70-200mm lens, this shot was taken at night on the roof top of Esplanade building. I took multiple shots but only a few turned out well. This is one of the very few that turned out good.

After all the technical aspects of photography, we were given our very first conceptual photography assignment this time round too. The theme: Symbolic of the Sun.

Symbolic of the Sun
Aperture: f/32 Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec ISO: 800 Focal Length: 60.0 mm

Basically I wanted to use a common tool, the umbrella, to depict that we not only use them during rainy weathers but also under a bright hot sunny day also. The umbrella symbolises the Sun, and the rain.