Final Assignment: ME

This are my new series of pictures for my Final Assignment. I have decided to change the idea from Insecurities to ME! So take a look!

Hope you all got what I want to say haha

Basically the colors represent the environment. Our moods and emotions are very much affected by whatever is surrounding us, our social setting. Hence the different colors depict the different social settings that lead to the different emotions portrayed in me. My position in the pictures are rather stagnant and the white tee is supposed to be constant to show how we, despite being the same on the inside, is very affect by our social settings that our emotions run rampant without us controlling them.

The first picture is typically the normal me and like a light passing through a prism, the different colors would show the different emotions within me. However after all these strong emotions, I realised that I am actually fading into the background. The losing of the individual self is represented in the alst picture with a darker gloomier wall and a disappearing me.

Hope you all got what I am trying to say! Feedback!

Assignment 5: Emotions (Take 3)

Harmonious

Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: 1/80 sec ISO: 200 Focal Length: 17.0 mm

After much consideration, I decided to use this picture to depict Harmonious.

By definition, Harmonious is forming a pleasingly consistent whole. I personally think this picture depict this aspect since all the elements in the picture are indeed consistent in forming a congrous whole. Therefore this picture would be titled Harmonious.

Joyful

Aperture: f/3.5 Shutter Speed: 1/35 ISO: 125 Focal Length: 6.3 mm

I decided to use this picture to depict Joyful. Colors are always joy inducing and furthermore candy and sweets are also very associated with joy and happiness. So therefore this picture is most apt for depicting Joyful.

For the following two pictures, I decided to stick with them for Progression and Loneliness. This is because I personally think they are the most straightforward depictions of these two emotions.

Progression

Aperture: f/22 Shutter Speed: 1/40 sec ISO: 200 Focal Length: 20.0 mm

This picture, Progression, is one of my favourities since it showed the Old and the New in the same picture. However is the New over taking the old or are we still living in the past by fossilising these old buildings?

Loneliness

Aperture: f/32 Shutter Speed: 1/5 sec ISO: 200 Focal Length: 85.0 mm

I guess the boat on an open sea tells all of the loneliness of the open waters. The ocean, although vast and filled with life, it always induces a feeling of claustrophobia. Anyone would be overwhelmed by loneliness.

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 5: Emotions (Retake)

So I went to Chinese Garden today and it was eventful. Took a few good shots and these are some of the shots taken. However I'm unsure which of the following is more Serene/Calm/Peace.

Do let me know your feedback. Even if they are not at all Serene/Calm/Peace inducing pictures haha.

Ok this first picture below was taken vertically. I wanted to to depict Serenity or Calmness. But some of the feedback I got back was the color is too intense to be calm. And furthermore the portraiture of the image makes it less serene/calm than a horizontal one.

Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: 1/80 sec ISO: 200 Focal Length: 17.0 mm

Therefore I cropped the first picture into a landscape picture. However the image looked to cluttered.

Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: 1/80 sec ISO: 200 Focal Length: 17.0 mm

Therefore I decided maybe I can use another picture I took horizontally and see if the image is less clutter and more calm.

Although less clutter, I'm not too sure if it is serene enough. I need your feedback please thanks!

Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: 1/80 sec ISO: 200 Focal Length: 17.0 mm

Oh and I edited the previous Progression picture. So here is the new edited one. I am much happier with this picture than the previous one because of the color.

Aperture: f/22 Shutter Speed: 1/40 sec ISO: 200 Focal Length: 20.0 mm

Oh I'm not sure why also but the colors do not seem to be as strong here. The images in my folder are much stronger compared to these.

Assignment 6: Insecurities (Take 2)

After last week's attempt, the feedback was it was very straight forward. So after much thought, I decided to use shadows to conceptualise the series. The theme would be the same 'Insecurities' but the portrayal is now different.

Past Haunting You

Society Pressuring you
Society Judging You

People Grabbing You

Society Pressuring You

Drowning In Insecurities

Trapped by Your Insecurities

Due to the space constraint, I was not very satisfied with the product. I'm even more disappointed after viewing the rest of the tutorial's pictures. Therefore I decided to redo my entire concept. But the tutor said she likes this week's pictures more than last week's because this week is more conceptual and original. She is also worried about the time constraint I might face if I were to redo everything from scratch.

If I were to stay with this concept, I would use the shadow puppet method to get a sharper image.

However, I think I might resume back to my Disney Princesses idea. Generate 6 pictures based on consumerism or insecurities. I shall think about it.

Assignment 4: Surrealism (Take 3)

Version 1

Version 2

This is my third attempt at Assignment 4.

Basically this time round I want to portray that the fabric of reality is weak. But we as humans do not wish to break out of the save state we are in and wish to be deceived by it. However there are the few that do break away from the fabric of reality but they realise that reality is indeed scary and hence they are now at a loss what to do with the new found enlightenment.

The blue fabric represent reality and I use fabrics instead of chains, is because I wish to portray that the way to get out of the pseudo reality is actually quite easy. The person in the middle has struggled out of the binds and is now struggling to take in everything the new world presents to him. Whatever he do now is up to him, he can either go back to the pseudo reality and do nothing or he can change the way other people perceive the world or he might be too overwhelmed by the new world that he falls to his death.

This is basically what I wish to say with my picture. Hope it works feedback please thanks!

Assignment 5: Emotions (Take 2)

Progression

Aperture: f/22 Shutter Speed: 1/40 sec ISO: 200 Focal Length: 20.0 mm

Loneliness
Aperture: f/32 Shutter Speed: 1/5 sec ISO: 200 Focal Length: 85.0 mm