week 13

01 November 2013 (Week 13)

Michelle Ngu Wei Tze, (0316296)

Introduction to Photography
Assignment 10 - Studio Lighting

LECTURE

1. Main light
- Most important light because it illuminates a major portion of the image. All the other lights are constructed around this light. The first light to be put in position is your main light.

2. Fill light
- The fill lights function is to basically relieve the shadow areas created by the main light, thereby reducing the contrast.
- This light produces detail in the shadow area. Sometimes a fill light can just be a reflector bouncing off the main light.
- In the case of a still life there can be many tiny fills positioned around the still life to illuminate or relieve shadows.

3. Rim light

- This light gives form or structure around the object or subject being photographed. 

- It creates a silhouette around the subject / object thereby revealing its shape.

- It most often acts as a highlight.

4. Hair light

- It illuminates and gives texture to the hair. 

- Without this light the hair texture would essentially not be visible and the hair will look like one black mass.

Exercise - Studio Lighting

Instructions

1. Students are required to find a studio photograph with the 1940s - 1950s theme.

2. Students will then imitate that particular photo in terms of outlook and studio lighting.

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week 12

25 October 2013 (Week 12)

Michelle Ngu Wei Tze, (0316296)

Introduction to Photography
Assignment 9 - Dumbbell

Instructions

Choose a Subject of Interest, i.e.: Architecture, Landscape, Peoples, Person, Still Life, etc. and capture a series of 5 pictures and print them.

When all your 5 pictures have been approved you shall then begin the final phase of the project, which is to print your pictures from a photo lab and then present it in class.

Presentation method: 5 printed photographic prints, Full frame pictures with a white border around the image. Size 8×10” Matt or Glossy. Please Submit all 5 printed copies in an A4 Clear book.

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week 11

18 October 2013 (Week 11)

Michelle Ngu Wei Tze, (0316296)

Introduction to Photography
Assignment8 - Handmade

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week 10

11 October 2013 (Week 10)
Michelle Ngu Wei Tze, (0316296)

Introduction to Photography
Assignment 7 - Final Five Chow Kit Street

Instructions

1. Observe Chow Kit street - the people and its surroundings

2. Take pictures and choose five final photos

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week 9

04 October 2013 (Week 9)

Michelle Ngu Wei Tze, (0316296)
Introduction to Photography
Assignment 6 - Final Five Batu Caves pictures


Instructions

The instructions were to capture five images that maintain a level of consistency in topic area. Put to use what you have learnt in regards to exposing (zone system), composition and editing (Photoshop). Post all results and update your ePortfolio by Sunday.

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week 8

28 September 2013 (Week 8)

Michelle Ngu Wei Tze, (0316296)

Introduction to Photography

Assignment 5  - Cam whoring (Optional)

LECTURE
It was a rather relaxing lecture at first. Mr Vinod taught us how to edit pictures with a very sophisticated editing software, Photoshop. He said it is important that we edit photos in such a way that viewers can never tell if it has been edited before. He also taught us some handy new tricks on an innocent man whose picture was randomly taken from Google Search.

1. Dodge Tool - lightens areas (the man became so fair that girls would have been jealous)
2. Burn Tool - darkens areas (the man suddenly had dark eye bags)
3. Stamp Tool - duplicates certain areas (Mr. Vinod duplicated a nice section of the man's skin and used it to cover up all the pimples)
4. Blur Effect
5. Feathering - making the edges of an object blurred

Then he said we will be cam whoring ourselves. The lecture was suddenly not relaxing anymore.


Instructions

Exercise - Cam Whorring

Students are required to take a selfie of themselves and edit it with Photoshop.

Before edit

After edit

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