Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Assignment 2

“Black is Beautiful - Lighting & the Decisive Moment”




Below are 2 photos that show one subject matter shot under 2 different lighting positions:




This is a watch that I always wear to school. In the first photo, the light source was shone onto the watch from the bottom left and second photo from the top right (rembrant lighting). The reason why I chose these two angles is so that it creates a shadow at an oblique angle.

The above photo was taken using the following rules of photography:
* Filling the frame: there is no complicated background, just purely plain and this allows the viewer to focus only on the watch and not dsitracted by anything else.
* Negative Space: there is nothing at the background other than the watch. This allows the person who view this photo to focus on the watch - the shadow, the second, hour and minute hand as well as every single design and pattern of the 12 hour markings. This gives the photo a sense of simplicity and the simplicity is further enhanced by the simple design and pattern of the watch and with this photo that is taken in black and white, it gives a timeless look. It does not tell us the date and if the time shown on the watch is in the day or night.
* Rule of thirds: The watch was taken off-centre.
* Diagonal rule: The shadow was formed at an oblique angle.




The following are 4 photos of "The Decisive Moment" theme:


The above 2 photos was taken at Bukit Merah Central where these rides are for rent. The photo was taken using rule of third where the girl and the boy was taken off-centre and the floor tiles that look like stones formed a triangle to give the photo a feel of dynamic and movement.


This photo above was taken at the outside of a shop in habourfront centre. I used the technique - filling the frame to capture this snapshot. Every single person surrounding this machine was captured and taken in black and white, the actual colour of the place does not distract the viewer. Hence focus on the facial expression of the people who are observing at the girl playing with the machine. The photo was also taken at at angle to form diagonal lines to make the photo stronger and more dynamic. Rule of thirds was used as the group of people here were taken off centre.




This photo was taken at the sky park at Vivo city. This photo was taken at this angle that creates an illusion that the boy here was peeing. I tried to use the rule of thirds to take the boy off centre, but the background was too crowded with people so the was the maximum off-centre I could take. Horizontally, the rule of thirds was used. The floor, the low wall of the fountain and the background, each covers about a third of the picture. The diagonal lines of the water shooting out creates a sense of movement.


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