Farah Wahida Bt Ismail, 0322808
Introduction to Photography
Final submission
Final 5 Photos for Theme-Based
1) ISO200 F4.5 S1/250
2) ISO200 F4.5 S1/250
3) ISO200 F4.5 S1/400
4) ISO200 F4.5 S1/320
5) ISO200 F4.5 S1/800
Rationale
Farah Wahida Bt Ismail (b. June 1997). Currently studying in Taylor's University, doing Foundation in Design (class of March 2015). I've never had any lessons taught for photography. In fact, before this, I used Auto mode when taking pictures using a DSLR. I've had a thing for beautiful pictures since I saw people on Instagram (social app for sharing photos) edited their photos using nice filters and also with nice compositions. I never had the intentions of learning more about photography until one day my mum told me to take photography as an elective because she said it might be useful in the future. So here I am, after 17 weeks of learning and learning, I gained so much experience and lessons in the photography field. I must say it was a wonderful experience and I truly appreciate all the time spent doing this elective.
About the photograph
Initially, I wanted to take pictures of flowers for my series but was not very good at it, so I decided to take pictures of my sister instead. My first challenge was actually understanding whats consistency in a series. After getting the hang of that, I managed to pull out a few good images. All of these photos were taken on a stop on a highway from Kedah back to Perak. The stop were a very small and short one, mainly for people to stop and have rest. The paddy field can be seen clearly, till the very end of the field. So beautiful. I took the advantage to capture photos here. The reason i chose this series is because the consistency of the subject (which is the Songket) is good.
My series is about the beauty of the traditional Baju Kurung, which is Songket. The first photo was purposely taken that way to show the pretty intricate pattern on the sleeve. It looks nice as her hand is fair so it contrasts with her black hair. For the second photo, I cropped the photo to show half of her face to show joy by her expression. This photo is cropped purposely to adhere to the third-rule composition. Next, the third photo shows peace vibes that we get whenever we're in a village. I also took advantage of the paddy field in the background to connect to the classic attire, as everyone knows Baju Kurung and 'kampung' are linked together earlier in the days. Moving on to the fourth photo, still trying to show the Songket beauty, I captured the intricate patterns of the metallic threads on the bottom part of the Baju Kurung set. This photo shows more pattern of the songket, which is very interesting and nice to look at. The last photo was captured randomly. I chose this photo of her closing her eyes because it looked nice seeing that she looked relaxed and laid back, complimenting the peaceful and calm background.
For the technical areas, I purposely used ISO200 because I wanted enough exposure for my photos. Furthermore, I am comfortable in using that number in ISO so that my photos are bright enough. As for the aperture, I used a very low aperture, which is F4.5, because I want the pictures to have an sharp focus and a shallow depth of field, focusing more on the subject. The shutter speed differs from every photo because I adjusted it accordingly by monitoring the exposure meter. I made sure the exposure monitor was not at 0 when taking the picture. I made sure I made it under-exposed or over-exposed for certain pictures so that I get the correct zone system.
Reflections
Experience
The week before, Mr Vinod told us to show him all of the photos that we took for the theme-based project. Since I forgot to bring my laptop with me that day, he just browsed through my blog and told me to send him all the pictures for Week 14 (the ones that had the vintage car) & Week 15 (The songket ones).
After experiencing a hectic week for other assignments, only I managed to send him the pictures. As I did, Mr Vinod then chose the photos which he found that matched together as a series. He sent me two set of series (one from each week among all the photos I sent from the respective weeks). I then chose the Songket series because I find that the series looks nicer.
I then edited the photos using Sarah's laptop (because my photoshop has already expired haha) and we managed to get the photos printed out.
It is very interesting to be doing all these choosing, finalising, editing and printing. I had learned so much from this elective subject. Also, I am very grateful to be able to join this elective class and gain some skills that might be useful in the future. Thank you, Mr Vinod!
Observations
I noticed that we had to use the method to create a canvas just like what we did during the exhibition.
Findings
I realised that learning the method to change the image size and adjust a suitable canvas size for the photo is crucial for every photography student. I find that it's a soft skill that needs to be understood and practiced because it can effect a photo's result when printed out.
"Traditional Tranquility"
Farah Wahida Bt Ismail (b. June 1997). Currently studying in Taylor's University, doing Foundation in Design (class of March 2015). I've never had any lessons taught for photography. In fact, before this, I used Auto mode when taking pictures using a DSLR. I've had a thing for beautiful pictures since I saw people on Instagram (social app for sharing photos) edited their photos using nice filters and also with nice compositions. I never had the intentions of learning more about photography until one day my mum told me to take photography as an elective because she said it might be useful in the future. So here I am, after 17 weeks of learning and learning, I gained so much experience and lessons in the photography field. I must say it was a wonderful experience and I truly appreciate all the time spent doing this elective.
About the photograph
Initially, I wanted to take pictures of flowers for my series but was not very good at it, so I decided to take pictures of my sister instead. My first challenge was actually understanding whats consistency in a series. After getting the hang of that, I managed to pull out a few good images. All of these photos were taken on a stop on a highway from Kedah back to Perak. The stop were a very small and short one, mainly for people to stop and have rest. The paddy field can be seen clearly, till the very end of the field. So beautiful. I took the advantage to capture photos here. The reason i chose this series is because the consistency of the subject (which is the Songket) is good.
My series is about the beauty of the traditional Baju Kurung, which is Songket. The first photo was purposely taken that way to show the pretty intricate pattern on the sleeve. It looks nice as her hand is fair so it contrasts with her black hair. For the second photo, I cropped the photo to show half of her face to show joy by her expression. This photo is cropped purposely to adhere to the third-rule composition. Next, the third photo shows peace vibes that we get whenever we're in a village. I also took advantage of the paddy field in the background to connect to the classic attire, as everyone knows Baju Kurung and 'kampung' are linked together earlier in the days. Moving on to the fourth photo, still trying to show the Songket beauty, I captured the intricate patterns of the metallic threads on the bottom part of the Baju Kurung set. This photo shows more pattern of the songket, which is very interesting and nice to look at. The last photo was captured randomly. I chose this photo of her closing her eyes because it looked nice seeing that she looked relaxed and laid back, complimenting the peaceful and calm background.
For the technical areas, I purposely used ISO200 because I wanted enough exposure for my photos. Furthermore, I am comfortable in using that number in ISO so that my photos are bright enough. As for the aperture, I used a very low aperture, which is F4.5, because I want the pictures to have an sharp focus and a shallow depth of field, focusing more on the subject. The shutter speed differs from every photo because I adjusted it accordingly by monitoring the exposure meter. I made sure the exposure monitor was not at 0 when taking the picture. I made sure I made it under-exposed or over-exposed for certain pictures so that I get the correct zone system.
Reflections
Experience
The week before, Mr Vinod told us to show him all of the photos that we took for the theme-based project. Since I forgot to bring my laptop with me that day, he just browsed through my blog and told me to send him all the pictures for Week 14 (the ones that had the vintage car) & Week 15 (The songket ones).
After experiencing a hectic week for other assignments, only I managed to send him the pictures. As I did, Mr Vinod then chose the photos which he found that matched together as a series. He sent me two set of series (one from each week among all the photos I sent from the respective weeks). I then chose the Songket series because I find that the series looks nicer.
I then edited the photos using Sarah's laptop (because my photoshop has already expired haha) and we managed to get the photos printed out.
It is very interesting to be doing all these choosing, finalising, editing and printing. I had learned so much from this elective subject. Also, I am very grateful to be able to join this elective class and gain some skills that might be useful in the future. Thank you, Mr Vinod!
Observations
I noticed that we had to use the method to create a canvas just like what we did during the exhibition.
Findings
I realised that learning the method to change the image size and adjust a suitable canvas size for the photo is crucial for every photography student. I find that it's a soft skill that needs to be understood and practiced because it can effect a photo's result when printed out.
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