Class Exercise 3: Photomontage Artist

by Colin

posted September 27, 2011

category Class Exercises

We discovered Mattijn http://www.mattijn.com/mattijnphotomontage.htm and he has pretty cool surrealistic, fantasy images, some of which are urban, some alien and some medieval/past/future. I like the fact that they are surreal, and have the artistic painting/illustration look. I wonder how did he do it, in photoshop or otherwise. I also like how he played with the Read More…

Assignment 2 Draft: Food Whoring

by Colin

posted September 26, 2011

category Assignment 2

These series of images were intended to portray the trend of taking photos of food using mobile phones, so much so that the food dishes could have personalities of their own. The keitai phenomena of taking photos everywhere, especially of food in Singapore, has made food into pseudo-profiles with their own persona and style. As Read More…

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Class Exercise 2: Look for the extraordinary within the ordinary…

by Colin

posted September 22, 2011

category Class Exercises

I walked around to the Shaw Alumni House and decided to capture the architecture elements of the holes and grilles and staircases. I like the sunlight through the holes. [Photos taken on Samsung Omnia 7 with no special app used for effects] I thought the staircase into infinity looks kind of interesting.

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Assignment 1: Exposure Triangle

by Colin

posted September 6, 2011

category Assignment 1

Shallow Depth of Field I decided to choose this beetle photo and used Photoshop Lightroom presets to tweak it. I think the Casuarina fruit beside it looks interesting too. Deep Depth of Field The cycling path forms deep vanishing lines into the image. Aperture was increased in value to create deeper focus. Freeze Action I Read More…

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Assignment 1: Test Shots

by Colin

posted September 4, 2011

category Assignment 1

I was at East Coast Park and I tested a few shallow depth of field shots and experimented with my camera settings. Shallow Depth Of Field Food are always good for macro and shallow DOF. So are nature with plants but too bad Singapore has few beautiful wild flowers so I have to settle with Read More…

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