!!!!!!!Check Out my other PAGES!!!!!!!

*******

!Check out my other subjects!

***

Click on any of the "pages" links on the top right corner of this blog to explore my other subject blogs:) 

***

Thanks for reading and taking an interest in my blog:D 

Have an awesome day

*******

Introduction to Photography: Week 17

25.7.2014 (Week 17)

Casey Chong Jing Ping (0318756)

Introduction to Photography

Final 5 and Rationale

Lecture

This week, we wanted to pass up our hardcopy portfolios and Final 5 project in a file and CD to Mr.Vinod, but it seems that I have missed out on a few crucial things that was included in the criteria due to my ignorance and clumsiness. I got very frustrated and upset as I was really anticipating to finally pass my work up, but I could not because of my own fault. But after awhile, I was fine and my mind cleared up. I could think again and when I went back home, I did the remaining work to be done during the Hari Raya holidays. 

Exercise : Final 5 and Rationale

Final 5 :

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Rationale :

Casey Chong (born 11 May 1996, Malaysia) is a student studying Foundation in Design in The Design School at Taylor’s Lakeside Campus. I took the elective Introduction to Photography at first because I thought that it would be interesting to learn a new subject such as photography. I did not regret joining this class and I really enjoyed photography after choosing this subject. Although I am still in the learning process and have a long way to go before becoming as good as all the professional photographers out there, I enjoy taking photographs a lot as this is where I can openly express myself through photographs. Furthermore, these photographs capture memories forever. From candid pictures to well-planned photo-shoots, every photograph is special and holds a meaning behind it. I tend to take a long time to take one photograph because I want everything to be timed perfectly right, so that the moment could be captured perfectly. Most of my photographs are either bright and fun, which shows my happy and carefree side, or dark and moody, and those photographs usually tend to hold a meaningful and deep message behind it.

About the photographs:

The theme I have chosen for this series is dark and moody, because I want to bring out a deep message to the audience. The theme I have chosen is called “Textural Abandonment”. It was originally named “Abandoned” to portray abandoned cars and buildings, but throughout the few weeks and the continuous photographs, I realized that my strong point was of taking textural photographs. So I changed my theme to a more textural type, while still taking photographs of the abandoned buildings and bringing out dark emotions in the audience.

To bring out a sense of abandonment and moodiness, I kept all my photographs underexposed. In order to do that, I adjusted my camera’s exposure to allow less light to be able to filter through the lens. All the photographs were taken during the afternoon around 4pm to 5pm, and the sun was bright and hot during that time of the day. Due to the bright environment, I set my ISO low to 200, as I want my photographs to be a bit underexposed to bring out the feel of sadness and abandonment into my photographs, and I also do not want my photographs to be grainy. Next, I put my Aperture as f-5.6, which is quite low, but still not that low as my camera can actually go lower until f-4.5, as I did not want to underexpose my photographs too much, but at the same time, I did not want the background of the photographs to be blur. As the ISO and Aperture are more or less fixed, the Shutter Speed remains to be changed. The shutter speeds I used are the faster shutter speeds such as 1/1000, 1/1250, and 1/1600 as it was during the hot, sunny afternoon that I took these photographs, because they make clearer photographs and also underexpose the photographs.

In these photographs, I want the viewers to feel the sadness of being abandoned through the textures of the objects in the photographs, which are usually ugly, sad things such as peeling walls, cracked floors, and moldy wood. I also want the audience to see the beauty in the texture of these abandoned things, to see that some are actually still usable, but we throw them away just to replace them with something newer. This represents the society nowadays where everyone is chasing the trend and forgetting the old things that are actually still usable. Moreover, this also applies to people, as we have to work extra hard in order to catch up with others, and those who are not good enough get left behind and forgotten. Abandoned, just like the objects in my series. We overlook all these simple things in life, but have you ever stopped your busy life to look at the simple life from the past? To admire the beauty of the forgotten things that you’ve left behind? Well, stop what you are doing, and open your eyes.

Screenshot of the Rationale:

Introduction to Photography: Week 16

18.7.2014 (Week 16)

Casey Chong Jing Ping (0318756)

Introduction to Photography

Photoshoot: Soft box and Beauty plate

Lecture

This week, Mr.Vinod showed us how to use the soft box and the beauty plate during a photoshoot session. It took quite a while to set up the soft box as there were some technical problems such as some plugs not functioning properly and the flash does not work with the camera on view mode. But that problem was resolved quite fast. First, Mr.Vinod taught us how to use the soft box and adjust it to the right height and facing up or down. He also taught us how to determine the same light intensity in both soft boxes at either side of the model by using a light meter. After finished teaching us how to use a soft box, Mr.Vinod proceeded to teach us how to use a beauty plate. The soft box will be used as a rim light when the beauty plate comes in as the main light. He demonstrated how to use a beauty plate, it is similar to how to use the soft box, adjusting the height and the main plate up or downwards. We used the light meter to determine whether the lights are all aligned, and took a few photographs with Mr.Vinod as the model. Everyone had at least one role to play in during the class, and I helped in moving the lights around to determine the alignment the most. After we were done with the lessons, we packed up all the equipment and put everything back to the original positions. Then, we all gathered around Mr.Vinod and showed him our sample printed out photographs individually. I had good feedback and only need to photoshop the brightness of the photograph because the photograph is too dark. Lastly, he taught us how to use photoshop to change the image and canvas size of the photographs. After that, Mr.Vinod gave us some final advice on choosing our final 5 photographs, then class was dismissed and we went for lunch. 

Exercises: Final Project - Final 5 

Here is the series I have put together for the project. It is called "Textural Abandonment".

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Flash Exercise:
Here are a few photographs taken from the Flash Exercise using the softbox and the beauty plate.

A few failed photographs at the start of the exercise when we stumbled and forgot to adjust the exposure of the camera, and also a shaky and blurry photograph:

Too blurry and unfocused.

So dark...

Way too bright!

Some pretty good shots using the Soft-box as the main light:

Some candid shots in between breaks:

Using the Soft-box as a rim light and the Beauty Plate as the main light:

Mr.Vinod, our awesome lecturer.

Imani, the owner of the camera that took these photographs.

Cigie, a very tall, model-like, good friend of mine.

Me... In the middle of talking. (Candid shot!)

Cherry, cute and sweet like the fruit itself.

Jannie, aodrable and so talented.

Group shots taken spontaneously (by Mr.Vinod), we wanted Mr.Vinod to be in the photograph too but he refused and offered to take the photograph for us when we could have used the camera's self-timer. The two lights at the back are the gigantic Soft-boxes, and as you can see, they are very blindingly bright:

And......(Drumroll please)...... The most iconic shot of all. This candid shot that Andrea accidentally took of Mr.Vinod while he was talking and teaching us how to position ourselves and the beauty plate in line to get a stable shot. We want Mr.Vinod to put this as his new Facebook profile picture.

Screenshots of the Hardcopies:

Screenshots for the Flash exercise.

The Rationale I wrote for the "Final 5" Project

Reflections
Observations:

This week, I have observed that the more we practice and use our cameras, the more efficient we will get with it and the more we will get to know how to use it. As the saying goes, "practice makes perfect". I have also observed that everyone has come up with such amazing photographs for their final project. Moreover, I have also observed that everyone has a role to play in photography, especially during photo-shoots. An example of this is that during this week, even though it was not a real photo-shoot with make-up and everything, everyone had a role to play in it and nobody was just sitting around doing nothing. Everyone gave their own opinion on the light positions and the photographs. Even though it was not an official photo-shoot, everyone participated in it like it is a real photo-shoot. As Mr.Vinod demonstrated how to use the soft box and the beauty plate, some of us took turns to be a photographer, some manned the lights, some helped out the photographer and checked to see if the lights align, and some even became models for a while. Cigie was controlling the electrical box that was the power source for all the lights, and Cherry was in charge of the light meter. I helped out a little here and there, mostly in helping to align the lights. Another thing I have observed in class this week was that although these are class sessions and we were learning things that could sometimes be boring, the truth is that we are all having fun while learning all these new things. The class does not only consist of lecture after lecture, we have a lot of hands-on work where we have to take our cameras out and use it manually. We get to experience studio photography first-hand, and we all play different roles each time, from being the main people such as the photographer and the model, to being behind-the-scenes people such as the people who man the lights and the people who pull the background up and down and do make-up and hair. Lastly, what I have always observed is that even though we all come to this early class moody and grumpy, we almost all brighten up when class starts, and 10 minutes into class, we will all be having fun and laughing. There are always times when we will be serious as it requires us to be serious, but all in all, photography class is an amazing experience and everyone should try it.

Experience:
Starting from this week, I have stopped taking photographs for the series as I have been busy with choosing the final 5 photographs for the final project and photoshopping it. I also had to do the rationale. There are also tonnes of other assignments to do that I have to pass up day after day, never ending. But I have finally chosen 5 final photographs and everything will be done pretty soon. It has been a very hectic week and that is why I can only post right now which is between Tuesday and Wednesday midnight, while listening to calming Christian songs, as I am an auditory learner. 

For this week, we experienced a lot during class as there were a lot of technical problems. Mr.Vinod taught us how to use a soft box and a beauty plate in studio photography so we can be able to take good photographs with those lights. The first problem came when some plugs did not work properly and the flash that usually works in sync with the camera shutter button did not work. At last, we found out that it only does not work when the camera is in view mode. Mr.Vinod said that that never happened before as the flash works no matter if the camera is in viewing screen mode or in the other mode. Nevertheless, we could finally go on with the class. Mr.Vinod was the model for this week's exercise while the others helped out in various other things in the studio. The soft box was difficult to move as it was very heavy, and we had to be extra careful while handling it as it is very expensive and we cannot afford to pay for such an expensive item. Finally, when everything is in position, Mr.Vinod taught us how to operate the electrical box that connects all the lights together and Cigie was asked to control the electrical box. The electrical box is yet another thing that is in the list of the technical problems, as we could not switch off the soft box lights even if they were obviously switched off, which was pretty scary. At last, we could do nothing else but force the lights off by plucking them out of their sockets when we made sure that all the switches are obviously off. Next, Mr.Vinod taught us how to move the soft box pole higher or lower. He taught us to use the light meter to test the accuracy and equality in all sides of the lights. Cherry was requested to man the light meter. The photographers vary from shoot to shoot. After that, Mr.Vinod also taught us that soft boxes can also be used as rim lights while the beauty plate can act as the main light. Therefore, we repositioned the lights, which was not easy. We need the light meter to get the right amount of light of both sides to create the rim. I helped a little in repositioning the soft boxes and determining the equality of both soft boxes. We learned briefly about the usage of the beauty plates and used it to take a few photographs with varying photographers and varying models. When we were done, we put all the lights back where they are from, and that was not an easy task to do as we had to lunge three heavy lights. Mr.Vinod looked through our sample printed out final photographs and gave us some feedbacks and comments on them. Mine was a photograph of wooden seats, and Mr.Vinod told me to lighten the photograph a little using photoshop. He also taught us to adjust the image and canvas sizes of the photographs using photoshop. After that, class was dismissed and we went out to have lunch as we were very hungry.

Findings:
This week, I learnt a lot from class. Before this, I have never used photoshop all by myself before, as I have always asked my friends Cigie, Katrina, and Jannie to help me to photoshop my photographs. But this time, I did it myself after getting tips from Katrina and Jannie. I have also burned a CD using the laptop for the first time, and hopefully I did not do anything wrong. This is also the first time I have went to the library's computer lab to use the computers for assignment purposes to type the Word Documents and Rationale for photography assignments to pass up, as my laptop had died on me and I was stranded with nothing. This brings me to the next point, which is that this is the first time I am actually borrowing a friend's laptop for a month, just so I could finish my assignment in time. My friend is currently on break and she went for a one month holiday, that is why she lent me her laptop, and I am forever grateful to her for this, as I would never have been able to finish my assignment if I had only depended on the library's computers as the library closes early, and does not open on Sundays. This is the first time I am actually borrowing such a valuable and expensive object for such a long time, and I am very afraid because I am a clumsy person and I am very scared that I will break this laptop during this one month that I am using it. Moving on, in class, I have learnt how to use the soft box, the beauty plate, the electrical box that controls it all, and the light meter. I learnt how to adjust the height of the poles of the soft boxes and the beauty plate. I have also learned the right way to adjust image and canvas size using photoshop. From this week's photo-shoot, I realized that teamwork is very important in photography, especially during studio photo-shoots. You cannot do it all alone, and even if you can, it will take ages and also, you need a model, and just you and your model requires teamwork to get the photo-shoot done. In addition, I found out from Mr.Vinod how to choose the perfect combination of photographs to make into the Final 5 Project. I learnt that sometimes, it does not work when you put all your best 5 together in a series. You have to see if they all work in sync, and when you put them side by side, they must be perfect together as one theme and one series. You will need all types of shots inside, such as close-up, middle shots, and far away shots to make it vary a little but not too much. Sometimes, you even need to throw out a great shot that you love a lot and replace it with another shot that you do not like at all, and that is exactly what happened to me. I threw away my good shot of the moulding wall and replaced it with a photograph of some rusted gates, which I do not like as much. It pains me, but it has to be done, as it makes the entire series look better. At the end of the day, it all comes down to how you choose your shots. Last but not least, I learned how to write a rationale. Apart from clicking on the link that Mr.Vinod sent to us through Facebook to refer to, I also scrolled through the previous batch's rationales to refer to and to see how to write a good rationale. I also clicked on the link to the previous batch's example link that Mr.Vinod sent to them on the group wall, also to use as a reference. All these really helped a lot, and I learn new things every time.

Introduction to Photography: Week 15

11.7.2014 (Week15)
Casey Chong Jing Ping (0318756)
Introduction to Photography
Studio Photography: Photoshooting 

Lecture 

The class session for this week is mainly used for the last half of the photoshoot. There is basically no lecture this week, but Mr.Vinod did tell us that we had to do something important this week. He told us that the final project was to be submitted on week 16, (which according to my blog is actually week 17 because I somehow managed to write out an extra post somewhere along the line), and it is 2 weeks after this week. Mr.Vinod told us that we should do a test print for our photographs and he suggested we go to a photo printing ship at SS2 to do our test print. He gave us clear instructions and told us to follow them clearly as this is very important and the lab people do not tolerate amateurs like us. Everything seems so complicated to me, but we will go as a group to do our test prints on 3 different pieces of paper, and choose which paper is the best for our work. After Mr.Vinod told is that, we resumed our photo-shooting.

For our photoshoot, Cigie starts off as the first model with Mae-Chel as her photographer. Cigie started first as she is the fastest in finishing her make-up. I was pretty much done with my preparations as I did not need make-up because my photograph was not going to be a close-up. I could have helped with Cigie's photoshoot, but I did not as I was lazy and still having the sleepy morning blues. Mr.Vinod also said that those who were modeling did not require to help in the photoshoot until they are done modeling, so technically I did not need to help yet. But I still felt guilty. After Cigie, I was next to model, because my photograph was the most difficult to shoot and we needed to get that done and over with quickly just in case anything happens. My photoshoot had some complications at first to fix the special lighting up, but after that it went by very fast. After that, I helped them take down the heavy light that was needed to make my photoshoot. Next up was Katrina, who was also my photographer.  I did not help in her photoshoot as I was tired from the modeling and I was lazy again after working hard to model and be still in one position for so long. After around the 3rd or 4th photoshoot, everyone was getting tired, so I chipped in to help. I helped out a lot for the middle and last few photoshoots, as I was feeling energetic by then and I helped fill in the places of those who went to rest. I helped a little on putting down and pulling up the backdrop screens, but mostly I helped in determining the lighting position and the model's position.  Shortly after Katrina's photoshoot, Mr.Vinod had to leave us to our own devices as he had to go to an important meeting. I thought that we would be lazy or very rushed after he left, but suprisingly, we were calm and professional, and we managed to do every photoshoot perfectly, if I would say so. We took quite some time for each photoshoot, as we want them each to be perfect.  We did very well, and finished by 12.30pm. After that, we cleaned up the photo studio, tidied it up, switched off all electronics, and locked the door before we left for lunch.

Special Limited Feedback 

I received some feedback from Mr.Vinod on Thursday on my previous post, mainly on my 5 photographs for my final project. This is what Mr.Vinod wrote:
"Week 14, limited feedback.
Casey, when you write you eportfolio, reflection you can divide observation on two topic areas; lighting and your series of 5. It might help the reader who reads it to identify what he/she is reading. I see that your series have gravitated toward textural subject matters. The picture of the unused benches was very interesting, nice shot. The others were okay, I liked the wooden boards as well, but I feel you need to shoot much more in order to achieve something "more" distinct."

Exercise 
Studio Photography: 
This week, instead of being a photographer, I am placed in the role of being a model. It was an amazing experience and these are the photographs I had of this great experience. Credits to Katrina Khaw as my photographer. And other credits to Mr.Vinod and my other classmates who helped in any way, especially setting up the heavy light.

This is the photograph I used for my photoshoot.

Katrina has not sent me the final outcome photographs yet as she has them on her DSLR. So here are two photographs taken with June or Wafaa's phone cameras. 

Behind the scenes of the photoshoot. Taken by June's Samsung Galaxy S5. That light that everybody is holding up is the heavy special light I typed about.

THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH IS HERE!!! I LOVE THE OUTCOME OF THIS AND THANK YOU KATRINA FOR BEING MY PHOTOGRAPHER!!! THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO HELPED AND THANK YOU  SO MUCH MR.VINOD FOR TEACHING US AND BEING PATIENT WITH US!

Here are the original photograph(flipped)  and my version of it. I wish the dress was longer, but all in all, I absolutely Love it!

Just wanted to share an edit that I made of my pose. I like it.

My photographer, Katrina and I, post photoshoot. Having some relaxing time before going back to work for Katrina's turn to model. It was cold so I wore my blue cardigan. RayBans by Jannie Nguyen.

I just wanted to show you this is how it's like during the photoshoot with everyone cooperating. That was during Wafaa's modeling turn and I took a few seconds to snap this selfie photograph before going back to help them. Ignore the sunglasses. 

THE RESULTS OF MY PHOTOGRAPH AS MY PROFILE PICTURE ON FACEBOOK:

                                      

In the screenshot above, my profile picture on Facebook is the photoshoot photograph of me.

This is what appears when you click on the profile picture to enlarge the photograph.

This appears in all my ''friends'' feed once I put the photograph as my new profile picture.

These are the comments I got for the profile picture. As you can see, 84 people liked this profile picture (on the day that I screenshot this), which is the most amount of likes I have. The second most liked profile picture for me is the phooshopped 'selfie' picture.

Continuation of the comments.

Final Project: 

I absolutely love this shot and this is why I put this photograph first of all the rest. It looks like where a beggar or homeless person might live at. And the sad feel to it is so... Real... And did you know that there was a rat there hiding under the wooden thing? It took so much courage to stand there and take the photograph. SO MUCH COURAGE. 

I love this shot too. It has so much texture and you can see that the wood is obviously peeling off and left to die there.

This is not the ground. It's something like wood, but it's very moldy and nobody would ever want to go near it, much less touch it. My DSLR and I went extremely near to get this shot, and that is what I call bravery! 

This is a moldy wall. It's an okay shot. Not that good, but I still like it. I feel like something is missing from this photograph though.

It's rust. Again. I like it, but not enough to actually use it in my final 5. Not rusty enough I guess.

Final Project Extras: 

I like this one, because it has a lot of texture and feel to it. I love it! It's actually a drain. It's concrete. 

Guess what??? I went back there again. And I found this gem!!! RUST. The black part is completely rusted over and so disgusting. These are actually white stairs, and the entire stairs are rusted like that. I'm so glad I found these rusted stairs.

I'm not sure about this one. I kind of like it, but is it rusty enough?

I really love this shot. I don't know why, but I love it.

I like the wall, but I feel like the others are better. 

I don't really like this. Too normal.

The final 5 photographs that I have decided to use (Not fully confirmed)

This one was rejected and replaced by another photograph.

Screenshots of the Hardcopies:

Photoshoot Exercise

Final Project

Reflections 

Observations: 

This week, I have observed that by the 2nd week of the photoshoot, we all pretty much know what to do with not much help from Mr.Vinod. We were not as hectic and scared as last week when we had absolutely no idea what we were doing and what we were supposed to do. We had quite a lot of help from Mr.Vinod last week, but this week, the only main help we needed was to set up the special lighting for my particular photoshoot, as we had never used that light before. The rest of the way, we pretty much were independent, especially when Mr.Vinod left for his meeting after the 3rd photoshoot, we did not freak out and we were cooperative and knew what we were doing. I also observed that even though we knew that we should have prepared the make-up and everything before we come to class, we still did not, and we all did our make-up when we arrived in class. That made us start the photoshoot a little late, but thankfully Cigie does her make-up very fast and she was the first to model, which saved a lot of time in waiting. I was 2nd as mine doesn't require make-up as it was not a close-up shot. Furthermore, we all only did our make-up when we arrived to class not because we were lazy, but mainly because a lot of us are shy and insecure. That is one other thing I have observed. I was one of the shy people, as I did not dare to wear my long dress before class and changed in the bathroom after I reached class. Also, I saw Cigie rushing to class from the parking lot not because she was late, but because she had put on some make-up and she wanted to reach class faster so she could go to class without being seen with make-up on.  I also observed that most of us helped during the middle stages of the photoshoot, mainly the 3rd to 6th ones(there is a total of about 8 photoshoots), as they were all too busy preparing for their own photoshoot or were lazy like me, and during the last few photoshoots, everyone was tired and wanted to rest after around 2 to 3 hours of continuous photoshooting. This week, we did not freak out when Mr.Vinod left class early for the meeting, but we cooperated and helped each other out. The photoshoot went by smoothly and all the shoots turned out great and awesome! When there was some complications, the complications were solved very fast, such as lighting problems(the light won't work, had to wait for 10 minutes before it started up), and once, the grey background was stuck while pulling it back up, but Cherry's magical hands managed to get them to work nicely. After that, there were no more complications. Next, I observed that we all remembered the rules of the photo studio, and cooperated and tidied up the studio before leaving. I also observed that we had actually had a lot of fun doing this photoshoot and it was an amazing team building experience for us. I am very glad that we had this photoshoot experience for class work.

Experience: 

I had an amazing experience during my photoshoot. I was the 2nd to model, and I did not expect to model so fast, I thought I would be in the middle or last, but I went 2nd after Cigie, and I had fun and loved it a lot, even though it felt weird after first and it was quite tiring. I went 2nd mostly because I was done with preparations as I don't need make-up on as the shoot was not a close-up one. All I needed to so was my hair and my dress, Cigie helped me to braid my hair up and pin the braids on my head like a bun shape to create an illusion that my hair was curled up. I couldn't use the curler as the curlong iron had a different plug and needed the universal plug to work, but we forgot to bring the universal plug, so the braid bun was the next best thing to do. The model in the photograph had dark coloured lipstick so I applied Cigie's plum lipstick, it was minty and I loved it, although I usually do not like to put on make-up or lipstick. My photoshoot needed a special lighting to help enhance it, that is why it is the most difficult of all the photographs. It took quite a while to get the light up and to wait for the light to switch on and work. It was a very heavy light too and requires many people to hold it up. All my classmates helped to hold it up as I posed, and they were really tired after that, I felt so bad. Posing was a little difficult at first as I wasn't used to it, but I gradually got used to it and I had no problems with that after a while. It was also very cold as I was wearing a sleeveless dress, and we were in a fully air-conditioned room. After a while of posing, I got used to the cold too so it didn't really bother me after that. At first I thought that it would be so awkward to actually be the model with posing and everything, but I found out that it wasn't that bad and I didn't fell awkward or weird at all. It felt natural, and I guess it's mostly because they were all my friends and there was nothing to be weird about. Suprisingly, my photoshoot went by very fast, and my photographs turned out great, all thanks to my amazing photographer Katrina Khaw, and everyone who helped in the photoshoot, especially those who held up the heavy light. After I was done, I felt very guilty so I helped them to take down the special heavy light.

This Saturday, it was yet another time to go back to church, and take some photographs along the way. I had to focus a lot this week as it was going to end soon and I need to buck up and get even more better photographs. I was getting better, but that is not enough for me as I wanted the best. So, this week, I went the extra mile and went even further into the abandoned buildings. I also took a lot of extra photographs and went crazy with taking photographs. As I went further into the abandoned section, I found more things that are interesting and a lot of good texture. Somewhere along the line (when Mr.Vinod told me through the feedback that my shots are getting more to the textural side), I considered changing my theme to Texture. So, I asked Mr.Vinod and he said okay. I found that I am better at taking close-ups of texture, so I focused more in that. I arrived a little early in church so I took a few photographs. After church, I still had some time to take a few more photographs before leaving for dinner, even though the session was quite long that day, but I still managed to get some awesome shots. There are a few stares and questions asked, but I am used to them by now and I just answer them and tell them that this is for my assignments. I love most of my shots this week. I feel like I did quite a great job. I hope everyone else thinks so too.

Findings: 
This week, I found out that modeling wasn't so bad after all. I'd much rather be behind the scenes helping the photographer but not actually being the photographer, rather than be a model, but it was fun and very awesome to be able to do it and see the success in the outcome in the photograph.  It was not that scary after all. Quite tiring, but overall still fun. Next, I discovered that one photoshoot roughly takes about half and hour to one hour to do, because we want awesome photographs and not just "okay" photographs. One of the things that I discovered very important was that this exercise on photoshooting actually is a good team building experience and I felt that we really bonded through this and we helped each other more. We also had so much fun doin this and it also helped us to be independent. It helped us to be independent as without Mr.Vinod, we were basically stranded, but we still managed to take the wheel and do the entire photoshoot in time for lunch. We were very sure of what we were doing and we discussed the details throughly when we have small disagreements, for example how the model's correct position is and is the lighting placed correctly. In the end, everything turned out great. From the photographs that we had chosen, it seems that the studio photography was very easy, but I learnt that studio photography is not  as easy as it seems. It takes a lot of work to get the right photograph, and we have to be very patient. Lighting is also very important and where we place the lights plays a very important role in studio photography. Also, the height of the camera with the model is very important too, whether it's eye level or other levels. Moreover, I discovered that it takes more than just one person to do studio photography. We need a few people to handle the lights, a few for background screen, and some others for additional things. From this exercise, I learned how to apply all the different lightings and how to position the lights. I also learned how to pull the backdrop back up and I know now that pulling the backdrop up or down requires two people, one on each side. In addition, I have also learned that although photoshooting might be time consuming and tiring, it is also very fun and enjoyable, it's also team building and independent learning. Lastly, I have discovered the beauty of studio photography, as it has better  quality photographs with no busy background. I have learnt to appreciate studio photography, and therefore appreciating photography and all the photographers out there that provide amazing photographs.