Photography : Rationale

Rationale

          

  Photography is a real life skill which can be an advantage to one person. Photography also can be very addictive and work as an interactive hobby. This lesson gives student the opportunity to actually learn the real skills of photography and actually introduce students to the photography world. The learning period is short and interesting which capture the student’s interest. The lesson also taught student from the basic which include the theory and practical that help students to improve their photography skills. I personally think that this class is very helpful and since the lecturer always being specific and the instructions are very clear, I can finish everything with the correct way. I know now how to handle the camera in a proper way. Other than that, I also know how to use the tripod, adjust the aperture, shuttle speed, lenses and exposure. Besides that, I also learnt how to differentiate and adjust colour object in black and white. Since in this class the lecturer, Mr. Vinod specifically wants all the pictures in black and white, this will sharpen my skills in time. Mr. Vinod also includes practical exercise after every lecture which helps me to experiment and ‘play’ with the camera in a proper way. I also learnt how to handle different lenses and I also learnt different lenses play different part which gives different effect to the pictures. Other than in campus lesson, I also apply all the skills during out campus. What I learnt in campus also applicable at any time and any place. Taking pretty and clear picture give me satisfaction as pictures can tell a lot of story. I also see photography with a bright future since photography is quite demanding now days. Since, photography is one time investment, I believe it’s worth it. In conclusion, this class have taught me a lot and I believe this class will be very helpful to others student too. With good teaching aid and great lecturer, I believe my batch and other batch can be a good photographer in the future.

            

       For the finals project, I was assign to complete an assignment based on my topics. I was having hard time doing this assignment at first since I couldn’t find my topics until I do my principles of design assignment which is balloons tunnel. Since then, I was having great time doing both assignments at the same time. After I finish my principles of design assignment, my cousin happen to move to KL when I need model badly. So I asked her to be my model and she agreed with me. But, end up I didn’t even need a model. But she became my most important person throughout my assignment since balloons are light. It flew everywhere and we’re having fun chasing them. Besides that, I also make sure all the balloons have different tones since the picture are in black and white. Furthermore, I don’t need to edit much since balloons naturally have their own tones. I used all my photography skills that I learnt throughout my 5 month lesson with Mr. Vinod.

             

      Now I am more confident to use my camera with the right technique and I’m looking forward to take lots of pretty pictures in the future.  I also believe what I learnt in the past 5 months is going to be very useful to me in the future as a designer.

NURALISSA BINTI ABDULLAH

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