Final Project – In-dependence 26 November, 2007

Of our exhibition pieces, I only had 1 piece in it and that wound up as the very first piece of the series! Though I kept the picture (somewhat), I changed the title to Chained and instead gave a poem for the caption so that it would be able to fit in with the photos of others in the series.

Chained

A doting husband
His loving wife
So many government incentives
Their perfect life…

Specifications:
ISO-200, Focal length: 200mm, F-Stop: F/25, Exposure: 30s

Surprised at the exposure time? I thought of keeping the environment dark so that the red would not come out bright, cheery and bloody. Hence, that required the prolonged exposure.

The above photo was shot in RAW format by a Nikon D40. Lighting, contrast, exposure and just about anything to do with intensity of colour, was manipulated in Photoshop. The only physical tweaks made were those done to remove specks of dust in the background so that the red background appeared homogeneous. Otherwise, no image manipulation here.

No self-assessment and peer-assessment posted for this round since it’s supposed to be confidential. Many thanks to Mike who helped to co-ordinate everyone and everything, Ivy for coming up with the concept, idea to string our works together exhibition-style complete with the idea of presentation, brochures and all. Not to forget, thanks to Michelle who did the compilation of our artist statements and Jialin who made sure we standardise our presentation style by providing templates.