revealing eye through digital photography :)

This is who I am

For the first photo named “Little”, I intentionally posed for the camera in such a way that I am squatting down. I am a small size girl with a height of only 1.52m. thus the photo is taken such that the view is looking downwards that shows that I am small. the camera I am holding onto depicts that I enjoy photography. The meaning behind this photo is “I aint too small to be a photographer”. This is who I want to be.

The second photo named “Go” is a picture of my hand gesturing to one side.  This is because I enjoy playing Frisbee and this is my signature post after releasing the disc.  The photograph shows a strong contrast of sunlight and shadow. I enjoy playing Frisbee under the sunlight for I feel very relax and comfortable. The reason why I chose to take this picture in the field is because I enjoy the green pastures. It makes me feel that it is a place where I belong. I named this photography “Go” because I want people to go and do what they want to do, to pursue what they enjoy and love like how I showed my passion through this photo.

Extraordinary out of the ordinary

Clark quay

This is a place where lies a lot of memories for me thus I chose to go to this location. The nightlife and during the daytime shows a very big difference. The nightlife is very wild, happy and cooling atmosphere as this can be seen from the colourful lights. During the day, it is a very quiet and calm place. I took this photo very early in the morning because I want to show the silhouette of the buildings of Clarke quay. I like how the rising sun could cast show a beautiful shadow and image.

Looking through

This is the photograph of my interior shots. Instead of the normal shots of the interior of a shopping centre or house, I chose to take it from the interior of my routine place. Looking through, this is what I see and I took a snap shot of it. I enjoy this photograph cause this is what I see everyday when looking through the building. i intentionally didn’t take a very dark night scene for this as it will be pitch dark. So I took it when the sky is just about to turn dark. This night scene shows anger due to the clouds. I enjoy it a lot cause I like photographs that depict and stir emotions.

maya maya

my super-hard-to-contruct light stand

3 point light

1. RGB
2. key (shadows)
3. fill (no shadow)
4. rim (no shadow)

feel really noob at ultimate frisbee

but im gonna work hard & keep improving ^^

maya is quite fun after all! :)

MAYA lessons that i learnt:

1. curve
2. lighting
3. camera
4. texture

my feelings today :)

Personal Promise Declaration

I am an average girl name Michelle Chan with an extraordinary mind and a passion for design. I am a bubbly girl with a heart that loves to encourage others. It is my habit that I look at things with joy & enthusiasm and with a positive heart. However I want to learn to look at things differently, from a different angle & perspective. I want to master the skill of having the eye- the eye that opens door to a whole new world.

Last year, my goal was to do well. I didn’t have a specific goal in mind and thus I only improve by a little. I failed to identify the important factor of being specific in my goal setting. I did well in modules that are of lower importance according to the credits and I did badly for those that are of higher important and weightage such as my core modules. This year, academically, I will weigh the importance of each assignment and allocate my time accordingly. Not that I am doing these work for the grades sake, but I am learning to work smart. In fact I enjoy every single module that I did. It is just that I only have a limited time and I can’t complete every assignment up to perfection. So this year, I will focus on its importance and work smartly.

There are 1 short-term goal (doodle book) and 2 mid term goals (to play well in Frisbee and having good relational ties with God, family and friends). These are the goals I set for this year. Currently, 6 weeks have past and I realize I am achieving it bit by bit. There is still a long way to go but I will preserve.

In times when I encounter difficulties, I will use the model that I created- F6. The effectiveness of the model is as shown.

Fathom- at this first stage, I am supposed to understand what I am supposed to do or where I am heading. This gives me a clearer view in my thinking process. This is effective because I know my aim and goal from the start.

Fantasize- before creating this creative mind map, I failed to realise that fantasizing is very important. I failed to let my imagination run. My thoughts & ideas was very restricted & I don’t dare to think out of the box, afraid of going off track, afraid of doing things wrongly and afraid of making mistakes. After identifying this problem, I added the “fantasize” stage into my creative journey. Through this method, I force myself to think out of the box, make free associations & not being afraid of imagining & fantasizing.

Fragment- this second stage is the hardest stage for me. I normally have a lot of ideas flying around and I am unable to organize and filter it. Therefore because of this, I am unable to decide and proceed on to my “focus” stage.

Focus- this is the stage where I put in more effort and focusing on my main idea. At this stage, I cannot just look at the surface of my ideas but keep continuing to explore, develop & experiment. I feel that many of my ideas lack further development resulting it not to be creative, special and shine above all other ideas.

Functional- in this stage, I start to refer, reflect, reaffirm & reconstruct.  I will refer back to see my design aim, reflect whether I want this design, seeking advices and reaffirmation from others and after everything reconstruct to improve.

Finalise- this is the stage when I finalise my idea & design and is satisfied with it ONLY if I have gone through all the stages.