OCA Landscape Project 15

This is part of planning our portfolio, part of the seasons project. I returned to Nepal and retook some of the same photos and others to depict the change in the seasons. I was shocked, however, to discover that the lakeside in Pokhara, where I took many photos in December, had been dug up in order to create some kind of super-walkway! In Chitwan, they had been burning the land and so the landscape there had changed considerably too. It made me think a lot about how the landscape changes and how this can affect our experience and holiday.

OCA Landscape Project 14

Changing Light, Changing Views.
For this, we had to look at the light and how it changed and how this then impacted on the composition. I took the photos at Nha Trang beach, on a mainly sunny day. although in the middle of the afternoon, storm clouds were overhead! I had to change my viewpoint during the day as the light coming from the sun was pretty harsh at times.

OCA Landscape Assignment 2

This assignment was looking at a space around 1 acre and taking as many different shots as possible (landscape style) there. I originally shot in Kuala Lumpur but was unhappy with the shots when I got back as not enough open space and the forest shots were samey and dark. So I headed to Gulshan Lake Park in Dhaka - to find they were draining the lake!!!! So there was an extra challenge to 'hide' the fact that it looked even uglier than usual there! I do think I achieved this although believe me I have plenty of shots showing the real story. Oh how photographers can be creative with the truth :) I just wish I had taken my long lens for the goat - although I do believe I challenged myself to use 1 lens only as well as the small space.

OCA Landscape Photography - Project 13

Project 13 asked for us to take photos throughout the day to become aware of the changing light. I was in Kuala Lumpur, and the light was amazing - helped by the fact I was staying on the 21st floor! So, this is an urban landscape instead, until such a time as I can take a proper landscape in the same conditions.

The light changed quickest around the end of the day, although I like looking at the range of light we got throughout the day. The images were shot in the 12 hours from 07.24 - 19.38.

My favourite light, as always, is coming up to dusk although I sometimes get caught out by the speed at which it can suddenly become dark! I also sometimes like the middle of the day if there are clouds, as these can add a huge amount of atmosphere to photos.

OCA Landscape Photography - Project 12

Contrast and exposure - this project was looking at areas of contrast and comparing colour and black and white , and looking at detail recorded in the images. Thinking about waiting until the light changes and different lighting making a complete difference to our view. The bright sunshine helped with the contrast in these images, shot in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

OCA Landscape Photography - Project 11

The colour of daylight - I read through this a few times to try and figure out what to shoot, but couldn't find anything. So I looked through other students blogs to see what they had done. I also checked the oca forums and it turns out this is just a 'read and note' project!

Old Dhaka

A couple of weeks ago I headed down to Old Dhaka, where people were definitely curious about me and my camera. These are some of the portraits I took while I was there.