Some Updates
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
I have been involved in hosting some Chinese students participating in the Sino-Singapore Exchange Programme. Been showing them around Singapore and NUS. Quite tired from the walking around... but fun. It would have been much better if it's the holiday period now. Been to the Night Safari, River Taxi ride; then Sat going Sentosa. Quite happening lah. More on the events that happened later...
Tagged along a pro photographer as a "second" for two events. I have learnt alot but I find that event photography is really boring. I don't think this is what I am pursuing in photography hobby. Money is ok but I don't like to do stuff for money. Event photography is contrary to my style. You anticipate, you jostle around, and you squeeze the trigger to try to get a shot. Perhaps I am too engrossed in pursuing all the "moments" like in wedding photography... Creativity plays a big role in modern photojournalistic style of photography... and even for photojournalism in the papers.
Ok, newspaper photo editors can choose really artistic shots for publishing work. Do I have a choice in selecting what to shoot when I'm employed? I really don't in event photography. There always have to be the standard speaker on the podium, the hand-shakes... The shots are standard, posed, lack space for creativity due to demand of the client... You get the idea.
Do people pay for some pixs which people's head/hand/leg are chopped off, even though the pix is excellently executed? I don't think so.
Do people pay for some fancy digital enhancement for event, like in the modern wedding album to add mood? I don't think so.
Are people looking out for details in your pictures, like a picture of a bouquet, a candle...? I don't think so. People don't pay you to shoot still-life.
I surfed around the web viewing event photographers' portfolio, and I am pretty disappointed. I am also disappointed with myself. Perhaps the portfolios I viewed are lousy and I am lousy. Pros, please show me some event photographs to revive my interest.
FYP is going quite well though I am still conducting experiments. At least now, my computational results are matching the experimental results. Now, it's on to the application...
posted byWilliam at 11:06 PM