Assignment 2B: CNM Action shots!

My group chose to cover 2 different events to cover this topic. We were supposed to take some action shots of Communications and New Media students and teachers interact and be able to show this action on film.

My group first agreed to cover the module NM3217: Publications and Graphics Design.

This class is carried out in a computer laborotory environment. The main thing that I wanted to capture was an act of utmost concentration. Most of the students were given things to work on their workstation and I walked around looking for a good moment to capture.



This shot was taken from the front of the classroom where the teacher's desk is placed. It aims to show the 'look of concentration' that is on the student's face and from the perspective of the teacher.

Though this is not as obvious in this scaled down picture. The actual picture had a bit of problems with the lighting. This was brought up to me during the critique session. I decided that I will make changes to this by changing white balance. The editted shots will be uploaded at a later date.



This picture is one taken from the back of all the students. I wanted to use this to show the perspective of a student. I want to viewer to feel like he/she is one of the students in class and is participating in the class.



This was taken at Contrast 2008, an event organised by the Communications and New Media department. It is a 24 hour game design competition where students spend the night in the computer laborotories creating a game from scratch.

I wanted to take a shot that shows how critical time was in this competition. At the same time I also wanted to show teamwork within the groups of students. This picture was thought to be a bit too yellowish. I learnt that I could adjest white balance on Photoshop to adjust the colours such that it is not this yellow. Again, editted photos will be posted later.

Through this assignment, I learned about how hard it was to find the correct moments to capture during these events. The moments don't happen for a long period of time and it is critical to snap at the right time. I also learned the skill of how to capture the picture without getting attention from the subject. This is very critical in the action shots as you will not want the subjects to be staring straight at the camera.

It was an essential lesson well learned.