My Journal on Photography..: August 2011

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Cartier-Bresson

"Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst."

-Henri Cartier-Bresson-

"As photojournalists, we supply information to a world that is overwhelmed with preoccupations and full of people who need the company of images....We pass judgement on what we see, and this involves an enormous responsibility."

-Henri Cartier-Bresson-

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"I prowled the streets all day, feeling very strung up and ready to pounce, determined to 'trap' life - to preserve life in the act of living. Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes."

-Henri Cartier-Bresson-

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"What is photojournalism? Occasionally, a very unique photo, in which form is precise and rich enough and content has enough resonance, is sufficient in itself. But that's rarely the case. The elements of a subject that speak to us are often scattered and can't be captured in one photo; we don't have the right to force them together, and to stage them would be cheating...which brings us to the need for photojournalism."

-Henri Cartier-Bresson-

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"One has to tiptoe lightly and steal up to one's quarry; you don't swish the water when you are fishing."

-Henri Cartier-Bresson-

Jon's Nikon FA

I have finished shooting Jon's film..

Now I'm quite excited about the result of the film.

Over, under or okay exposed?

Photos will tell.. Cant wait to develop it.. It will be my first Black and white film..

*excited!!!*

Capture the Singapore Spirit..

I have submitted three photos to competition in

"Capture the Singapore Spirit through your lens with Enerizer"

The competition starts on 19 September 2011.
Hope I would win some prizes!!!
*Vote for me*

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Pixoto

I had posted a picture on the website, www.pixoto.com

Its a platform to submit photo and have it compare with other photos around the world.

Its cool.. Hope u'll like it..

=)

Monday, August 15, 2011

Jon's Nikon FA..

I'm trying B/W with Nikon FA..

ISO 800

but the problem..
i dunno what to shoot...

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Cartier-Bersson

To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.

-Henri Cartier-Bersson-

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The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt.

-Henri Cartier-Bersson-

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He made me suddenly realize that photographs could reach eternity through the moment.

-Henri Cartier-Bersson-

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The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.

-Henri Cartier-Bersson-

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In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.

-Henri Cartier-Bersson-

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We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory.

-Henri Cartier-Bersson-

Cartier-Bresson

During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late.

-Henri Cartier-Bersson-