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Best Wishes For Everyone

Journal Entry: Tue Dec 25, 2007, 10:07 PM
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A Very Merry Christmas to all my dear friends on DA.

And a happy new year as well :)

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  • Mood: Love Dazed
  • Listening to: Birds chirping
  • Reading: P. G. Wodehouse
  • Watching: Eddie Izzard
  • Playing: Miles Davis - It nevered entered my mind
  • Eating: GoldKenn Dark Chocolate w/ Alcohol Truffle
  • Drinking: Black tea with ginger

My Work at LLAcademy

Journal Entry: Mon Dec 10, 2007, 8:15 PM
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Please tell me, after looking at all these photographs, if you see any improvement or difference from my previous work here on DA. I will really appreciate it.






Looking forward to some good criticism of my work, please feel free to be honest about it.

regards,
Siddharth a.k.a. Shwami

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  • Mood: Love Dazed
  • Listening to: Birds chirping
  • Reading: P. G. Wodehouse
  • Watching: Eddie Izzard
  • Playing: Miles Davis - It nevered entered my mind
  • Eating: GoldKenn Dark Chocolate w/ Alcohol Truffle
  • Drinking: Black tea with ginger

My Progress at Light & Life Academy

Journal Entry: Sun Dec 2, 2007, 3:15 AM
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It's time I tell you guys what I have been doing for the past 4 months. I have learnt so much at the academy, and yet there is so much more to learn!

Our training began with introduction to 35mm photography, which included modules on exposure, shutter speeds, and depth. We also had a creative module on shooting alphabets out of normal objects in our surroundings.

Our next module was on light, lighting and filters. Here we learnt how direction, colour and quality of light affects the subject and the photograph. We learnt about different types of contrasts. We also learnt how to use the gradient filters and polarizers.

After the basics of light, our second module on light was more about using the flash unit with our cameras. We learnt how to effectively use the flash unit to light up the subjects in different light conditions, like fill flash on a bright sunny day, using flash as a key light in low light conditions, balancing exposure on the subject in shadow and the ambient light outside the shadow area. We also learned how to use the flash units to create effects like halos, rims, etc.

After our light module, came the session on creativity. Here we were required to complete several different asignments using all the techniques we had learnt earlier. We were asked to submit series of photographs taken from a constrained place, and taken during a whole day. We were also asked to take photographs taken from different angles of view, and using different concepts.

Now, finally we have entered our studio module, and we are learning how to use studio equipment to achieve the same light effects as possible in daylight.

I will tell you guys about this module, once we get done with a substantial portion of it.

seeya later guys.

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  • Mood: Love
  • Listening to: Raindrops falling on my head
  • Reading: her eyes
  • Watching: her smile
  • Playing: with her hair

Autumn Cleaning

Journal Entry: Mon Oct 1, 2007, 2:41 AM
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Time has come to clean up my gallery and keep only those photographs and artworks which truly reflect my development through the past 4 years that i have been on DA.

I will removing most of the artworks which are outdated and which i feel, dont meet the standards i have now set for myself.

So you will see my gallery rapidly shrinking, in order to make room for newer and better work.

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  • Mood: Love
  • Listening to: Raindrops falling on my head
  • Reading: her eyes
  • Watching: her smile
  • Playing: with her hair

Sincere Apologies

Journal Entry: Sat Sep 15, 2007, 5:56 AM
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Hello Everybody,
I am really really sorry for not updating my journal as i had promised. the schedules are really hectic and i dont have an internet connection.

i will be online very soon and i will write about my experience here.

looking forward to be online soon.

regards,
Siddharth

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  • Mood: Love
  • Listening to: Raindrops falling on my head
  • Reading: her eyes
  • Watching: her smile
  • Playing: with her hair