Create the sequence shots

Sequence practice:  While shooting you need the person passing through the shot not you tracking them. If we track the subject matter then the background won't line up that well. So we need to create a panarama but to have them pass through the shot.

Presentation

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10k2ZoijI5gJILqNuVF-3cvvRsOq96ZJ4NQ65t-xtai0/edit?usp=sharing

Shigeyuki Kihara

SHIGEYUKI KIHARA

Shigeyuki Kihara is a contemporary artist from New Zealand. Kihara was the first contemporary artist to hold a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Kihara is also a fa'afafine, which is known as the 3rd gender of Samoa. Shigeyuki Kihara was born in Samoa, Kihara's mother is Samoan and her father Japanese. The artists migrated to New Zealand at the age of 16 to further her studies. 

She trained in Fashion design at Wellington Polytech (now known as Massey University). In 1995 Kihara's graffiti Dress Bombacific was purchased by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Succesful artists in her craft.   

The performance piece by Shigeyuki Kihara "The Last Tauluga" draws on the samoan siva of colonialism in Samoa we see from an Indigenous. In the video we see Shigeyuki Kihara perform in a restricted Victorian mourning dress that moves gracefully to a chant sung by village elders, that unleashes the aitu (spirit). Kihara created this piece in response to the photographs taken from Alfred John Tattersall, Thomas Andrew, and the Burton Brothers. 

The dress represented colonialism because it is so restricted and tight. It made it harder to move freely it also represented the Samoan culture through the process of colonisation and loss of culture.

  This piece was a tribute to the many leaders and people of Samoan and their struggle to gain independence. 

I really enjoy this piece of work due to the representation through the work the meaning and story behind what each piece represents. What I really like about the Tauluga is that it carries history and It's something that we have in our culture that has been going for years. I really want to study the dance and the actions and try and portray Samoan woman in a graceful but strong manner through my photographs. 

Playing with Slow shutter Speed

I used Barbara as my model. I asked her to dance or do some sort of action with her hands. I wanted to capture the motion of her hands with the use of slow shutter speed. I need to develop this idea  further experimenting a bit more with slow shutter speed.

Class Song By Joseph

(An old song with different lyrics for our class theme song)  (just a thought)

by Joseph Tareis

Verse 1

Here’s a song that everyone knows

But these lyrics aren’t quite on the nose
but don't worry be happy
we made them up right here in our class

Photographic technologies is where it’s at

Don't worry, be happy
(Don't worry, be happy now)

Chorus
do wop dobi wop dobidobi wopwop dobido  (Don’t worry)
wop wop dobi do  (Be happy)

Dobi dobi wop wop (Don’t worry be happy now)

do wop dobi wop dobidobi wopwop dobido  (Don’t worry)
wop wop dobi do  (Be happy)

Dobi dobi wop wop (Don’t worry be happy now)

Verse 2

(rap)

We’re keeping this short, cause our time is tight

Working day, night and weekends just to get it all right

Makes you wonder if whats ya doin is worth this crap

maybe taking wicked mean selfies is where it’s at

we gonna be making our time here all about the biz

just to prove to our bloody selves that we won’t fizz

with Manaakitanga, Application and all our skills

we gonna blow this learning outcome with plenty of frills

Chorus

do wop dobi wop dobidobi wopwop dobido  (Don’t worry)
wop wop dobi do  (Be happy)

Dobi dobi wop wop (Don’t worry be happy now)

do wop dobi wop dobidobi wopwop dobido  (Don’t worry)
wop wop dobi do  (Be happy)

Dobi dobi wop wop (Don’t worry be happy now)

Low Key Lighting

This video looks at low key lighting for portraits. It talks about where he has positioned the lighting for his portraits. I really like the use of this type of lighting and want to look at using this type of lighting for my project and trying to work with it. I hope to experiment this type of lighting.