I'm still ongoing with my trials to hunt ideas and photos for my entries to Huawei's context which will end by the end of this month, and things are up and down really. I do have some ideas but I do need some help (modeling) which I don't get quite easily here of course, as well as sketching some images at the back of my head but I'm not sure how they are to be done in reality, with a smartphone.
Anyway, I've been taking my mini-tripod with me to work in some days in hope that I will find some idea and shoot (but alas I got swept by chores most of the time). Then I got this idea: What would happen if I do light painting in a not-so-dark office like mine? Huawei's camera has a special mode for light painting and when picked it shows 4 more options for recording a light painting of cars for example or doing water movement and such. It's quite impressive I have to say! More impressive than shooting even with my own DSLR camera. I think Huawei's phone here is very dependent on AI for merging the images or exposures and form one image at the end with such motion blur as you can see in Ghost Writer. And this is not the end of the story actually, as each mode of these four, do give out a different look and atmosphere than the others! Which calls for some testing and observation... hmm...
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| Ghost Writer |
Meanwhile, I was trying hard to find new ideas after doing that Ghost Writer shot, and despite having some ideas indeed, but lot of them are just imprisoned inside my head with no chance of going out. Beside trying out the Light Painting mode on my Huawei, I've been also trying the panorama facilities in it. There is, in fact, two panorama modes: 3D Panorama and regular Panorama. 3D Panorama mode is what we (or I) typically call the Object Panorama, where the camera revolves around the object while shooting to give a whole view for the object (usually a product). However, Huawei's 3D Panorama is limited in terms of the angle span, and by the end it provides a "motion" image; An image that moves when you view it on the phone as you move the phone in your hand in various directions.
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| Garage Art |
Anyway, skipping this mode of 3D Panorama, and using the regular Panorama instead, which I'm familiar with. Of course it is a limited mode with its angle span (even less than 360 degrees), but I'm trying to create something surreal here combining it with portraiture. Anyway, I couldn't resist shooting Garage Art, which was shot indeed in a garage under some mall (waiting for the print shop to open and having fun with my Huawei). In fact, I like this location despite the heat underground. The atmosphere was kind of still, thrilling, and reminded me of adventure games I used to play! I'm really thinking of going back and shoot a full panorama with my DSLR. As for this panorama, Garage Art, which I've shot with my Huawei, I'm still hesitant to consider it for the upload into the context. I've tried to even edit it in Pixlr but apparently the highlights are a big problem in this panorama. I had to crop portions from the left and right to keep the sculpture in the middle. Panorama-wise, there is so much needed when it comes to smartphones but well, I think it is natural to be limited in this field when it comes to smartphones.
Finale
Well, this is for now! I've made some shots after the Garage Art shot but I didn't want to talk about it here just yet, as I'm still trying to get hold of some of the shots I've made already (or maybe I would shoot them again), in addition to the ideas that I'm already trying to implement with my lack of time; Duolingo is really, REALLY, a time monster! I think I will need to change my routine in learning the languages on my list, and probably dedicate each day in the week for a specific language only instead of doing exercises on all four languages. We'll see about that later. There are other tasks in my bucket beside Duolingo in fact but more like home-related stuff. Speaking of Duolingo, I'm in fact somehow enjoying helping people who are learning Arabic via its forum for the Arabic language (they just added it and it is in Beta phase still). I'm even thinking of doing videos seriously for that purpose... maybe? Not sure. Now, all I need is to just hunt one or two more photos for Huawei's contest, upload them, and a really big deal of load is off my back for good! It is really occupying my mind most of the time and I don't know what I'm going to do about it. Such a nightmare... out of something that is supposed to be fun... *sigh*
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