Simplicity - “Glamourlicious!”

Learning the ropes of photography...

The Intermediate Photography Course was held on 22 March 2008, at the Digital Media Centre in NUS. For the first time, we had participants outside of NUS joining our course.

This being an intermediate course, the participants were generally more experienced photographers, although a few were still starting out. This posed a great challenge to the instructor, Oh Cheng Yu, as he had to cater to a wide range of photographic skill levels.

However, during the group discussion and outdoor photography shoot, the participants were able to clarify their doubts, while some of the more experienced photographers also shared their photography skills with those who were starting out.

Photo-enthusiasts were also able to meet fellow photo-enthusiasts and friendships were formed.

We would like thank Canon for kindly loaning us EOS DSLRs for the course participants.

For more pictures taken during the course, click here.

Learning monitor calibration techniques for ensuring colour consistency

Now that you have taken some photos with your camera, what do you do next with them?

The Basic Photoshop Course held on 15 March 2008 answers this question. Instructed by Adi, participants were taught some basic techniques on digital post-processing of their photographs.

Also, we were honoured to have staff from our sponsor, Cathay Photo Store (Pte) Ltd, coming down to the Digital Media Centre and demonstrating monitor calibration techniques to the participants.

For more photos of the course, click here.

Enthusiastic participants of the Basic Photography Course!

The Basic Photography Course was held on 1 March 2008 at the Digital Media Centre in NUS. This course kicked off a series of exciting photography courses that NUSPS is holding in March.

I had an enjoyable time instructing the participants, and also had great fun joining them in the hands-on photography shoot.

Similar to the participants who took part in the previous Basic Photography Courses organised by NUSPS, the participants this time around also got to use high-end Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras, courtesy of our main sponsor, Canon.

For more pictures taken during the course, click here.

Written By:
Ming Feng

Dear All,

For this second semester, NUSPS is organizing a series of exciting courses as follows:

The full package (3 main courses and 1 special course, excluding Darkroom) is $28 for member and $36 for non-members.

For the darkroom course, due to extreme popularity and limited resources, we will give priority to those who sign up for the full package. Note that the darkroom course is not included in Full Package.

Payment Details:

Please make your payment at the Digital Media Centre (DMC) @ level 3, Yusof Ishak House one week before the start of the course. The deadline for registering for the whole package will be on 29 February.

Please also note that registration for courses and package will only be confirmed after the payment is received.

For further enquiries regarding course contents/times/venues, please email Zuo Xiao at course@nusps.org.sg for clarification.

We look forward to your participation.

Zhi Yao, the Darkroom Executive, instructing the course

Participants of "Darkroom Course: The Fundamentals" spent two fruitful Saturdays learning about the fundamentals of darkroom photography, from taking photographs to developing them. Despite this digital age, darkroom photography still garners a lot of interest, as evident from the participants of the course, and the number of people that the Darkroom Executive, Zhi Yao had to turn away, due to the limited darkroom space.

Here's what Zhi Yao has to say:

To all who have participated in the darkroom course, thank you very much for your time and effort.


I hope that you have learnt something from the darkroom course!
Here are the prints that have been made in the darkroom course -> Darkroom Course Print
The result of the Best print for the basic course would be announced shortly. Thank you for your patience.

zhiyao

The rest of the photos taken during the course can be found here.

Having fun with film

More darkroom courses are being planned, so watch out for this space. Good work, Zhi Yao and the rest of the Darkroom Course helpers!

Written By:
Ming Feng

What a crowd!

The NUSPS Bazaar 2008 -- "Perspective" was successfully held from 16 to 18 January 2008. During the bazaar, the NUS Central Forum was transformed into a vibrant hub where the NUS community could purchase IT products, savour delicious bites and do some Chinese New Year shopping for clothes and fashion accessories.

Selected photos that were submitted for the "Simplicity" project were also displayed at the bazaar.

Some lucky visitors walked away with free 4R prints of their favourite photos, printed using portable Canon Selphy printers, courtesy of our sponsor, Canon.

Happy users of the Canon Selphy printers =)

For more photos taken during the bazaar, click here.

Written By,
Ming Feng

To all who have participated in the darkroom course, thank you very much for your time and effort.
I hope that you have learnt something from the darkroom course!
Here are the prints that have been made in the darkroom course -> Darkroom Course Print
The result of the Best print for the basic course would be announced shortly. Thank you for your patience.

Zhiyao

For further information regarding the darkroom course please click on the "read more" link below.
The registration for the darkroom course is now closed!
For those that had missed the current darkroom course,
Please do check out NUSPS website for future darkroom courses

The Basic Photography Course was successfully held on 10 January 2008 (Thursday) at the NUS Prince George's Park Function Room 5.

This course was a collaboration between the NUS Office of Student Affairs (OSA) and NUSPS. With the support of our main sponsor, Canon, the 42 course participants had a chance to get some hands-on with professional digital single lens reflex cameras (DSLRs), while learning the basics of photography.

Feedback from the participants was very positive, with more than 90% of respondents agreeing or strongly agreeing that the course was of value to them, and 84% of them wishing to attend more photoraphy courses organised by NUSPS. A few participants did feedback that the 9am timing was a tad too early, this being the school holidays. We will definitely take note of that the next time we organise another course.

Photos of the course can be found at the following link:
http://www.nusps.org.sg/portal/photo/basicphotog10jan08/

Reported by:
Ming Feng

Hi All,

The photos submitted by the participants of the Basic Photography Course on 10 Jan 2008 are up! They can be found at the following link:
http://www.nusps.org.sg/portal/photo/10jan08course_submissions/

Enjoy!

Regards,
Ming Feng

Click here to submit photos for our <Exposure> Exhibition

Dear Members,

Welcome to "Simplicity", a NUSPS project aimed to bring the culture of photography closer to NUS students.
Simplicity consists of a series of exhibitions, collectively known as "Exposure", and will culminate with the photo competition, "Shoot!".

Our vision is to promote this lifestyle of photography to NUS, a lifestyle which we believe motivates each and every one of us to learn about and further our interest in photography.
We would like to invite you to join us in this effort by participating in our exhibitions, "Exposure".

On a general level, "Simplicity" offers a platform for photographers and students to share and participate in a culture of photography. By showcasing these photographs, "Exposure" hopes to inspire students in the art of photography, drawing everyone into sharing their photos through this platform on a University level. Selected entries will be printed in A3 size for exhibition and will be returned to the participant at the end of the exhibition.

For our first exhibition, the theme would be "Celebrating Joy", an idea in lieu of ushering in the New Year.
Don’t only take photos of New Year, though. There’s plenty of joy going around during the holidays!

Deadline for submission is 5pm, 11 January, 2008.
Selected photos will be printed in A3 size, and the respective participant can get the printed photos for free after the exhibition!

Regardless of your levels of photography skill (whether you only take photos of your boy-/girlfriend, or of your favourite animal or pet, or of your professor snacking out at the canteen)...
Regardless of the type of your camera (be it a slim digital camera or a SLR)...