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Hi guys! Welcome to another episode of TSL Vlogs.
I'm Zhin and today I'm at Marina Barrage,
at the newly revamped Sustainable Singapore Gallery because I heard that this is the
latest Instagram hot spot in Singapore.
I need to up my Instagram game right
So I have a secret weapon actually.
And my secret weapon is...
Don!
Okay Don, I heard that you are a creative at The Smart Local right?
Yes!
And I also heard that you take really really awesome Instagram photos right?
People like it lah, so..
Yes means yes!
Okay so today Don, your challenge is to take really awesome
photos of me in the gallery.
Can or not, Don?
Sure!
Let's do it!
Challenge accepted!
Alright, so to kick off the challenge, we are now at Zone A or a.k.a Red Dot.
And it touches on singapore's plan to actually counter climate change.
Do you think you'll be able to make something out of this?
Of course. Every corner I'm sure we can test it out to see if it's IG worthy.
Are you ready for a challenge?
Yeah, let's go!
Let's go!
As you can see there are lighted panels and it gives off a very soft light.
It lights our model's face very nicely.
I will be using the leading lines from here.
So for me, I'll put my lens as close to the leading lines as possible.
The leading lines will actually let people focus on the subject easily.
So instead of always shooting straight, we can just tilt the angle a little bit.
It will give another kind of feel to it.
Moving on to the next zone!
It is Zone B and it is called...
From the first drop...
in forever (rip ears)
So for this zone right, they actually show how Singapore manages the limited water supplies and resrouce.
But, the thing that caught my attention the most is
this entire exhibit uses shower heads.
They put a lot of shower heads to form like this really cool 3D effect on it.
And I think it is really interesting for us to work with.
Are you tired?
Nope!
It's so nice eh!
What if we use this to take my picture like as though I have words on my face?
Oh damn!
It looks weird but it works!
Alright! Moving on, we are at Zone C. Which is the third zone.
And it is called - First World Oasis.
And this is where you can find the green and blue spots in Singapore.
which is like your Park Connectors lah, your Reservoirs lah.
So any inspirations, now that we are looking at this zone?
This exhibition plays a lot on the structure itself.
And the different textures from different area.
Let's go and explore!
Let's go!
For this shot, I will be using that light to lit up his face.
and also use the curly wurly kind of structure behind him to give a different kind of depth to it.
This my first time looking through the table with so much detail.
I've never sit under the table for very long before
There's always a first time for everything!
So right now we are at Zone D and it is called - City of the Future.
I know for sure this is my most favourite exhibit already.
Because you know why or not?
Why?
Come I show you I show you!
Look at that!
Do you know the song - Side to Side by Ariana Grande?
Been there all night.
Ariana!
Been there all day.
And boy, you got me walking side to side.
If you put it like this to your lens.
You can see there is reflection - reflecting everything.
So if I use this reflection, it can be used to cover everything (below).
I want to incorporate the LED lights more.
That will put more focus on the model face as well.
We have reached the final zone which is journey to zero.
Zero what?
Zero waste!
This entire exhibit it's all about Reusing, Reducing and Recycling.
I think out of all the exhibitions, this is the strongest on contrast.
Confident?
Ya!
Alright, so let's go!
So what draw me to this section of the pipe right,
because there is a lot of contrast and the shadow fro the display.
Do you know that this sculpture was actually done in collaboration with
River Valley primary school and this is actually called - The Recycling Twist.
This actually reminds me of a scene in BTS music video.
Stress but I'll try my best.
So, from the Mv, you can see that its a wall.
So that wall, there's a lot of colors.
But here I can only actually use this
particular column. So I have to crop a certain part but I think through editing
I'll make it work.
Okay so aside from the inspired BTS MV right
from the title, 'The Recycling Twist'
I actually decided to twist my camera a little bit.
Tips for you guys!
Know your gears well.
There's actually a lot of functions in your camera.
You just have to half press your shuttle.
After that I will incorporate the movement so like this you're subject will be
clear while the background everything around him will be warped.
Okay so now we have come to the end of the gallery.
Don, how do you find the challenge so far?
Phew! It was tough but there were a lot of hidden spots within each exhibitions
Okay so, are you confident that you going to be able to up my Instagram game?
For that, we still have to go through the editing process!
So let me show you how I edit (photos)!
Okay, so we will see you back in the office!
Hi guys now we are back in the office.
So for me, I use Adobe Lightroom.
I like it when there's a lot of contrast going on there's details you can see
like the gritty part of the photos.
I like this tint of blue.
So to achieve this,
there's this panel HSL - Hue, Saturation and Luminance.
I will go to the Hue segment of it and then just move the slider around until I achieve the kind of blue I like.
The saturation decides how intense the blue is.
Then, the luminance is actually deciding how bright color is.
HSL is one of the tools that you can use
to create your very own tone.
This is a very flexible tool that you can play around.
So Zhin actually challenged me to recreate this scene
from the kpop music video.
There's a lot of colors going on in the back and
there's this very harsh spotlight on the subject so go to the radial filter and draw the
area that you want the harsh light over here to be so now whatever settings that
you apply on it right it's only affecting this area that you have drawn.
I want the surrounding to be darker to make the subject pop a lot more.
You kinda can achieve the kind of spotlight effect on the subject.
So, for people who like to edit on the go,
this app that I really like is called - Snap Seed.
There is actually a lot of different functions that acts like Lightroom.
And it is free for both Iphone and Andriod.
You can go check it out!
So that concludes the end of my editing process and
I hope that you guys learn a thing or two.