The exercise on sequence of composition proved a bit challenging in the sense that i wanted to get a scenery or event that would best portray sequences. I ended up in the recreational park in benin city. Its a sunday morning and few people were at the park as compared to the previous day when Nigeria celebrated its 51st independence anniversary and the place was crowded with people, Though i took pictures on that day, i did not think they would best describe a sequence. One thing I have learnt about Photography is that you need to be prepared for any event you want to cover. If you go for an event with a telephoto lens instead of a wide -angle lens that would best serve the purpose, then you mess up the whole project. Thats what happened to me. I went for the celebration with my 70-300mm telephoto lense instead of using my taking along my 18-105mm wide angle lens. Then i discovered at that point that I could not get shots with subjects very close by and cover the area very well.
All said Fig 1 was the day after with my wide angle lens. This was my approach towards the refreshment area with my son in tow.
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Fig 2: Moving towards the white chairs under the tree |
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| Fig 4:Walking towards the chairs |
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| Fig 6: My son heading towards the sitting area |
In Fig 6, my son heads towards the sitting area oblivious that the path is muddy. He steps in and stains his white trousers, itching to have a drink. I used a faster shutter speed of 1/3000s which explains why the shadow is prominent. I need to do a better job of my apertures and shutter speed settings
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| Fig 7: He turned back due to the mud. |
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| Fig 9: The Attendant is tidying up with his back to us. |
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| Fig 10: Oblivious of our presence as we approach |
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| Fig 11: This is an outdoors bar. |
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| Fig 12: At this point he sees us as I take his photograph |
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| Fig 13: We ordered drinks and he opens the refrigerator to give us our orders. |
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| Fig 14: The fayrouz banner is clearly visible now. The assistant to the attendant is also busy cleaning up |
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| Fig 15: Cleaning up |
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| Fig 16: And more cleaning |
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| Fig 17: We settle down on chairs provided and i take a close up shot of the fayrouz advert. |
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| Fig 18: My son settles down to seep his drink. |
In Fig 18, he is finally having a drink after wading through mud to get to the sitting area.
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| Fig 19: Drinking water before we make to leave. |
