Task 2 – Noticing

 

My partners and I wrote two note lists for the questions raised in this blog. One is: what do you notice when you see the picture taken y each other in the scene you are familiar with; the other is that what do you notice when you take photos in the scene that your partner is familiar with.


Are there any similarities or patterns between your pieces of media?

I took pictures at Victoria Market, and no video or audio. However almost all of the photos taken have this element, but the background will change a little because one of my goals is to show the changes in people at several points in different time periods. So the number of people can be seen in the picture. There is also similarity on food, various kinds of food, fruits and vegetables, seafood, meat and so on. Combining the two, I can see all the expression of people facing a variety of foods. There are different people in the market: the old man pushing the cart, the adults with different colours and faces, and the children around them, and even people a suit running around the vegetables and fruits stalls. These are very interesting pictures. Everyone is carrying various kinds of package, picking and choosing outside the stalls, watching the quality and price of the food in a closing place, or walking around to find the cheapest stall. One more thing is the light, which I didn’t notice actually. Whether it is the place to sell meat and seafood in front of the market, or the place selling fruits and vegetables from the market, there are a large number of lights above your head. Because it is indoor, the light is essential, which is more important than natural light. And I do not know why, lights in some butcher shop are red, maybe it has special meaning.

 


And there are some things I noticed during the shoot:

— One or two stores were closed after the business hours, and they became open at noon
— In the morning, there will be large transport vehicles to transport all kinds of meat/seafood / vegetable and fruit, while the number of them will decrease during the noon time.
— In the morning, when there are few people, there will be cleaners cleaning floors or trash cans.
— At noon, when there are the most people, cleaners are almost outside and can rarely be seen in the market.
— In the morning, I saw a piece of meat hanging outside a shop, which looked a bit scary. At noon, it disappeared, probably in the purpose of not affecting the customers.
— There is also a screen taken in the photo occasionally that shows the quality of the product in the market

Me

Rico


What did your pair notice in your familiar environment? Was there anything they noticed, that you had not noticed before?

Rico also made a list of what she noticed when shooting at the place where I picked, which was similar to what I noticed before. Of course, I saw most of what I know in the place I chose, but also found something that I didn’t notice before, which were noticed by my partners, as shown in the picture where I marked with circle. In order to be more creative, Rico learned some of the methods in exhibition and took pictures of elephant dolls in each picture. This is very interesting. There are also soldier models next to the central big clock and chimes from time to time. I never noticed that there would be bells at the fixed time, and the soldier models on both sides would move following the bell. Of course, this was recorded by Rico. I didn’t pay attention to the lights. In the past, I only see the entire construction and ornate decorations of the Royal Arcade, but did not look at the lighting carefully. It’s different from the market. It’s a combination of natural light and light. It looks brighter, and the market is a bit darker. People refers to the flow of people, it is also changing with time.  Most of them come here to visit, and few for shopping. The last is focus, which refers to the focus of shooting method. Different from mine, Rico took all the details, with an elephant doll. So when shooting, it was easier to focus on dolls or details. It seems to be more substantial in the whole environment.

what I  notice

Rico

 

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