' Think like a lady, act like a BOSS! '

In these photos, I'm just experimenting different ways of decorating the Lali to be more effective. The lighting in the few photographs that I have taken are very well balanced. At least that's what I think? HAHA! I'm not sure what it is that I like, but I am digging these ideas that I have come up with. The reason the necklace is wrapped around the drum is because the females itself keeps the males together. Without a woman around there is no one to keep them in their place HAHA! 'Think like a lady, act like a boss'. The last six photos have a significant meaning to the Tongan heritage. It represents the Stone Hedges in Tonga where it protected them from invaders coming into the country. As un-important as it maybe to you but it means a lot to me. This is when the next series of photos come in.

' Drums of the Island are Beating in my Heart '

OMG OMG OMG! EVERYONE ! THIS IS A MUST SEE PHOTOGRAPHS ! LOL !

haha nah just kidding ;-) .. anyways ..

These are my new photographs that I have taken very recently. FINALLY! After long thoughts, hard thinking, lilttle bits of slacking of; my ideas have come rushing back. With the help of Mrs Clemence, she has suggested that I should include another source to my concept, an island jewellery; the Kahoa*. I love how the Kahoa make the drums stand and has more meaning to my concept. The reason I have used the necklace was to show the importance of the male and female roles in a Tongan society and environment. The necklace symbolizes the role of a female as a traditional dancer or how they are being dressed up formally. The drums symbolizes the role of the male as he plays for the female as they dance; as it's not that common for females to play this part. So the way that I'm going to do this is, is to mix these roles and see how it will affect the Tongan culture itself and also the effects of how the roles are meant to be.

So therefore, there will be more accurate photos of me playing the drums as it will differ from original roles.

I've decided that I will also use my 12yr old brother Siaosi (George) as part of my concept to play the female role. I will explain further on, on what I will be doing to portray this.       

*Kahoa: Shell Necklace

Contact Sheets for my next steps ..

Next Step of Trying to Finish my Panel 1

At the moment, I am struggling and finding it frustrated that i'm haven't completed my panel 1. Somehow, i'm getting distracted and it's hard for me to concentrate. But tomorrow I am going to start taking more photos coz the only thing that I've done so far is edit previous photos that have been taken in the art rooms and researching. So therefore, my next step is to get on track and complete my panel 1 !!

What happens when Miss is not at school :(

Miss I am finding it difficult to take photos in the drama room. I haven't taken any because the last time I went there it was locked D: but i will start doing the homework for now. WE MISS YOU ALL ! HOPE YOUR FEELING BETTER :)

Practice Body Movements Within The Image

In these following images, they show a series of different *Tau'olunga movements. Taking these photographs  was a way of putting them into a series/sequence of photos that tied in from one image to the image. I have used the style of Eadweard Muybridge which was an English photographer who was famous for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion and motion-picture projection.   

 

This is one of Muybridge's motion-picture photographs, 'Plate 187 Dancing' . This is kind of  how I plan to show my Tau'olunga movements with the Tupenu and the motion in my hands.  

 

*Tau'olunga : A traditional Tongan dance. The Tau'olunga is similar to the Hawaiian hula or the Tahitian hand mimicks.

Centre of Interest and Focal Point

I've finally had the chance to put more photos up on my blog that I will most likely put onto folio. These images contain a further analysis and comment on how I've structures the photograph, but mainly describing the Centre of Interest & the Focal Point.

In this first image, my eyes have been drawn to the shuttering hand movements of the Pati. That then leads my viewing onto the material of the Lavalava where it shows me the surrounding of my frame. I really like how the camera has caught this moment whereas when I made may attempts before that, it made the whole photo very blurry & it was hard to look at.  

  

 This is my first photograph that I put up on my blog. In this photograph, I think that the dominant view is straight onto the different contrast of colours from bottom right leading up to the strings that's attached to the Lavalava. It then shoots your eyes to the black background of the main image. I really like this photo because you wouldn't have known it was taken in the Dark Room as my Photography teacher had mentioned to me a few lessons after I took this.

In this image, I think the whole of the Lavalava captures the audiences eyes. We see that the colour red is always appealing, because it's bright and most of the frame is contained with the material. That also captivates our eyes to the dominant black Polynesian patterns that are on the tupenu. I don't think the audience would look at it properly like I photographer would, but down in the bottom a flat 1cm surface is blurred but I don't know how its don't that ?