Description Title: KUIL SRI SAKTHI VINAYAGAR TEMPLE BELL & PANTHEON.Copyright 2021 Nawfal Johnson.All Rights Reserved. Buy Fine Art Prints and Gallery Quality Canvas of this Photography Series at this Link:https://www.imagekind.com/artists/nawfalnur/PENANG-360-DEGREES/fine-art-printsSeries: PENANG-360-DEGREES.Series Years: 2021 to Present.There were several levels of 'exposure & composition difficultes' to photograph this scene at the Kuil Sri Sakthi Vinayagar Temple. In a way, this scene could be a nightmare to capture, that is, if you are not thinking ahead of time, about the many technical aspects involved to produce a photograph you can be happy with. I wanted to include good details and visually appealing composition in the foreground, middle, and background, because all three are important here. I also wanted to have some details in the foreground (the small archway with the bell), which frames the temple in the middle-ground, and sky in the background. The sun was slightly behind the temple, and not ideal to capture details of the Hindu pantheon, so exposure compensation was necessary I relied on my sophomoric understanding of The Zone System.Tags:#Temple, #Indian, #Malaysia, #SouthEastAsia, #Religious, #NawfalJohnson, #nawfalsmokephotographist, #BEHINDTHELENS, #Hindu, #Pantheon, #bell, #BlackandWhite, #monochrome, #ImageKind, #architecture, #pantheon, #Hinduism,
Nawfal Johnson, Malaysia Member Since September 2006 Artist Statement IMAGEKIND: ARTIST BIO — Nawfal Johnson — Smokephotographist Beginnings: When I pick up my camera ... when I compose the subjects in the frame ... and, when I plan and set up my lighting, I have one thing in mind — To take a better photograph than the last time.
I have been using a camera as a hobbyist since I was 12 years old, and then as a freelance professional since 1998.
Photography is a Madness for Me — My Work: I have been a long-time Freelance Stage & Dance Photographer; nevertheless, I focus much of my energy designing fine art Abstract, and, Abstract Expressionism Photography. I also design SMOKE-ART PHOTOGRAPHY, and that is the art style I focused on in my 2011 book, titled, ETHEREAL DREAMS and HOPE.
My Artistic Influences: My main artistic influences are Jackson Pollock and Robert Henri. As for photographic influences, I have always drawn inspiration from photographers Carl Fischer, and Andreas Feininger.