SMUSAIC

Week 14 and we are left with the last 2 weeks of finals - the last sprint towards the end of the academic semester! We are taking a break from our regular Feature Friday to acknowledge all of your hard works in preparing for finals and to spur you on in these last two weeks. Fighting SMUSAIC community!

*Notice the similar design scheme to our Photo Contest? Yes! We are still opening submissions till 5th Dec, so don’t forget about it! Link in our Instagram bio!*

Hell week down and prepping for Finals? We feel you! 👊🏻 Hang in there, you are not far from the end now~ Our 2021 SMUSAIC Photo Contest is opening up for submissions very soon, we are excited for it and to provide you an outlet for your finals stress! Watch out for that! For Feature Friday this week, we have (in order):
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How has your week 11 been? Are you starting prep for finals already? Hang in there friends, we are not far from the end! Exciting news as well, our emailer for SMUSAIC’s very own photo contest is in the works! Stay tuned for that! For Feature Friday this week, we have (in order):

Week 10 down, just 5 more weeks to go SMUSAIC community! Hang in there~ Also, just a teaser - An Instagram contest with prizes to be won is coming up really soon. Watch out for that in our emailers! For this week’s Feature Friday, we have (in order):






1st week for the 2nd half of the semester! SMUSAIC community, are you surviving so far? We certainly hope so! Here’s some beautiful moments from our members to cheer you up! This week, we have:
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Did you have a restful and meaningful recess week? Recharged and ready to face the next half of the semester? Before recess week is over, here’s our weekly Feature Friday! This week, we have:


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Its Fridayyyy and welcome to another Feature Friday Post! Hope week 6 has been kind to you guys~ If you don’t know yet, Feature Friday is a campaign where we feature photographs our SMUSAIC community, showcasing some of our favourite moments and memories. For this week, we have (in order from left to right):


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Join the 20th Executive Committee of SMUSAIC and spearhead photography initiatives and projects in the SMUSAIC community! As an ExCo member, you will be able to take your photography and leadership skills to the next level through the planning of workshops and events. If photography is something you really love, then join us and be a part of the team realising the vision for SMU’s very own community of aspiring photographers!

Signups close on 29 September, 2359, so hurry and sign up here (https://tinyurl.com/smusaic20th) now!

Hello SMUSAIC community! We haven’t been updating much our socials much because we have been really busy prepping for Arts Fest 2021. In the meantime, we will be kicking off “Feature Friday” here on our socials where we will showcase photos from our members every week! For our first Feature Friday, we will be featuring our Arts Fest photographers who submitted their best photos, do take a look! Their instagram handles are here:



📸 Callling Anyone With A Camera (Phone included)! Are you interested in picking up photography as a hobby or as a profession?

We are SMU’s very own photography society dedicated in promoting photographic literacy and appreciation of the arts.

To find out more about us, come join our Vivace chatroom here on the 12th and 13th of August at the following times:

12 August: 1:00 - 2:00pm, 5:00 - 6:00pm
13 August: 1:00 - 2:00pm, 5:00 - 6:00pm

We will also be holding an introductory workshop on film photography on those dates so do join us to learn a thing or two!

12 August: 2:00 - 2:30pm
13 August: 3:00 - 3:30pm

Signups are currently open and you can indicate your interest to be a member by filling up the form.

All links are in our Instagram bio, do come and join us! 😬

Hello SMU, we are back with another workshop this week! We will be having a photo editing workshop next Thursday (18th March 2021) from 7.15pm - 9.15pm at SOB SR 2-1.

Learn more on how to edit your photos, be it using RawTherapee, Lightroom or any other editing software. You’ll also be able to get your edited photos printed A4-sized at a subsidised rate so see you there!

Do sign up here: https://forms.gle/Z6T3dtwsAFJ3ioEh8

Hey SMU! If you’re looking to get a gift for your Valentine - lover or friend - take a shot and check out SMUSAIC’s VDAY cards, with photos lovingly made and curated by us. While you're at it, print a polaroid of you and yours as well! All you have to do is submit your order here:

tinyurl.com/valentinesprints

What are you waiting for? Get your prints and polaroids now! Shoot them over to your loved one this Valentine’s! ❤️

What is dance to you? To Natalie, it’s an integral part of her life. Natalie is an SMU Indancity alumni from the SMU class of 2018 and is also the co-founder of the Flux Collective, which promotes the contemporary dance scene in Singapore. Visit our upcoming Arts Festival website to find out more about Natalie’s journey as a dancer! We would like to thank Natalie for taking the time off and being a part of this project!

A-PART is SMU’s first-ever online arts festival, organised as part of the university’s 20th anniversary celebrations. Conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the midst of our nation’s Circuit Breaker, A-PART is a creative response to our shared experiences told through 8 original productions, to uplift the morale of a global stay-home audience. Visit for details.

Have a passion for photography and a heart to serve the community? Join the 19th Executive Committee of SMUSAIC and spearhead photographic initiatives and projects in the SMUSAIC community! As an exco member you will be able to take your photographic and creative skills to the next level through the planning of yearly Arts Festival projects and photographic events. This year, we had the opportunity to explore in depth studio lighting, curate an online exhibition and organise photowalks for the community. If photography is something you really love, then join us and be a part of the core team putting out the vision for SMU’s very own community for aspiring photographers! We can’t wait to see you!

Do sign up via the link below:
https://forms.gle/BtyvYTa6HyahAt7PA

We had our first workshop of the semester just yesterday! This workshop was conducted by Jin Yang, our club's president who shared on composition and storytelling. At the end of the sharing, members discussed their favourite photographers and why they liked their photographs. We were also happy to have Robert, an alumni to join us too in this session as he shared about his experiences in photography. Thank you to all who came for the workshop and we hope you have learnt much!

Why the name SMUSAIC and what is its significance? SMUSAIC started way back in 2002, not too long from when our school first began. Back then, we were still in the Bukit Timah campus and the photography scene in Singapore was slowly beginning to move into the digital era. Photoshop had only been recently released and offered a few simple tools like colour correction and exposure adjustment. We decided to call our club SMUSAIC, which stands for SMU Mosiac comprising three branches — Photography, videography and digital imaging. Our vision for the club was to be a facilitation of like-minded people instead of merely a club which educates. During that time, not everyone had a digital camera so SMUSAIC took on the task of a service club, volunteering at school events and taking photographs. Everyone knew each other and there was much harmony and camaraderie in the club. At times, we would just sit down and chill together talking about photography or have a short critique session on each others’ works. This helped us to learn from one another and improve our photography skills.

A few years down the road we had our own studio where we could take and print our own photographs. We invited renown photographers like Russel Wong to share with us their experiences. We also participate in the annual SMU Arts Festival which is a showcase of creative expression through the arts. Over the years, we have gone on photo walks, overseas trips and conducted many photoshoots. If you feel that you have a passion for photography and would like to be around like-minded people, then do join us and we will warmly welcome you to the SMUSAIC family! :) Sign up link: https://bit.ly/2Dw9LUD

Image taken from Singapore Management University

We were hard at work shooting our subjects for the Arts Festival this week! We shot some of the notable students and alumni who contributed to the Arts scene in SMU! While talking with them, we uncovered many hidden stories. Using photography as a medium, we hope to tell each individual’s unique story.

Here are some behind the scenes photographs of the shoots. We would like to thank our subjects for sharing with us their insightful experiences and taking the time off from their schedules to make this project possible! Stay tuned for more!

We had our practice session for the Arts Festival last friday to familiarise ourselves once again with the use of the lighting equipment! This session was held at Gardens by the Bay and we managed to try out some of the shots that we envisioned for our subjects! We would like to thank our models for taking the time to help us out!

Overcast skies and rain on saturday but that didn’t dampen our mood! We are thankful that the rain stopped and we could have our outdoor shooting session at campus green and at the School of Accountancy! Outdoor photography was quite different from Studio photography as we had to consider the position of the sun, the background lighting and the subject lighting. We learnt that it was good to get the background composition and lighting first before bringing in the subject. H also taught us some methods of editing our photos which we found useful for the upcoming Arts Festival photoshoot! We would like to thank H and TK for guiding us in this outdoor session and stay with us for more updates!

Preparations are underway for the Arts Festival and we will be conducting the actual photoshoots soon.

The past two weeks were definitely interesting as we came together to learn more about Studio photography from H!

This was a hands-on workshop where we had the opportunity to direct the photo shoot and experiment with different lighting styles and techniques such as feathering!

We would like to thank H for guiding us through this session and giving us useful tips for the actual shoot. We will be having an outdoor session later so stay with us for more!

As part of our preparation for the upcoming Arts Festival, we held a Colour management workshop to understand how we could curate viewers’ experience online. This workshop was conducted by H who pointed out some common problems made by photographers like colour banding and muted colours. He also mentioned key considerations such as colour gamut, dynamic range and ambient temperature in order to curate a good online photography viewing experience. We would like to thank H once again for this insightful workshop and stay tuned for more interesting workshops!

Did you know, the photo below is a view of the Federal Building at the Bukit Timah campus? The Bukit Timah Campus served as SMU’s interim campus from 2001 to 2005.

This year, SMU Arts Festival 2020 will be held online and SMUSAIC will be showcasing photographs and stories of the people that made SMU into the University that it is today! Remember anyone who made your SMU journey memorable? (e.g friend, professor, colleague, security guard, cleaner) Or helped you pull through the tough times to become a better person? We want to hear your stories! You can choose to nominate someone else or even yourself by dropping us a DM! Shortlisted nominees will stand to be featured in our upcoming SMU Arts Festival 2020 site! Hurry, nominations end 3 June! 🙂

Photo by Singapore Management University.

Hello everyone!
Hope this post finds you well and safe during the current COVID-19 situation.Congratulations to those who have finished finals and all the best to those of you who have a few more finals remaining! Our last workshop for the semester, “Cinematic Lighting” was held two weeks ago and led by our instructor Hua Zheng who is a practicing photographer and a former SMUSAIC member! Hua Zheng shared about what it takes to create a cinematic shot (colour, composition and lighting) and illustrated his main points through past projects and analysis of filmmakers’ techniques. He also shared with us how we could achieve this style using Lightroom. Guided by these new techniques, we applied our knowledge to editing our own photographs using Lightroom! At the end of the sharing, we got the chance to create our own shots using LED light sticks! All in all, this was a very fruitful session and we would like to warmly thank Hua Zheng taking time to come down to share his knowledge with us!

Sessions
Part III: Finishing Touch

The third and last part of our workshop saw us taking on photo editing using Lightroom. Daryl started off the session by sharing how he usually edits his photographs and took us through some live examples. Some of the topics which were shared included colour correction and achieving the optimal lighting on each subject. The next section of the workshop was applying the skills learnt through editing our own photographs. We enjoyed a free McDonald’s meal while editing and some participants were also rewarded with cotton on vouchers at the end of the workshop! ☺️ We would like to thank all who came down today and hope you enjoyed the last part of Sessions! Look forward to seeing you at our next event! ☺️☺️

Ever thought of learning how to edit your photos professionally but not sure where to start? Part III of Sessions is just for you! In Finishing Touch, Daryl will be sharing more about his post-production methods and how he edits his photographs for clients. The workshop will provide you with hands-on experience in photo-editing and by the end of the workshop, you will create your own professionally edited photograph! This will be the concluding part of Sessions so don't miss it! Light refreshments will be provided. The workshop is free for all SMUSAIC members so do indicate in the form below if you would like to attend the session.

Details:
13 March 2020
4:30pm - 6:30pm
SOE/SOSS SR 4-3

See you there! :)
https://forms.gle/UKjJXzZ3tNXYyGPS9

Part II: Snapshots

We conducted the second part of Sessions yesterday! In part II: Snapshots, we headed down to Marina Bay for a photowalk. Thankfully the weather was bright and sunny after a rainy morning so we managed to capture some great photos! We started off at The Shoppes at Marina Bay, made our way through the helix bridge and then went to take a stroll around Gardens by the Bay to view the beautiful greenery there. We hope you had a great time sharing, laughing and taking photos with us and see you again for Part 3: Finishing Touch! ☺️

In the second part of our workshop, we will be going for a Photo Walk at Marina Bay to apply the knowledge learnt in Part 1: The Creative Journey. Join us in Part 2: Snapshots as we capture the artistic landmarks of Marina Bay. We will meet in school at SOE/SOSS Seminar Room 3-2 to put our bags before heading off to Marina Bay. What are you waiting for? Sign up now! :) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdW6wLUqm8YSnLpZ-7WUCFMfdrgL7f1GM2GrXK2otxcHn3KlA/viewform

We conducted our first workshop of the year yesterday. Part 1: The Creative Journey was the first of our three part workshop conducted by Daryl! We gained a lot of understanding and insight on photography. Daryl shared with us some photography tips on planning for shoots (camera, lenses, lighting, mood boards) and shooting at locations. SMUSAIC would like to thank everyone who came down for our first workshop and also to Daryl for conducting our first workshop! We hope you enjoyed it and look forward to seeing you again for part 2 of Sessions by Daryl: Snapshots! Stay tuned for more information! ☺️