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The participants were then  speakers  even  brought  up  corpses for some time.                                                                                      A Dialogue with

        shown a video that explained  black-footed ferrets, which
        the reasons as to why corals  are the test subjects of  Lastly, the speakers brought                                                                                                         Lighting:
        were bleached and why  cloning-technology.                              a final question to the table,
        they die. The causes of this                                            asking     participants     what                                                                    Photography

        phenomenon are mainly  On                     an       international    they think they personally
        attributed to global warming.       scale, the United Nations  can  do  in  terms  of  wildlife                                                                                               Lighting
        It was also made clear that  Environmental  Programme  conservation.                        Some       of                                                                         Techniques
        corals are a good source  (UNEP) is well-known for its                  them responded with the

        of sustenance for marine  dedication towards wildlife  5R concept, namely reduce,
        creatures. Thus, if coral reefs  conservation research. Every  reuse,  refuse,  recycle  and                                    Mr Anson Chong                                                    Reported by:
        fail to be protected, the lack  year, the UNEP declares the  repurpose.                 According      to                                                                                         Chloe Soh Ke Er JR2Z(3)
        of such wildlife may cause  official date and theme of                  the  speakers, the  most                                     On the 10th June 2022, the Kuen           no fixed rate for aperture. Next is the

        an imbalance in marine  World Environment Day,  obvious  answers  were  by                                                    Cheng High School Photography                    ISO. He suggested that the suitable
        ecosystems.                         which in this year’s case, was  learning more about wildlife                              Club organised a talk about lighting             range for ISO indoor is around 1600 to
                                            on  the  5th.of  June  with  the  conservation,           providing                       techniques in photography. The guest             800. If the ISO is too high, it will cause
        Another example of a wildlife  theme of “Only One Earth”.               fundings to raise animals                             speaker of the Talk was Mr Anson                 the picture to have noise, which makes

        conservation         association Levin also talked about  in                  conservation       centres,                     Chong, A mobile game character                   the photos unpresentable. Lastly, the
        is the Bornean Sun Bear  how whales are known to                        not  buying  animal  skin                             designer and storyboard action                   shutter speed. The bigger the rate of
        Conservation Centre. Located  be “swimming ecosystems”,  products, reducing the usage                                         director.                                        the shutter speed, the faster the photo
        in Sabah, the conservation  due to the sheer amount of  of plastic items, volunteering                                                                                         will be.

        centre is dedicated to rescue  fertiliser their droppings can  in environmental activities,                                          The emcees first started with a
        and rehabilitate sun bears.  hold, which in turn allows  using                    green     technology,                       brief introduction about the Talk, then                 Next, Anson introduced us to
        However, not all wildlife  sea algae to grow abundantly.                reducing our carbon footprint                         went ahead and invited our speaker               the three kinds of lighting: soft light,
        associations are ethical. For  It was said that 90% of  and many more.                                                        of the day. Soon thereafter, Anson               hard light, and natural light. These

        instance, the Sedili Kecil  the oxygen in the world’s                                                                         took the stage and started things                lights  can  be  used  in  different  ways
        Horseshoe Crab Hatchery  atmosphere comes from the  To  conclude  the  webinar,                                               with a video on the demonstration of             to make our photos appealing. He
        and  Breeding  Centre  is  photosynthesis  of  sea  floras.  the                speakers      reminded                        the photos and videos their institute            then moved on to the main part of the
        an association focused on  Besides, even when a whale                   the     participants       about                      produced. He then stated that lighting           talk: the three techniques of lighting,

        breeding and extracting the  dies, the carbon in their                  how      important       wildlife                     is very important in photography. To             which were the void, perspective, and
        blue blood out of horseshoe  bodies does not escape for                 conservation is. They noted                           take pictures with good lighting, you            high difference. First of all, he talked
        crabs in order to obtain its  centuries,  and  other  marine  that we, as humans, need the                                    have to grasp the scene.                         about the high difference technique.
        medicinal properties. The  creatures may feast on their  Earth in order to survive, but                                                                                        This technique allows us to only use

                                                                                the Earth could most likely                                  Moving on, Anson introduced               one light source for the lighting. It
                                                                                live just fine without us. Thus,                      the three main keys to look out for              will  produce  photos with  high-grade
                                                                                it is our responsibility to take                      when taking photos: aperture, ISO,               visuals and quality. Following up, is
                                                                                care of the planet, instead of                        and shutter speed. As for the aperture,          the void. This technique is performed

                                                                                destroying it. The webinar                            you have to adjust it based on the               by leaving the set as blank as possible,
                                                                                then ended with a quick                               lighting of the set. Note that there is          hence letting the object take all the
                                                                                group photo and good-byes.

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