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Discovering corners of the school -
Discovering corners of the school -

2023 School Photography Competition
2023 School Photography Competition

Photo 2: Junior Category First
Prize
Khor Kai Soon

Photo 3: Senior Category Third
Prize
Tiffany Tan Qin Yu

2. What characterises your work? Which aspects of your picture are you most proud of? (ie the lighting, the
dynamics, the composition..)

Long Yik: “There is no particular component that I’m more fond of. After all, it is a photo in which different
components serve to convey different messages.”

Kai Soon: “My personal favourite is the exceptional reflecting effect produced by the puddle of water. If
one were to look straight down, all one would see is an ordinary puddle; but if one chose to take a glance
at it from a lower angle, one would discover that the puddle manages to reflect the entirety of the Block B
building.”

Tiffany Tan: “For me, it’s the reflection, as it captures the school from an entirely different perspective in a
distinct manner.”

Ian Jo: “I love the shade of the yellow withered leaves. The camera on my phone is connected to my
Hasselblad to make the colour of the photos as close to the camera’s taken photo colour as possible to the
naked eye. Nonetheless, in my opinion, the mood of the photographer is the most important thing when it
comes to photographing, so I adjusted the colour of the leaves close to yellow withered leaves to express my
tiredness from exams.”

Jun Hao: “I believe the simplicity of it makes it stand out. I would say that I am most proud of the fact that the
water splashes are captured relatively clearly. The hand too, contrasts particularly well with the metal basin.”

3. What message/feeling/vibe did you intend to capture and convey in the picture?

Long Yik: “I wanted to capture the refreshing breeze of youthfulness in high school, in which the scene of
students playing volleyball in the court best depicts.”

Kai Soon: “I think that if one would be willing to try looking at things from a different perspective, one
would discover a rather unanticipated change in the scene before one’s eyes. To be honest, I’m not really a
professional photographer, I just get this sense of impulse to capture stunning scenes when I come across
them, as I believe that beauty is all around us— it’s just that we often overlook them unknowingly.”

Tiffany Tan: “Mostly to capture fragments of recollections from our experiences in school, and to engrave the
special moments which make up our fleeting, yet beautifully momentous student life into our memories.”

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