Dear students,
Welcome back to school!
I will continue to update our blog, so do come back for more updates.  As this blog’s upload storage limit of 20MB is almost up, this will be my last post on this website. Nevertheless, please feel free to search through the archive as there are lots of enriching learning materials on this website.
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Hi Students,
 
This is a self-enrichment article on photography. As I believe that all of you have a fundamental knowledge of photography, I will choose to bypass the basics and proceed straight to the analysis of photos.  I will primarily be focusing on portraiture photography.
 
In addition, although the technicalities of photography are deemed to be [...]

Dear students,
Here’s wishing all of you a happy Hari Raya Puasa!
P.S.: For the original “landscape” version, please go to the URL below:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/2900100839_c77fc482cf_b.jpg
Warmest Regards,
Patrick

Dear class,
I believe some of you might have already heard of Tony Buzan, the man who is most commonly associated with the use of mind maps. However, what’s not really known about him is the fact that besides the renowned “mind map” technique, Tony Buzan has also introduced to us other methods of recall that is [...]

To all my students:
I hope that all of you have a great semester last semester. For this current semester, I hope that all of you will have a great time making new friends on your academic journey towards excellence. It will be an interesting semester as I believe that all of you will get to [...]

There are certain individuals who may have a tendency to dominate and create a consensus in their teams not through the willingness of team members to collaborate but through the domination of discussion sessions. This is, in fact, an issue of groupthink, which is defined by Thefreedictionary.com as “the act or practice of reasoning or decision-making [...]

Dear class,
I have noticed that there is a tendency among some of you to stop midway in your speech when you are presenting your points in class. Below are a few observations that I have made when you are unsure of your points:

Give up trying to find a way to complete your sentence
Informing your audience that you [...]

To my classes of 2008:
As the semester comes to a close, it’s great to see all of you improving as students. This is especially so when it comes to taking the initiative to present your points of view and your thoughts in class. It’s very encouraging to see the quieter students being more vocal when you present [...]

Dear Class,
 
The media industry- like all other things in life- is constantly changing. And as media professionals in the near future, it will be good for all of you to be adaptable and to be able to cope with changes.
 
It’s also good to get an experience of working with deadlines as several professions in [...]

As mentioned in my previous post, I feel that the key emphasis as a photographer is in composition. However, no matter how good or efficient a photographer is, he or she will never get a perfect shot every time. Usually, there are more than one subject in focus, which is not encouraged. This is where [...]