Examples of snapshots for rwwp

This morning I woke up to see 3 emails contaning photos, regarding this post.

There I realise that perhaps the brief was not very clear and precise enough. My mistake. I have updated it. Please have a look again.

Below are the pictures I received from Zarith Sofia, Phoon Khai Meng and Haikal Shahruddin. I have mainly cropped and resized their files. It is not the best of examples, but I like them. They are all mostly brilliant. But ultimately, it must suit the need of the project.

I have posted it here as an example for you, should you be interested to send in your pictures.

1. This one was actually huge. In filesize and in actual size. I cropped it big time. This is what RWWP needs. But preferably the person doing nothing. By ZS.

2. Simple and authentic. By KM.

3. Brilliant. But again, preferably, her doing nothing. But that does not mean, she has to look out the window gazing into something out there appearing artistic or intelligent. No. It’s not about that. Save the acting for someplace else. Maybe another project. By KM.

4. This is brilliant. But its more about photography that it is about the subject. Cropped version. By HZ, and so are the rest that follows.

5. I like this one. Hits the subjects spot on. You can see that their doing nothing particular but waiting. Except for the whole colour (dis)figuration. Lets stick to simple natural real life colours. Reason being is that if alot of pics are going to be gathered and theres too many kinds of filters/colours, it won’t gel well.

6. This is nice. Shows movement. An element I didn’t previously think of. But prefer if its not in black/white or greyscale.

7. Amazing. See how many subjects are there ‘doing nothing’. All in just one frame.

8. Cantik man.

9. Same same. Great platform shot. Would love to have a shot like this in normal colour version.

10. Nice.

11. Nice faraway shot. Or whatever they call it. Captures the whole jinbeng.

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Comments above are not solely regarding the pictures, but it with regards to the needs of the project. So most importantly, thank you Zarith, Khai Meng and Haikal for your prompt submission. I look forward to seeing more from you. :)

Snapshots for rwwp

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This post goes out mainly to the members of the group RandomActs. Because they’re fabulous. That’s right. Except unlike Sam Jones, instead of martini they go for teh tarik. And also because I know they can help. You can too if you’re interested. Wherever you are in the world right now. To understand better, read this post.

Open to all photographers (professional, semi-pro, amateur or virgin). From handphone cameras, to disposable ones, to super gempakz ones like what Adam King use.

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Task: Take pictures of people at train stations.

• Be it at the gates, platform or in the train itself. In and out of Malaysia.

• Very young, young, kinda young and not so young people. Boboy or girlgirl.

• As long as they’re human beings.

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Picture Criteria: People waiting doing nothing.

• Snap photos of people waiting for something. A companion. A train. A destination. Please don’t simply snap a frame of anyone or everyone. Only those you see who are standing, sitting, squatting idly waiting.

• Angle can be from the side, diagonal, back, front, top, bottom (anything goes).

• It is up to you whether or not it shows their face. Both would be good. I need both. When the photos are publicised, I will decide on whether there’s a need to blur their faces for respect of privacy.

• Please do not do one of those SLR focus on a persons nose and blur the background shot. RWWP does not need a cheap trick pseudo cool shot. You can, but don’t get carried away till you’re gone with the wind.

• Don’t get the whole place and leave the subject(a person) so small in it. The idea is not to capture the surrounding, but the person and his/her act (of waiting) in that surrounding. Examples here.

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Submission: by Tuesday 20th May

• Send a maximum 10 of your best shots. Email them to [email protected].

• Quality doesn’t have to be super high resolution 30 megapixel 2 megabyte per file picture. A size that is conveniently downloadable. A resolution not too great till I can count the bulu on their jari.

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Thank you. Thank you all.

RWWP intro & teaser

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In November 2006, during the same month I started ‘blogging’ and a year before that blog was moved to RandomAlphabets.com, I had a notion/inspiration to do something. A project or somesort. It came to me when I was on the way to class for a 5 week intensive foreign language course*. At that point, I’ve not the slightest idea that it can happen, let alone how to make it happen.

This post is a vague introduction and teaser about that project.

*The relevance of that statement and the picture above, will be made known when the time comes. Read about what you can do to help here.

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I finally found a way to do it last night when I was enroute to meet Germ (RA’s graphic designer). It came to me while I was pushing my bike after it ran out of petrol near the Subang Jaya NKVE exit. It was not long before another bike came to push mine to the nearest petrol pump. A simple random act from a stranger to another, without expecting anything back. A common gesture between bikers that goes a long way. Something I’ll remember for a very long time.

Going back, as Germ was the first person I had contact with after I got the idea, when I jumping around excitedly telling him that I got it while pushing my bike on the highway exit, he interrupted with ‘THAT WAS YOU?!!’

And then we both laughed, not LOL.

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Anyway, due to the nature of this project, a certain degree of the surprise element must be present. So I can’t tell you what it is yet. Even the RA Team do not know about it (I’ll table it to them when we meet tomorrow). However I assure you, once it’s ready to be publicised, you’ll be the first find out.

This project will be huge. Something so simple, yet so profound. That’s the best part about it. That’s what I love so much about it. My heart is in this one. Not KLFU, not the upcoming KLX. This one.

If that sincere teaser was enough to nudge you to want to help and be part of it, then read this..

Regards,
Zain HD

If klx

“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”
-Duke Ellington

For the moment:
Bahia – Angelique Kidjo
Mazuzu – Mahotella Queens

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A few weeks ago, RandomActs promised another project. We’ve selected the time, place and what project it will be (of course). Now deciding on the specific date and polishing the mechanics of the whole project. It is far more complicated than (the over prostituted word) Fr**z*. (Fr**z*-> to illustrate how exhausted I am talking about it. It’s brilliant to reminisce, but at the same time I’d like us all to look forward.)

Few days ago the team went on site to do research and plan it out. For almost 2 hours, we argued and bickered. The final straw came when two random Alphabets were murdered. After the funeral, Saddam HusZain spat on their graves and broke his spectacles for dramatic effect to win an Oscar thus concluding our outing with no conclusion.

Now he can’t see sh*t and I am typing this out on his behalf, while he’s lying on the bed gazing into the bedside lamp asking me why is the constellation so huge tonight? He’s going to make a new pair of spectacles when there’s a windfall. I asked him when is that, he said

it might rain tomorrow. Hopefully we get more than a breeze.

Ladies and gents, this is ‘what’ I have to work with.

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*If you’re not familiar with that lingo, it’s basically just telling you the the next project is very much so in the works and going splendidly well. Really. :)
*If you are interested to participate, join the group RandomActs and/or be a friend of RandomActs.
*If you have a video camera and have a good video eye, then email [email protected]. If your eyes can’t read that long email address, then go make friends with Zain and take him away from here.

1000 RandomActs

“6 out of 5 mathematicians recommend RA.”
- Agent Double-0-Random

For the moment:
Mathematics – Mos Def

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On 15 April, after KL Freeze in Unison, I created RandomActs to archive previous projects and coordinate new ones. This group is also where members can pool their ideas and participate in the forum for discussion on future projects. On top of sharing photos and videos.

RandomAlphabets.com serve as a side portal and point of reference for those not on Facebook. And as a simple distinctive resort to the person talking off the computer (because of its simple concise URL, as oppose to verbally saying http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14329425422 in one breath). Especially so when two friends, on or off Facebook, are talking about an upcoming project.

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Last week, I sent out a message to all its members. It read,

RandomActs is exactly 11 days old today, with 967 members. That’s brilliant. :)

Albeit, this group is not about having numbers. I, personally, would like it to have good people. Projects will vary in scale and in nature. Eventually certain things will be done in order to achieve results and sustainability. Comments and feedbacks are very helpful. So are being realistic and understanding.

This is RandomActs. Rather than hearing talk endlessly, it prefers to see action happen continuously.

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Today it has 1000 members. Let’s keep it good. :)