{"id":4302,"date":"2012-10-18T11:41:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T03:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.my\/?p=4302"},"modified":"2012-10-18T11:42:36","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T03:42:36","slug":"is-all-in-your-mind-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/is-all-in-your-mind-really\/","title":{"rendered":"Is All In Your Mind, Really"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Composing a picture is like writing an essay. It is a conscious process where you imagine it in your mind, first. I like to study a scene with my eyes, not with my camera.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the scene before me, I mentally worked out that I needed to include the make-up tools that are important in his trade. The mirror, the pouch and pencil on the floor are the visual elements that tell the story.<\/p>\n<p>To better frame his nonchalant and yogi-like posture, I decided to go with a wide lens. The inclusion of the other performer getting ready in the background added another important element. It shows the different stages of preparation.<\/p>\n<p>When you put your eyes to the viewfinder, you should already know what you want in the picture. All you need to do is to fine-tune what you visualised earlier.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/backstage-at-the-opera\/\">previous pic<\/a> for another backstage look at the Opera of The Nine Emperor Gods Festival.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/opera_backstage_12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4303\" title=\"Is All In Your Mind, Really\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/opera_backstage_12.jpg\" alt=\"Is All In Your Mind, Really\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/opera_backstage_12.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/opera_backstage_12-113x113.jpg 113w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/opera_backstage_12-169x169.jpg 169w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/opera_backstage_12-450x450.jpg 450w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/opera_backstage_12-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Composing a picture is like writing an essay. It is a conscious process&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/is-all-in-your-mind-really\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377,378,563,519,9],"tags":[204,778,1015,203,114,511,1016],"class_list":["post-4302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-festivals","category-events","category-instagram","category-omd","category-photography","tag-ampang","tag-backstage","tag-makeup","tag-nine-emperor-gods","tag-olympus","tag-om-d","tag-ultrawide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4302"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4318,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4302\/revisions\/4318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}