Shirley and Ezone’s photoshoot
Managed to get this young cute couple to model for me just before they went back to Borneo. It was a bit hard to start off as always since I was at a loss of ideas. But once it got off things went a bit better.
Location of shoot: UPM Bukit Expo and Presint 2, Putrajaya.
Here are some of the photos:
Thanks again to Shirley and Ezone for helping me out with this 
A few more tips regarding photography
- Snap as much as you can
- Best lighting conditions are early in the morning or during the evening
- Starting is always hard but after a while it will become easier to conduct the shoot
- Allow the subject to do something with each other.
And with this shoot I’m hope I’m ready for my big assignment this Saturday.
Fang Wen’s photoshoot (Malacca 7th-9th May 2010)
Thanks to the lovely Fang Wen for helping me out with my photography training. Definitely a good experience for me since my first one didn’t work out too well. I learnt a bit more during this shoot.
Here are some photos:
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Some of the night shots:
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And the best shots overall (I’m really loving these few)
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A few more things which I noticed was that
- Its better to have the person interact with something else. Eg: at the beach perhaps playing with the sand etc. This gives the picture more of a story rather than the simple ‘pose and smile’
- Don’t be worry to try out all sorts of different angles.
- Remember to set the correct white balance. I played around with the wireless flash for a bit and forgot that my white balance was on auto. And the results was horrible. Luckily I tinkered around with the white balance and got white balance correct for the night shots.
- Give your subject distance, take more than the face if possible. The body and its movement shows a lot of things.
- It might be good to have someone distract the subject to get more natural shots.
Good luck in your shoots
Joanne and Leo’s photoshoot
Thanks to Joanne and Leo for following me out on this shoot. We did this at Putrajaya and I learnt a lot of things from this shoot since it was officially my first outdoor shoot with real life people modeling for me. Also it was a bit awkward when we started since neither I nor the models know how to get things started. Even Phoebe, the bun eating assistant, didn’t really know what to do.
Well we eventually got started and I got tons of photos which didn’t work out right but some did turn out quite well. All photos were taken using a D90 with 50mm f/1.8 lens.
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Things I’ve learnt thus far:
- Prepare food and drinks for the model
- Go shooting outdoors early in the morning
- Its better to choose the day after a rainy day since it reduces chances of haze.
- Read through magazines to get ideas of how you want the shots to be
- Bring a towel or an extra shirt if you sweat easily (Like me)
Anyway… I’m really looking forward to the next shoot.
