From yesterday’s photoshoot…

Was a crazy hot afternoon yesterday and among the crew involved in the photo shoot, the savvy ones who applied sunblock lotion got away with nasty sun burn.  That’s how the weather is like in Singapore, forever summer … and now we know why many of couples from overseas choose to get married here as well.

We finally headed to the Wanderlust hotel, a new boutique hotel near Little India, and after a whole of baking in the sun, even the slight bit of air conditioning is heaven.

Here’s one that I like, featuring the beautiful gown from Jos + Rachel , more to come 🙂

 

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Marina Bay Sands photoshoot – Sneak peek at our gear

Joseph, one of my assistants, took a candid photo while I was doing a photoshoot in Marina Bay Sands shopping area.  For folks not in Singapore, Marina Bay Sands is one of the two newly opened casinoes in Singapore, and I had the opportunity to do a photoshoot in an area where professional & commercial photography is strictly not allowed, which is why we do not see many wedding series shot there 😉

And no, I don’t always wear red for photoshoot…

 

Ok, a sneak peek of what equipment I used for the photoshoot –

  1. Main arsenal, the Hasselblad H4D-40 (unfortunately not the Ferrari edition) , mounted on a tripod. This is what I used for all my bridal and portrait photoshoots, 40 Megapixels of goodness.
  2. the 35-90mm HC lens that is mounted on the H4D-40 60% of the time
  3. The good old Pocket Wizard plus II which I hold in my hand.  This is used as a remote trigger for my camera.
  4. Pocket wizards Flex TT5, mounted on the camera to receive and send radio signal.  I bought the new Flex TT5 because it allows me to receive a signal from my Plus II on channel 2, send out a signal on channel 3 to trigger my flash/strobes. Sorry if this sounds complicated to you 😀
  5. A 17″ Macbook Pro, connected to the Hasselblad H4D-40 digital back via a Firewire 800 connection.  I shoot tethered most of the time, it’s almost mandatory now for several reasons a) I can see the entire preview on my 17″ screen vs 3.5″ on the digital back  b) the laptop powers the back and Hasselblad H4D-40 batteries are hopeless (Hasseblad are you listening?) and tethered vs non-tethered is 1 battery vs 3.5 batteries.

And this is the photo that I was creating…

More to come later, stay tuned! 🙂

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Seiyang & Stephanie

As promised, more updates from me. :0

Lunar 7th month is just another month for me, it doesn’t get anything less busy, assignments are on going, especially for the overseas weddings that I’m preparing for in two weeks time.

Some favourites from a recent series. Fantastic and sporty couple 🙂

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To London?

MPA and WPPI, these are the two organisers of the toughest photography competitions for wedding and portrait photographers, and looking at the previous winners from the different category, photographers like myself will probably spend days hammering out the prints, send them to USA or UK, and hope for the best.

Just received a congratulatory email from Master Photographer Association in London (MPA) that one of my images has made it to the finals for the Overseas Wedding Photographer of the Year Award!

That came together with an invitation to the awards ceremony in London come Oct 2009.

However, much as I would love to attend the awards ceremony, as well as see the other finalists and winner’s print next to mine, plus the chance to mingle with some of the veterans in this biz, I happened to have an assignment overseas.  The biggest irony is, both the clients happened to be based in London, but their wedding will be held in their hometown back in Asia.

Good news and bad news come in a pair, usually.

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