Shooting Date: 17/09/2011 Time: 16:40
Location: Level 6, Straits Quay Mall Weather: Fine
Photographer: Astley Teng Model: Amber Chia
Camera Gears: Nikon D300s with 24-70mm f/2.8G ED lens ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/200 sec Bias: -0.3 step
Zoom: 70mm F Stop: 3.2
Flash: Nil
This is the luckily day for me to shoot on this event without any planning. Actually I am bring my family back to Penang to visit my wife family members. However, this event really interesting to everybody because she attend this event.
A lot of photographers are used their flash gun to shoot the model at there. For me, I didn't do that. After I studied the stage lighting system and decided not used my flash gun. Why? If you really study on the event stage, you will find out the model will highlight by the spot light. So, this is the reason I not use to it for getting this both pictures. Look at the model feature, I like this type of lighting & colour tone. But you also can use the flash gun to fill in. This is just to share my personalities of my technical on photography. Maybe you can make it better, I wait for your comment and sharing. Thank you.
Shooting Date: 21/09/2011 Time: 16:15 to 18:15
Location: Tanjung Sepat, Selangor Weather: Cloudy
Photographer: Astley Teng Model: May Soong
Camera gear: Nikon D300s, 24-70mm f/2.8G ED lens & reflector ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/320 sec Bias: -0.3 step
Zoom: 45mm F stop: 2.8
Flash: Nil
Take off from Office to Tanjung Sepat on 13:20. A long journey drive with May Soong, Miki Ng, Michael Leow & me. The day is not look good for our shooting. Cause today was a rainning day when going to Tanjung Sepat and it's bring our mood down for our portrait shooting. The rain was stop when we arrived to the location (Thank god). I'm try to drive around to search a better place for shooting. Luckily we found out this location is nearby Tanjung Sepat around 5km down to Morib direction. This place is great for us and easy to walk into the beach. Arround quater hour, I started my shot and is look great when the sun light shine on our skin surface. At the end, we finished the shooting arround 18:10 due to the weather.
Let's talk about this picture composition. Normally people will take a horizontal level shoot for her. Because she look great and specially on her sweet smiling face. Don't need to put in too many technical. But I still make a little changer for it. First, turn down 20 degree to the left. Second, make the background blur due to the messy background. Third, let her face to the camera with 9/10 angle to left side and call her imagine to smiling someone who's loved. Finally, push a nice setting with a nice lighting reflection and shot. Came back push some PS on the level, colour control and simply make two black borders to make the picture more look like a cinema screen feel.
Thank to the models and my assistance. We just took a short briefing and they're really knew what I want. And here, I would like to special thank to Miki Ng to give me a nice make up work.
Photographer: Astley Teng Model: Miki Ng
Camera gear: Nikon D300s, 24-70mm f/2.8G ED lens & reflector ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/320 sec Bias: -0.3 step
Zoom: 70mm F stop: 2.8
Flash: Nil
Miki Ng is a good model and don't forget she also a make up artist. This picture not much too share and I surely like her disposition. The photo composition is 1/3. Due to the model standing behide the sun light, I given the exposure over 1 stop with the reflector and easy to bring out the model feature.
