Bib the Graffiti Girl..

Went shooting with the usual suspects.. The Bears Photoworks. This time, the theme is Graffiti Gal. The talent is Bib, my colleague, and this is her first time modeling for a shoot.





Strobist info
1 430ex bare 1/4 power 45 degrees behind model left
1 SB600ex bare 1/4 power degrees behind model right
1 SB900 honeycomb 1/2 power on top of model
1 580exII softbox 1/1 power camera left.

Here are some other shots of the photographers.. hehehe.. we want to be models too! :P

Eddieputera the Rockstar!

Was invited by a fellow photographer, Eddieputera to shoot him at his studio in Shah Alam. He wanted a rockstar theme. We started off with some simple shots, then we moved onto the hardcore ones..

Here's the shot of him that I like the most.





Here are the rest of the series.







We used between 3-5 lights for this session. Combination of studio strobes and speedlights and lots of light modifiers.

Click at the photo to view it larger on flickr.

Sekinchan landscape.

ShutterAsia organized an photo outing to Sekinchan. For those who don't know, Sekinchan is a beautiful place full of paddy fields in Selangor. I took my 5D, 350D(IR) and Yashica together with me to have fun shooting landscapes there. Here are some shots from my 5D and my 350D(IR).


Valley of the Snow Beasts


To the Rescue!


A Halted Climb


The Colors of Nature



For those who haven't visited Sekinchan.. don't waste your time, go quickly as the skies have been sooo blue the past few weeks (especially if it rains the night before your trip!)

A self portrait

I have recently purchased some flash accessories kit. Eager to test it out, called up Nfariz and Beruang Putih to join me for the session. We set the lights up, and walla! A self portrait of me. Shot courtesy of Beruang Putih, pp by me.





The lighting setup involves 3 lights.

580exII with softbox on top of me, 1/2 power.
580exII with barndoor behind my left, 1/8 power.
430exII with grids behind my right, 1/8 power.

Malaysian MotoGP 2009

I was very honored to be given a complimentary ticket to go to the Malaysian MotoGP by Canon Malaysia as a representative of ShutterAsia.

There I was on Saturday afternoon, with NFariz and geared with my toys. I can't recall when was the last time i shot motorsport action (probably never), but it was a great opportunity to learn how to pan. Took me about 30mins to adjust my swing following the biker's pace, then I'm all good :D

Here's a couple shots that I took. The rest of the series can be seen on my flickr.


Jorge Lorenzo of Team Fiat Yamaha




Dani Pedrosa of Team Honda Repsol




Valentino 'The Doctor' Rossi of Team Fiat Yamaha




It was a great experience for me, thank you Canon Malaysia and ShutterAsia. You guys ROCK! I'll end my post this time with another panning shot..



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Red Kebaya - I die the day you went away...

A new theme planned a couple weeks back.. The Red Kebaya. After a location scout on Saturday, the shoot follows the day after.

Team members involved - myself, Raz@Jeepang, Maestro, Sarip@GMan and Cis@BeruangPutih. Props were prepared by Mr. Raz@Jeepang. Thanks for providing us the the antique radio, the umbrellas, the violin. The red kebaya was provided by Alin Azmi, worn by the beautiful and talented Nurul.

Hope you enjoy the series!

Visitors not welcomed!


You left me alone.. aimless.. what's left are memories... and the very last roses from you...


I miss those beautiful music you used to play for me..


The radio.. used to play your music all the time.. keeps me close to you.... where ever you are..


Why? Why do YOU have to take him away from me?!?!?


I have no more reason to live in this world.. bye bye world...i shall be with my loved one...



We had a blast with this theme. There are more themes coming up, some very very interesting and challenging! All in the execution queue. Stay tuned!

Strobist shoot - Nov 5th, 2009

Had the idea of shooting a willing model with musical instruments. A good friend, Raz has volunteered to provide the musical instruments - guitar, sporano and a bagpipe. Crews who made the shoot successful would be the usual, NFariz, Capix, Cis and Raz himself. We had a blast!




Strobist info :
- 1 580exII on camera left with silver brolly (1/2 power)
- 1 580exII behind model at 45 degrees for left side kicker (1/8)
- 1 430ex behind model at 45 degrees for right side kicker (1/8)




Strobist info :
- 1 580exII on model right with shoot-thru brolly (1/1 power)
- 1 430ex behind model at 45 degrees for kicker (1/8 power)
- 1 reflector on model left to lighten the shadow on left face

Will edit this post and add lighting diagram once I've done it.