I'm currently on "paternity leave" till the middle of May, can't wait for my baby girl since I finally have a model that won't say NO (at least until she can speaks) when I want to take photos..hehehe
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
My Partners - Partners that never say no!
Recently, one of the photographer I usually work with had his worst wedding in 7 years. Worst wedding not because the couple dislike his photos, but it was purely because they disliked the camera brand he was using, reason being they work for the competition brand.
From my point of view, the couple certainly have the rights to express their loyalty to the company they are working for, however, they should have communicated to the photographer before the wedding so they can make necessary arrangements to avoid such "embarrassment".
From my point of view, the couple certainly have the rights to express their loyalty to the company they are working for, however, they should have communicated to the photographer before the wedding so they can make necessary arrangements to avoid such "embarrassment".
In many online forums, people tend to class others that uses top of the range equipments as "professionals" and they believe by having the top of the range equipments they can take professional photos....I'm not trying to argue whether this is right or wrong, but I have to say, in a given situation, if you have better equipments it does allow you to have a greater varieties of shots...however, this does not mean you can take great photos if you have top of the range equipments!
Think about it this way...photographers 20 years ago don't have fast focusing lenses, instant photos review and/or photo editing softwares, but does this mean they didn't take great photos...certainly not, actually, I feel photos taken in the "older" days are much better since they are more thoroughly thought through before the shutter was pressed, unlike digital photographers now-a-days where we (yes, including myself.... =P) presses the shutter non-stop and later hope that we've got the shots we wanted.
Personally, I believe good photography is how to capture "moments" and how to make ordinary day to day people feel relaxed in front of the camera. Good photographers can capture "moments" and make ordinary people feel relaxed regardless of the brand of camera they are using, just like Lawrence Tsang.
I have to admit though, different brand does give different colour tones and people do have some bias toward tones given by a specific camera brand...that's why I like to take this opportunity to let you know that I uses NIKON!
For the ones who are even interested in what Nikon equipments I use, the following is the list of my working partners...partners that will never say no or let me down!
Body:
Nikon D3 (Digital)
Nikon D200 (Digital - Modified for Infrared Photography)
Nikon F5 (Film)
Lenses:
Nikkor 14 - 24mm f/2.8 AF-S
Nikkor 24 - 70mm f/2.8 AF-S
Nikkor 70 - 200mm f/2.8 AF-S
Nikkor 16mm f/2.8 Fisheye
Nikkor 28mm f/1.4
Nikkor 50mm f/1.4
Nikkor 85mm f/1.4
Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 AF-S Micro
Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF-S
Sigma 50mm f/2.8 Macro
Others:
SB-900
SB-800
SD-8A
Ironically, the photo was taken with a Canon! hahaha
Think about it this way...photographers 20 years ago don't have fast focusing lenses, instant photos review and/or photo editing softwares, but does this mean they didn't take great photos...certainly not, actually, I feel photos taken in the "older" days are much better since they are more thoroughly thought through before the shutter was pressed, unlike digital photographers now-a-days where we (yes, including myself.... =P) presses the shutter non-stop and later hope that we've got the shots we wanted.
Personally, I believe good photography is how to capture "moments" and how to make ordinary day to day people feel relaxed in front of the camera. Good photographers can capture "moments" and make ordinary people feel relaxed regardless of the brand of camera they are using, just like Lawrence Tsang.
I have to admit though, different brand does give different colour tones and people do have some bias toward tones given by a specific camera brand...that's why I like to take this opportunity to let you know that I uses NIKON!
For the ones who are even interested in what Nikon equipments I use, the following is the list of my working partners...partners that will never say no or let me down!
Body:
Nikon D3 (Digital)
Nikon D200 (Digital - Modified for Infrared Photography)
Nikon F5 (Film)
Lenses:
Nikkor 14 - 24mm f/2.8 AF-S
Nikkor 24 - 70mm f/2.8 AF-S
Nikkor 70 - 200mm f/2.8 AF-S
Nikkor 16mm f/2.8 Fisheye
Nikkor 28mm f/1.4
Nikkor 50mm f/1.4
Nikkor 85mm f/1.4
Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 AF-S Micro
Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF-S
Sigma 50mm f/2.8 Macro
Others:
SB-900
SB-800
SD-8A
Ironically, the photo was taken with a Canon! hahaha
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Wallis and Michael
Woke up at 5:30am, I was the driver, "brother", MC as well as the part time photographer of this wedding and it was all for free but is certainly worth it as Michael is a friend of mine for 20 years!
Mike and I went to the same high school and uni and we know each other for two-thirds of our life and I'm so happy and relieved that he finally got married to a very beautiful, kind-hearted and respectful wife, Wallis.
The main photographer of the day was Irene Chui and so happy to have worked alongside her eventhough it was a brief moment...actually, should have many more chances to work with her since she just recently joined The Stage.
As I've said earlier, Mike and I known each other for 20 years and it was very touching to see him finally got married to a wonderful girl...Mike was very emotional that day and I have to say, it was one of the most emotional day I've seen so far and I did shed a tear while listening to his opening speech for the evening....never expected Mike's speech can be so touching.
Of course, apart from the couple, Auntie and Uncle was also very happy as their only son finally got married!!
Mike and I went to the same high school and uni and we know each other for two-thirds of our life and I'm so happy and relieved that he finally got married to a very beautiful, kind-hearted and respectful wife, Wallis.
The main photographer of the day was Irene Chui and so happy to have worked alongside her eventhough it was a brief moment...actually, should have many more chances to work with her since she just recently joined The Stage.
As I've said earlier, Mike and I known each other for 20 years and it was very touching to see him finally got married to a wonderful girl...Mike was very emotional that day and I have to say, it was one of the most emotional day I've seen so far and I did shed a tear while listening to his opening speech for the evening....never expected Mike's speech can be so touching.
Of course, apart from the couple, Auntie and Uncle was also very happy as their only son finally got married!!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Eunice and Peter
I've met Eunice and Peter awhile ago, during the interview, Peter was asking most of the questions while Eunice was sitting quietly "absorbing"...this was also the case when we have phone conversations couple of weeks prior to their wedding day...but everything changed!
During the day, Peter was very tense but from smiles on his face after he picked up Eunice, I realised he was very eager to pick up his beautiful bride!
It was a very hectic day, but the couple seems to have unlimited amount of energy as well as smiles! The ceremony was held in Rosemary Church (one of the church I like very much) and it was a very emotional moment for their friends and relatives.
The day was completed flawlessly and I sincerely hope Eunice and Peter will now believe we deliver what we promises!
Congratulations Eunice and Peter!!
PS: Believe it or not, we've worked with the same Make Up Artist (Maggie) for two days in a row eventhough the couples don't know each other!! What a co-incident!
During the day, Peter was very tense but from smiles on his face after he picked up Eunice, I realised he was very eager to pick up his beautiful bride!
It was a very hectic day, but the couple seems to have unlimited amount of energy as well as smiles! The ceremony was held in Rosemary Church (one of the church I like very much) and it was a very emotional moment for their friends and relatives.
The day was completed flawlessly and I sincerely hope Eunice and Peter will now believe we deliver what we promises!
Congratulations Eunice and Peter!!
PS: Believe it or not, we've worked with the same Make Up Artist (Maggie) for two days in a row eventhough the couples don't know each other!! What a co-incident!
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