Help me spread the word! For a limited time only, I’m offering a 10% discount on Family and Kids Portrait Photography. Plus you’ll have more high resolution processed softcopies. You have a choice of having it done indoors or outdoors or even both, if you can manage it within 2 hours. No limits to the change of attire, feel free to wear your entire wardrobe. Pets welcomed and loved 
At the moment I do all my shoots on location, instead of in my studio. I’m enjoying doing this because:
1. Images can have different settings. You can have a choice of environment eg, at home with a lifestyle twist, against a black backdrop for a more arty feel or outdoors for the fun. There’re so many options available.
2. For kids, a change in environment may make them apprehensive. Having it at home or outdoors will bring out the best from them.
3. Unlimited change of attire. As I’ve mentioned, you can wear anything and everything. The only limit is a 2-hour timeframe coz even if you’re not exhausted from all that changing, the photographer is from shooting.
4. You have toys to attract your kid’s attention. Put on Sesame Street, Thomas or Bob, and we have a smiley kid. And that looks great on the pictures.
5. If your kid is tired, take a short break, have a kit-kat, and he’ll be bouncing all over from the sugar fix. And we’ll have another go at this.
6. I feel great after a shoot with great images. And I’m sure you will too.
Call (97616405) or email (eulee@photographybyeulee.com) me to find out more details. Spread the word! Thank you much!
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Oh what a hilarious time I had with this family. Fun-loving and spontaneous would best describe them and that made it a very enjoyable shoot last weekend. The shoot was at their house and I set up two lights, after rearranging furniture. Midway through the shoot, we gave it a different feel by using a black backdrop. Here are a few images from the shoot:
This is how you do it
So what's next?
Nope, not right
The girls' version of Charlie's Angels
The whole family
The whole family, not so serious after all
More of family photography images can be found in the Family Photography category of this blog.
Paris. City of Romance. Maybe cliched, but nevertheless a most beautiful place for your pre-wedding images.
After an amazing time there last year, we’re planning another trip there in September 2010. September should be a great time, not as crowded as summer, cooler weather and lighting should be great. Exact dates are still on the drawing board but we have kicked started our planning. So if you are considering this, let me know and lets discuss further. Places are limited so sound me out as soon as you can.
The 2nd day of the YOG shoot brought us to this row of warehouses housing the Singapore Weightlifting Federation, opposite the National Stadium (the same one that was supposed to be demolished but never got to meet its fate after all this while). It’s a beautiful quiet area facing the Tanjung Rhu condos. So this is where the weightlifters train. Liz and I got there early to setup the black backdrop and lights. I was shooting tethered since I didn’t have to move around a lot. This series of images were different from the gymnastic images since they are more static and no one’s flying around from one end to another.
The space was a huge relief. No problems with power points, positioning lights, camera and notebook. Wouldn’t it be nice if the remaining shoots were like that….
Setting up the camera and notebook. Image from my iPhone.
Test Shot
The star of the day was Darius. It was his birthday and what better way to celebrate than to have portraits taken with family. Darius is also Desiree’s brother. We originally planned the shoot outdoors but changed venue to their house, since it was easier to celebrate his birthday after the shoot. Good thing too since the weather turned bad in the evening. I brought along my lights and decided to use a white wall in the house as a backdrop. I started shooting with a ladder/chair as a prop. Little did I know that sitting there unaided was the first time for Darius and I must say he handled himself very well. Desiree had a go after seeing her brother enjoy himself.
It was playtime towards the end and as the whole family gathered in the playroom, I pulled over one of my lights and started firing away. Totally unplanned but I learned to expect the unexpected when dealing with kids at Darius’ and Desiree’s age. Makes the whole shoot so enjoyable by keeping the photographer on his toes
The first time for Darius. Well done!
Desiree and her 'Bear-siree'
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Goodbye 2009. Hello 2010! After a season of festivities, everyone’s back to work with, I hope, a fresh perspective to work, life and perhaps a zest, zeal and enthusiasm to make this year count. But take a moment to have some reflection on the past year, and use that as a guide for this.
For myself, this blog was started as a kind of social experiment and i must say I am hooked on it. I started in May 2009, after many years of deliberation and fears that I will not get pass my first post. I eventually discovered a love for writing. I can’t say I’m very good at it but at last I don’t dread it. So my first post was on packing for an overseas shoot in a reply to curious questions on what I always bring on my shoot. At that point of time I was already overseas and that was the perfect moment to talk about it. From then my blogging went on to discuss techniques, equipment, workshops, current work, book reviews and now with my new iPhone, a bit on apps and its camera. After the first post, ideas start popping up and since then, I’ve logged 140 posts! I try to go for higher value content and not just one-liners so I think I’ve done decently looking at my workload.
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The wedding was so near Christmas that everyone was already in a festive mood. What a way to celebrate a wedding! Paul and Vanessa had their wedding in Perth and it was a stunning one at the beach. Beautiful weather and beautiful pictures. Over here in Singapore, it was a intimate dinner party to complete the wedding celebration. Vanessa’s parents stole the whole show with their song dedication to the couple. I have not seen many of these and I think it was really sweet of them.
Here are a few pictures from that day.
And more here..
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Oohhh, this shoot was so fun. Nadine was able to walk assisted now and she didn’t waste much time putting her skills to use throughout the shoot. Challenging for the photographer but this photographer really enjoyed playing with her. She was so active that even though she was in her crib, she just paced to and fro, never tiring, giving us the best smiles she’s got.
Sharon and James wanted to do the shoot in the the house. Simple uncomplicated but the challenge was the lighting since it was a cloudy day and lighting was poor. So I got the 2 Elinchroms, and used them bare bulb. Half of the shoot was done with the modeling lamps to work with the existing lighting and to make sure I could shoot wide open. And of course to prepare for the unexpected, dealing with a hyper-active girl.
Here’re a few pictures from the shoot.
Check out the colours!
Sharon and Nadine. My favourite mum and daughter shot
It was Desiree’s birthday yesterday and we had some chill out time before we celebrated her birthday. So we found ourselves in the playground downstairs with Michael, who very wisely brought along those bubble-blowing thingy. Jeesh, I don’t even know what they’re called. Ok, I’m out of touch. Can’t go wrong with those things….never fails in putting a smile on kids, and that’s the key to the pictures.
Before that, Desiree went completely mad around the playground climbing up and down the slide for the umpteenth time, expanding a lot of the youthful energy she had. Grabbed a couple of shots and then headed back for the indoor family shots.
Happy Birthday Desiree!
Desiree and grandparents
For the indoor shots, I fired 2 580EX flashes mounted on stands: one on camera left a bit slightly behind them, set at Manual at lowest setting 1/128, just to provide some accent light. Main light was on camera right, pointing at the ceiling for bounce and set at Manual, at 1/8 setting. With these two lights, I could use a smaller aperture for maximum sharpness and with a reasonable shutter speed. There was almost no ambient light in the picture. I left the colour temperature to a bit warmer since the place had warm lighting. But had I depended solely on the ambient light for lighting, it’ll be hard to get the direction and quality of light you see.
More of such images can be found in the Family Photography category.
Here’s what I did with 3 X 580EX flashes, and no money for a model. Wanted to practice to get more consistent results for location portrait shoot so I rigged this setup. Key light comes from one flash on camera right shooting through an umbrella. Other 2 flashes at 45 deg and 135 deg behind ‘model’ to get the sharp rim light. Here’s what the setup looks like.
Lighting diagram
Took a shot without the key light to see the effect of the two lights behind. I adjusted the EVs and zooms to get the effect I wanted. When setting up lights for a complicated setup, you can fire one at a time to check what each light is doing, independent of the rest. Kind of ‘building’ the set. When satisfied, then fire them all. So here’s what the image without the key light:
Effect of back lights
I like.
Ok then, let ‘em rip.
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What better time to give to charity than during this festive season? Afterall Christmas is all about giving and sharing. I was pleasantly surprised to see the new campaign pictures up so soon at the MRTs. These were from the recent shoot just completed last month. And also from last year’s shoot which have been appearing a few times before this.
You may have seen these posters:
Last month's shoot
Previous shoot
Previous shoot
So don’t stop giving….or start if you haven’t done so!
You can do your part! Calling all photographers, make-up artists, assistants, everyone who think they can be a part of this movement. Join us and be a part of a growing worldwide community.
Help Portrait is all about giving back to the community. Ever encountered a less fortunate person who would like to have his portrait taken but cannot afford a professional photographer? Well, it’s time we give them an opportunity.
Help Portrait is the brainchild of Jeremy Cowart, and you can read more about its mission in the blog. All around the world, people are participating and putting in their time and skills to do something for the less fortunate. Join us and sign up in this link. Look for Singapore and you’ll see us there.
I’m opening this up to anyone who would like to assist me when we start doing this. It’s totally FREE and you’ll have a chance to learn about studio photography. Learn valuable tips on lighting and posing people and also play a part in this movement. You can contact me on this blog:
email: eulee@photographybyeulee.com
hp: 97616405
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Come on guys, let’s do something for the community and bring a smile to someone else this Christmas!
Arrived in Ubud after two days of shooting at Nusa Dua. Ubud is so different from Nusa Dua. The latter is a 5-star touristy area, reminiscent of Bintan, where the whole area is just full of luxury hotels and no locals, except those in the hotel industry. Definitely not the place I want to be in. When not working I just stayed in my room. Contrast that to Ubud. I was thorn between roaming around outside or just staying indoors, not out of boredom but out of choice. The Lady Bamboo Villa is so beautiful that there have been guests staying indoors for a week without venturing outside. It is that serene and peaceful.
So I decided to do both. When I reached Lady Bamboo, first thing I did was to hunt down that babi guling. Managed to find it after asking directions to Ibu Oka, the most popular babi guling place here. It’s basically a pork dish with the meat cooked in different styles. Although a bit oily, it deserved the reputation it has. According to Reki, it’s usually sold out by 2pm so I’ll have another go at it tomorrow.
And then I headed out to the streets. I was told that there was a paddy field nearby so I made my way there. I’ve seen those amazing images of terraced paddy fields in the golden sunlight and I was hoping to chance upon such things. Well for one, it threatened to rain and for another, there wasn’t much elevation for terraced paddy. I would have to travel up north to see those. So I decided to take pictures of people I meet along the path in the fields. And here’re the few I have taken.
Here's a lady and her son. They were walking in front of me for the longest time and then stopped to offer me a coconut. I politely declined but they were happy that I took their picture
This lady was in among group of ladies transporting rice.
This man told me his lifestory basically. Started farming because he did badly in school and have been a farmer since then.
Josh and Luanne
Ben and Lydia are very special to me. I shot their pre-wedding images, wedding images, Josh’s images when newly born and when he started to walk and run. Now with Luanne at 1 month plus, it was time for another shoot. We wanted to do something different so the shoot was in their bedroom, while watching the Brazilian F1 race. Josh was so glued to the race at one point of time that we just had to follow suit. Caught that fire on Kimi’s car in the pit lane. Awesome stuff! Thanks Josh.
I started taking top down shots of Luanne and Josh. She looks so good and Josh has that brotherly care for his little sister that I had to capture that. He was so affectionate to her. To get the angle, I borrowed a ladder and shot from far, just so that I avoid lens distortion if I go to close. That’s usually the problem with baby pictures. People forget or are unaware that the closer you are to the baby, the more distorted the image becomes. If you want to do it intentionally, that’s fine, but if not, go as far as possible and zoom in. So anyways, I found a picture of me in their family blog here.
Josh and Luanne
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