Comments (0) This is definitely one of my favorite pictures of Jason and Amanda. She has that killer smile that’ll melt everyone’s heart. Love this shot! Had really great fun with this family especially after being there taking Jason and Adelene’s wedding pictures a few years back. It was like a small reunion, this time with an addition to the family.
Here’s another one of those shots with Adelene.
These images were from a shoot in Paris last year for Esther and Huan. It was lost when my blog was attacked so here it is again.
I had a laugh when I saw this picture. Once awhile, we’re allowed to be dissatisfied with how things are going at a shoot. Lighting’s off, angle’s off, things are not working as I’ve envisioned it. And so on and so forth. Liz took a picture of me at this particular instance when I felt that. I like this portrait..it’s emotional. Deep in thought and sulking a bit, I looked straight into the camera looking for answers and she took this picture. What was not working was the tight angle at this spa and beauty center, which had a lot of reflective surfaces where my lights could be seen everywhere.
The place was beautiful, so I wanted to bring out the character and the intrinsic designs so thoughtfully incorporated here. We were shooting a series of portraits of four employees for an advertisement. So in this place, the employee would pose with the different chemicals that are mixed for each customer. Pretty neat stuff considering it’s open for everyone to see and admire. In this shot, I used one key light to camera right, with a softbox, and one highlight to camera right also but behind the subject. Of course it didn’t work out. In the final shot, the highlight was left outside the room shooting through the glass. The final shot really worked.
We had a few rooms to shoot the portraits and one of them was a room designed to serve the guests tea. Liz was of course the lighting model of the day and here’s the test shot. One key light in a softbox and one highlight behind shooting through and umbrella, and making sure the vertical strips of wood had enough light to differentiate it from the back while throwing a bit of light on her. The final image was from a slightly different angle but an even stronger image.
What’s that blurry thing in front? This is what it looks like under the same lighting, taken by Liz
Image taken by Liz
Will post the images after the ad is released.
It was one of those unique weekends with rain continuously over two days. We originally planned to do the shoot on Saturday evening but postponed it to Sunday when the weather didn’t look promising. Well, Sunday morning wasn’t much better.
My immediate thoughts were, thank goodness the shoot’s at Capella. That would’ve been one of the best places to shoot indoors. The hotel prides itself with marrying the old colonial building and new architecture. It was the colonial setting that attracted me most and we’re glad that came out well in the pictures. So the cure for a rainy day? Look for the beautiful window light to work with since the light outside isn’t too strong and contrasty. The last few images were a good blend of warm and cool light. I though that came out quite well.
Here are a few images from the shoot.
More of such images can be seen in my Wedding Photography webpage or in the Pre-Wedding Photography category of this blog.
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