Penang Portraiture Workshop

This is a series of workshops planned for this year......a series of many planned around Malaysia.

Portraiture Workshops......the list

Here's my lists of workshops throughout the rest of this year:

12th September 2009 (Portraiture editing and Intro to PS) KL
13th September 2009 (Portraiture editing and Intro to PS) KL
3rd & 4th October 2009 (Portraiture workshop + editing) KL
31st Oct & 1st Nov 2009 (Portraiture workshop + editing) Penang
14th November 2009 (Portraiture editing and Intro to PS) KL
15th November 2009 (Portraiture editing and Intro to PS) KL
5th & 6th December 2009 (Portraiture workshop + editing) KL
19th December 2009 (Portraiture editing and Intro to PS) KL
20th December 2009 (Portraiture editing and Intro to PS) KL

Communicating thru your subject

As photographers we frown and sometimes complaint of the pictures that we took. We complaint about the light, weather, the model. Yes, up to a certain extent I would agree. But in retrospect, if one is shooting human subjects and then frowns at how the picture looks like after wards.....hmmmmmm I would say improve on our communication with them.....it'll work wonders. Tell them what you want........heck tell them a sad story if you have to. If the mood that you want is sad that is....

One thing we need to remember, we are the one who see it all thru the camera's viewfinder not our subject.

Photography in economic turmoil

I was asked by fellow wedding photographers....on how to sustain their photo income in these current economic situations. Well, I simply answered....either u give more added value to your products/services or increase your asking price....however to do that one has to increase their skills as well. The other way is to lower down one's cost without affecting both quality of services and output.

One of the ways that I suggested to them is to shoot indoor (studio) shots using natural light. This in turn will reduce the overall cost in renting a studio. However, the trick to this is to firstly identify the right light to do so. Not all light will replicate studio shots. The angle, time of day, color, temperature etc plays a part as well.

Here's another sample of a shot using natural light to make it looked like a studio shot.