Alana and Tim had a fun shoot at my studio in Petaling Jaya earlier in the month. They make a lovely couple.
Alana and Tims Studio Session
Graduation Photo Shoot for Belinda
Belinda graduated from Open University in Petaling Jaya. Conveniently my studio is right next door to Open University. Congratulations!
Graduation Photos at my PJ Studio
My studio is located next door to the open University in Petaling Jaya and is in an ideal location for doing graduation photos. Patricia graduated at the most recent convocation and popped in to the studio to have her family photos done. I approach it in the same manner as when I shoot weddings…pleasant friendly and shoot as many varieties of images as I can.
Baby Birthday Cake Smash
Babies First Birthday Cake Smashing is lots of fun! I seem to do a lot of them in my studio but haven’t been posting them. Time to change that! Babies are just so cute, and seeing them play with their birthday cake is super cute!
Best Photographer I’ve Ever Known! – that’s what she said!
“Thank you for the photos. You are the best photographer I’ve ever known! You captured the joy and inner strength of everyone! Thanks again, Jackie”
So read the email I just received. What a wonderful way to start my morning. An overjoyed client, happy with the photos just sent half way around the world to the them.
To set the record straight, I am not the best photographer in the world. I can only wish! Every photographer can, and will receive many emails or SMS messages similar to this over the course of their career. I have had many myself, but I never let it go to my head. Sometimes a clients expectations and the deliverables match perfectly, other times they don’t. For me they were pretty much my “bread and butter” normal photography, however for the client the exceeded expectations.
The photo shoot concerned was for the University of New Haven’s Alumni event at the Mandarin Oriental. The President Dr. Steven H. Kaplan of the university, along with the current Minister of Higher Education, Yang Berhormat Menteri Dato’ Seri Haji Idris bin Jusoh both graced the event.
My tips for this kind of shoot:
- Be communicative. Enter the spirit of the day. People are there to have fun so enhance it. Talk to people.
- Control the light. Most venues have strong down lighting so panda eyes are unavoidable unless you control it. I use remote control strobes at nearly every shoot I do.
- Bring the right gear. A good 70-200mm F2.8 it is every professionals go to lens.
- Over deliver.
President of the University of New Haven Steven H. Kaplan
