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‘Just Like A Pro’ Episode 2 on The Star Online’s SwitchUp.TV

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‘Just Like a Pro’  The 2nd workshop in a series created by The Star Online. http://thestaronline.tv/v/6486


‘Just Like A Pro’ Episode 1 on The Star Online’s SwitchUp.TV

The first of a number of video workshops shot around the Klang Valley, Malaysia. In this series, I work with photographers on their technique at various locations around Kuala Lumpur. http://thestaronline.tv/v/6440


Video lessons on SwitchUp.TV

Write up in The Star 3-Dec-2010

Making sense of the Canon’s Speedlite Interface

Photo courtesy of Syl Arena @ Speedliting.com

Making sense of the Canon’s Speedlite Interface


Canon’s HTP and ALO custom function settings

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Two of the Custom Function Settings available on the Canon EOS 5D Mk II, EOS-1D Mk IV are a little misunderstood in my opinion. The settings are HTP Highlight Tone Priority and ALO Auto Lighting Optimizer. In the Instruction Manual for the Canon EOS-1D Mk IV, it states that Highlight Tone Priority improves the highlight [...]


Panaromic Group Portrait in Shanghai

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Apart from photographing 2,000 delegates at the Song Dynasty Theatre in Hangzhou, China, I also needed to photograph the delegates at dinner. This was pretty much something that came up at the last moment so I was not really prepared for it. I knew I had 8 units of Nikon Speedlights in the bag but [...]


Group photo of 2,000 people

Song Dynasty Theatre Entrance in Hangzhou, China

I travelled to Shanghai and Hangzhou, China last year to photograph more than 2,000 people at a theatre and restaurant. I knew immediately that this assignment would be tough as we would only be given about 20 minutes or so after the theatrical show in Hangzhou to shoot a group portrait of all 2,000 delegates. [...]


Strobism : 5 lights & a musician

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I had an opportunity to photograph a very talented musician, Charles Nathaniel in Malaysia last year. He had a fantastic collection of guitars and I wanted to feature it but decided that it would be too distracting. I wanted to concentrate on Charles, to get the right mood and capture his emotion. Whenever I photograph [...]