A Creative Collaboration with: Models Katrina McCloy Alisha Fitzpatrick Vijay Prema Makeup by Lisa Hosted by Evoke Studio Pyrotechnics by Vijay Prema BTS Videography by Vijay Prema and Vincent Chik BTS Stills and logistics by Don Chin and Vincent Chik One day I was sick at home and watching BTS videos of other photographers. Then I came across Benjamin
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Photography Inspiration from Google Images
Lately I’ve been getting lots of inspiration from Google Images for my creative work and stumbled across a neat feature that’s worth sharing!! Google recognizes that you’re looking for photography inspiration if you type in “photography ideas“. And it organises them by category for you. And if you’re looking for ideas in a particular
Getting Creative with Fire and Gels
Flash gels are pieces of coloured transparent plastic film that you can place in front of a strobe or external flash to change the colour of light being emitted. In our last post post about fire photography, we described the setup for photographing fire. In preparation for our creative shoot next week, we had a
The Best Camera is the one you have with you
You know they say “The best camera is the one you have with you”. Today I Googled myself. You should try it. You’d be surprised at how much of a trail you leave on the Interwebs. In my case, it was positively refreshing to see my photographic work listed on Google, including a picture of
A Photographer and his mate get hold of corn flour. What happens next goes up in flames.
In preparation for our Dark Angel creative shoot, Vijay and I practised creating and photographing flames in the courtyard. Safety measures were taken with fire extinguishes in place and the experiment done on hard brick, away from any flammable hazards. Here’s how it was done. Tape the funnel to one end of the hose and
Free Lighting Diagram Tool for Photographers
I have been looking for a tool to improve the very loosely sketched up lighting diagram for my Dark Angel shoot and stumbled across the Online Lighting Diagram Creator Before: After: Elements can be added and dragged around easily. My only gripe is you can’t add your own assets
A Beginner’s Guide to Post-Processing
Last night a friend asked if I could recommend some post-processing software. She’s been taking great photos with the Sony NEX-5 and was curious about my workflow. So I thought I’d go above-and-beyond merely recommending software, and explaining abit about post-processing in general. What is post-processing? Post-processing is the process by which a photograph gets
Elevating Dark Angel
A Casting Call in Epic Photography Lately I’ve been following Benjamin Von Wong and getting sparked up (notice the pun as you’ll see later :)) with ideas for a new concept. Von Wong is known for his “Epic” imagery which are products of a good vision combined with exceptional lighting, and of course a large budget
Reliving the Corbans Estate Hip Hop Shoot
What better way to kick-start a new blog by pulling out some old photos? I’d just gotten hold of an orbis ring flash, Vijay wanted to dispose of daytime fireworks, a few photographer friends wanted to get creative, so we pulled this baby out of the bag. This was a collaboration between photographers Rory Laubscher