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I am please to announced that I am running “Shoot Like a Pro”, a one-day creative lighting & portraiture workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Penang & Kota Kinabalu. This is the first time I am bringing this workshop out of Borneo and I am excited about it. Here are the dates:

Penang – 17 May 2009
Kuala Lumpur – 23 May 2009
Kota Kinabalu – 20 June 2009

This workshop will feature:
* Creating professional portraits
* Mastering your on-camera metering system
* Creative flash techniques
* Using a combination of available, flash and tungsten lights
* Professional posing techniques
* 6 practical exercises for every participant with hands-on supervision & instruction
* individual time with models
* 2 LIVE on-location shoots

LIMITED to 25 participants only

Normal price: RM750
Early bird: RM650 (KL & Penang before May 4 | KK before May 31)
Group of 2 or more: RM650 per person

I will be sharing my latest experience working with multiple remote flash using the latest Radiopopper PX system and ideas I’ve gathered from being on the road in US & Australia for 5 weeks. Register today!

Catch a glimpse of what we did at the Kota Kinabalu workshop

A Countryman E6 is replacing this Britney Spear-ish mic.

Sharon Er…model #1…you are a pleasure to work with.

Vanessa…model #2…another darling to photograph. Future models will have big shoes to fill in.

She is just beautiful.

Weighing 200 pounds at this corner of the hall, is REUELLLLLLLLLL!

Example of how to setup a group shot.

Then we went into three different groups to practice. Everyone gets plenty of chances to photograph the models one-on-one.

Ellis with another group. Reuel likes flexing his muscles. Do modern chicks dig that?

Posing and photographing Sharon with available light.

Available + artificial light (kicker light from behind). A very simple shot. Yet the simplest shots can be the hardest to execute.

Then I took the class out on two inspiration shoots where the entire class get to see how I work.

Lit by a simple billboard on the left, I created this shot of Vanessa.

Same setup, a different shot with Sharon.

Now I like getting the most out of a good spot…another shot.

Then out to the Waterfront to capture Kota Kinabalu’s amazing sunset.

When I construct a shot, I do it step by step. First I expose for the background.

Then I add in TTL flash & viola! Lighting changes everything.

This shot is lit with a single video light.

Then we gathered a bunch of tea lights for the next two pictures. Lowel ID light is used as a kicker light to illuminate Vanessa’s hair, separating her from the pitch black background.

From the most mundane places, these two shots were created. They were completely unplanned.