Concept Photoshoot

I was getting kinda bored with the normal makeup style with my weekend modeling shoot, so I requested my wife to do something slightly different but not exaggerated. Something simple to compliment the bone structures of the model. So Rachel came up with the idea to use yellow and black against my ocean blue backdrop and the end result was simple yet effective. Unfortunately, Rachel had to leave after the makeup and so we were stuck with the same makeup against a red backdrop....not pretty. Neways, here are some of my shots that I really liked.

Alvin & Jocelyn Wedding Day

It was a long and tiring weekend for me. Woke up at about 8.30am for a pre wedding shoot for my photographer/buddy till about 4.30pm. And then back home to charge the batteries for an event shoot @ NZ Wheels, Ktn for their launching of the new Merc from 6.30pm till about 10.30pm. Had my dinner at 10.45pm and chatted with my buddies @ Old Town Kopitiam, Star City till about 11.30pm......and then rushed back home again to charge the batteries for a wedding day shoot @ Sg Jerek, Maran at 3.00am. Yup.....3am in the morning for a wedding day shoot. I bet many pro wedding photographers have not done this before. Well....I had. And it was quite an experience.

Though my head was coaxing me to go to sleep during the journey but I managed to get a hold of myself by reminding that this was a job. My clients are paying me for this. Everything ended at about 11.00am. But then I rushed to church for my solo act of praise which I thought had ended half an hour earlier. Neways, I got home at about 2.00pm, took my bath and slept till 7.00pm. Had dinner at 7.30pm and rushed back home to do the slideshow for Alvin's dinner the next day. So.....I had an enjoyable weekend, how about you??? :P

Typo errors.....can be very dangerous!!

A daughter sent a telegram to her father on passing her B.Ed exams, which the father received as "Father, your daughter has been successful in BED."

A husband, while on a business trip to a hill station sent a telegram to his wife "I wish you were here."
The message received by the wife was "I wish you were her.."

A man wanted to celebrate his wife's Birthday by throwing a party. So he ordered a birthday cake. The salesman asked him what message he wanted put on the cake.He thought for a moment and said, put "Getting older but you are getting better".
The salesman asked "How do you want me to put it?"
The man said 'Well...put "You are getting older" at the top and "But you are getting better" at the bottom."
When the cake was unveiled at the party all the guests were aghast at the message on the cake.
It reads "You are getting older at the top, but you are getting better at the bottom"

So.....the moral of these stories are :-

1. Double proof read everything before you send.

2. Don't trust others to write it right for you.

3. Don't order cakes by telephone.

When a woman gets angry.........

Some of you might have seen this circulating thru your daily mails, and some might not. My mrs forwarded this to me, I guess she was giving me the heads up.....lolz. Guys, be extra vigilant and careful when you cheat behind your better half or girlfiends. You wouldn't want this to happen to you :)

Wedding Jobs....

Damn!!! I'm stressed out. I've got so many things to do, so little time to spare. 2 jobs, 2 shifts...sigh

Now, most of you might know that I've recently opened my very own photography studio together with some close buddies of mine here in small lil Kuantan. In the beginning, biz was slow, and we were lost.....no direction. Maklumlah, 1st time jadi businessman. So, we were figuring out on how, what, when, which, why.......and so on so forth to run the business. We have bills to pay man!! I've cracked open my head and part of my brain is hollow, empty, nada....kosong. I've got really no idea. Everything seems so blurrish.

And then I thought, why not revive my blog. And post some of my pictures there. It's a free advert ma......Previously, I was blogging about jokes and stuff. None on photography. Plus my url reads......WUDS IN MY BRAINS!!?? Not professional. Sounded like a 3 year old, whose ice cream was stolen by his sister, and he's stomping the ground screaming at the top of his voice in public, humiliating his parents.

So, I've changed the url to calvinsoophotography. It's still on blogspot coz I'm a "kedekut" person. I'm a portraiture and wedding events photographer, so you will hardly see any landscape shots....or macro for that matter. So, every once in a while, you'll have the chance to see my modelling shoots both indoors and outdoors, some weddings that I took etc etc etc. And my biz is on Facebook. Click here to join us. Needless to say, after reviving this blog...my business have improved tremendously. I have wedding jobs now every month (both local and overseas....Singapore counted overseas or not ar??). I have modelling profile shoot every week. And our studio rentals are packed. So much so, that one of my partners had to resign from his previous employment and is now full time manning the studio.

This, I'd have to thank God and of course.....google!!!!

Cheerio boys and gals.....stay tuned for more of my shoots. Coming up soon.........lingerie shoot with 4 top models. :)

Polin @ Silhouette Studio & Gallery (Set 2)

.....more pictures of Polin at my studio.

Polin @ Silhouette Studio & Gallery

Time does fly.......and it has been a month since we're launched the opening of my studio. Business was kinda slow, due to the monsoon season. Nevertheless, my project till the end of this year is to have as many model profile shoot as I can for next year's preparation. Modeling jobs in Kuantan has been increasing the past few months, so my partners and I decided to have a cut of the cake as well.

This is Polin. She's a freelance model. We called her in for our catwalk during our launch. She's versatile, has endless posing technique, great body and has that arrogant, cocky look which was what I'm looking for in a model. She has been accepting part time modeling jobs around Kuantan and now she's with us on project basis. Enuff of the intro, let's get to the pictures shall we :)

Alan & Cindy's Wedding @ JW Marriott, Kuala Lumpur

Another one of my wedding assignment's....this time round, it was my cousin's, Cindy. I was more than pleased when she called me to be one of her official photographer. We bunked in at Royale Bintang due to the cost (I managed to get the corporate rate *grins*) and the distance to JW Marriott is fairly near. Some might suggest, why not The Grand Millenium Hotel? I'd say....YOU CRAZY AR??? YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE COST IS FOR A NIGHT THERE?? I rest my case.

And now, back from the commercial break. I had a splendid time shooting her wedding. Her bridesmaids were gorgeous not to mention, a sporting lot. And needless to say, the ballroom was spectacular. I did have some issues with my White Balance though. Neways, here are some of my takes and I hope you enjoy going thru them as much as I had enjoyed taking them. Cheers....