Last weekend I was invited by my friends to join them on a street portraiture in Kuala Lumpur (KL). It was set on late morning and he only hired the model for 2 hours. Initially I didn’t expect much from the shoot, as KL would be packed with cars and people everywhere and not to mention the harsh late morning sun light.
So, we started off with light breakfast at and while waiting for the model arrival, I tested out my “new toy” which is a new 360-camera. Quickly pull it out and took a 360 selfie in the restaurant just to test out the dynamic range… gotta say, I’m quite impressed. Here’s the 360 selfie below.
The Photographers (Me -> Sebester -> Enbony -> Amy -> Beely)
As the Jamie (the model) arrived, we wasted no time and started our shoot around the jam-packed-famous-tourist location called Kwai Chai Hong 鬼仔巷 in Lorong Panggung. As it was packed with tourists, we had to get Jamie to queue alongside them tourists, to pose for us. Nonetheless, I manage to get a few shots from there.
Very often people always ask if I shoot portrait on a broad daylight, do I use off camera flash (OCF) technique? Well, the answer is always a BIG YES! Why a big yes? Let’s take a look at the side-by-side comparison below to find out the answer. Both of the photos below are SOOC (straight out of camera).
Now you know the advantage of using OCF? Very obvious isn’t it? 🙂
On this street shoot, I was using the Godox AD-200 + AK-R1 light modifier (with CTO gel). This type of OCF was simple enough to use as most of my shots are set on 0 TTL settings… which means I don’t have to worry about power output by the flash as everything is automated. Convenient indeed.
Soon after, we roamed around nearby streets to quickly finish off the shoot. 2 hours of fun shoot can pass so fast… just like a blink of the eye. Below are more shots of Jamie.
