SPACEUTM - Malacca Aug 11-13, 2009

The workshop went smoothly, thanks to all the partipants and Ms Fida from SPACEUTM for making it a wonderful event!

From left: Halid, Faris, Shah, Razman, Rohimin, Akbar, Md. Som, Razie, Lotfi, Nana, Isabella, Afiq, Fida, Shahrizan, Fadli (Lee), Saifulkamal, Yusof, Nazar, Yusak and Noorsham.

Photos taken by the participants have been compiled into a slideshow; there were too many good ones!

Basic to Intermediate - July 26, 2009

There were 3 participants for this session; Ameran, Jamal and Rafi. Rafi came all the way from Batu Pahat to attend this course! By the looks of it, all of them love portraiture...it shows in their photos! And they were all using kit lens ONLY! You guys rock!


Sofea..the model

That's Ameran in blue..shot by Rafi


The three guys coordinating a shoot


That's Jamal...

Ameran's shots:


A nice capture via blind shoot!


Nice and clean background..

A simple tilt and voila!


Reflector was used here to fill-in the shadows





Jamal's version:

Nice close-up..



Good exposure reading..




Rafi's shots:

On camera bounced flash done right!





Natural daylight technique..

Basic to Intermediate - July 25, 2009

This time around, we had 2 very enthusiastic participants i.e. Yulie and Jusri. And what a coincidence, both were using the latest D90 from Nikon! The model for this session was Shera, Ekin's (of Mawi) sister!
At one point, both were so enthusiastic that they never took a break from shooting Shera til 6.30pm and even then I had to literally "pull" Shera away from them! Hahaha...! It was a wonderful session!



Jusri setting the camera menus

Yulie concentrating hard!

Shera shot by Yulie, Shera and Yulie shot by Jusri and all being shot by me!

A creative way to hold the reflector by Yulie!

The following are from Yulie...

Balancing fill-in with daylight done correctly...background is not over-exposed




Taken with a reflector to fill-in shadow areas




Another fill-in flash technique


And these are shot by Jusri:

Good composition


A gold reflector was used here to add warmth


Good control of exposure

Bhg. Teknologi Pendidikan - Ministry of Education Malaysia

The session was held in Marang, Terengganu on 6 - 9 April, 2009 at BTPN Terengganu. The workshop went very well and we made many new friends! Special thanks to Pn Narimah and En. Mohamad for making it happen , En Abdul Salam, En. Amiruddin and Tn Hj. Mat for the great hospitality, En. Faiz for your assistance, Ms Dora and Ms Ain for the model shoot session, and to all participants who were very cooperative and very enthusiastic about photography!!
The freestyle outdoor practical was done at Pasar Payang, the Night Photography was done at Mesjid Kristal and CLS shoot was at the grounds of BTPN itself.






Faiz, my assistant


Class photo...
Sitting from left: Pn. Narimah, Noorsham, En. Abd.Salam, En. Faiz, En. Mohamad
Standing Mid-row, from left: Pn. Shikin, En. Azman, En. Awang, En. Abdullah, En. Zaid, En. Azwan, En. Amiruddin, En. Naza, En. Mohd. Amir, En. Hashim and Pn. Ros
Standing Back-row, from left: En. Hisham, Tn. Hj. Mat, En. Fariz, En. Azlil, En. Ezwandi, En. Omar, En. Fidzrus (Looi), En. Mohd. Mohsan, En. Ismail and En. Salleh






The following are photos taken by the participants. There were many other photos that deserve a mention, but these are definitely a cut above. No adjustments were applied, only resized for web.

Nikon CLS in action...shot by Azlil (model- San)


Creative /Abstract...shot by Sham


Another one by Sham


Creative shot by En. Omar


Panning done right...shot by Naza


Nicely executed night shot by En. Mohamad


Excellent street portraiture by Shikin


I like this! Good metering...shot by Fariz


Another CLS in action, look at the rim lighting on model's right shoulder/ arm...shot by Looi (model- Shikin)


Nice composition....shot by En. Awang (model - Ms Dora)


Excellent timing to capture at dusk...shot by En. Zaid


A nice shot by En. Sham (model - Ms Ain)


Low angle works here...shot by Fariz (model - Looi)


Sunny f/16 rule! Works everytime....shot by En. Abdullah


Perspectives in play....shot by Azlil


Good capture of a seller in her environment....shot by San