Basic To Intermediate - June 14, 2009

This time around, I had Syukri and Firdaus as participants. Firdaus came all the way from Kuala Terengganu to attend the class! Two young chaps eager to learn, and learn they did!
Note: All photos presented are shot with kit-lens only.



Syukri - photo by Firdaus


Firdaus - photo by Syukri


Model for the day - Sofea









Photos by Syukri
Tight crop, nicely done!








Photos by Firdaus
Correctly done bounced flash

Slow shutter in action




Reflector as fill, clean background

Basic To Intermediate - May 24, 2009

We had more than a full house this time around, so we decided to have 2 models during the session. Participants were from all over Johor, as far as Pontian and Kota Tinggi! Izam dropped -by to give me a hand during the practicals. Thanks to all ! Had a great time!

Class photo, from left: Hafiz, Ayub, Sadenan, Sofea, Nurrul, Shasha, Wan, Khairul and Noorsham (photo taken by my 11yr old son, Adri)


Model Shasha


Model Sofea


Taken by Wan, utilizing bounced flash technique


Another by Wan using natural daylight with reflector as fill


Wan's different perspective of his foot!


Sadenan's take on natural daylight portraiture


Sadenan's creative use of leading line


Nurrul's good exposure reading renders a good photo here


Nurrul's take on the bounced flash technique works well here


Class in progress


Khairul's good use of light makes this a good portraiture


Khairul's version of the bounced flash technique


Hafiz's effective use of diagonals in the background


Natural daylight as highlight and bounced flash as key by Hafiz. Nice!


Another shot by Hafiz


Ayub's take on the bounced flash technique works nicely here


Fill-in using a reflector to eliminate unwanted shadows..shot by Ayub

Basic to Intermediate - March 22, 2009

Another great weekend with 2 very enthusiatic participants! Donny came all the way from Kluang to participate in this session! And Nani dropped by to help out and join in the fun...Thanks to all for a great session!


The participants..Izaham in green and Donny in purple. (Pic by Nani)


The model...Sofea, always a pleasure to work with!


Donny's take in natural daylight with a reflector


A high angle comp by Donny works here!


Directional bounced flash done quite nicely here by Donny


Another capture with natural daylight + reflector by Donny


Zam's version of the high angle comp


Daylight as key and reflector for fill done nicely by Zam


Zam's use of perspective for added impact


Excellent use of Fill-in flash technique by Zam

Basic to Intermediate - March 14, 2009

Class started off with 2 participants but one had to leave due to camera problems! That was a first for me! So, Zunita had the time of her life..she had my whole attention throughout the session! Lucky her!


The class: Zunita, Shasha and me


The model..Shasha, easy to work with!

Zu trying out on-camera directional bounced flash


Zu's take on Short Lighting using on-camera directional bounced flash. Pretty good!


Mixing bounced flash with ambient light


Another nice capture with the bounced flash technique!

Basic To Intermediate - Feb 21, 2009

My recent class held on Saturday, February 21st, 2009 at the Hutan Bandar, Johor Bahru. It rained heavily in the evening when we were supposed to have a live model practical shoot and the sun was nowhere to be seen! So the natural light portraiture was out of the question...We resorted to a special bounced flash technique for the shoot and I was very impressed with the participants' photos!
Well done! And a big thank you to all ! It was a wonderful session!


The participants, from left: myself, Nani, Rina, Salina, Mira and Izaudin

Rina - the model for this session, a wonderful model to work with!

Izaudin's capture of Rina using the bounced flash technique


Another nice one from Izaudin


I like this one too from Izaudin,- a near CLS rendition!

Mira's excellent shot


Another good one from Mira


Mira nailed it here, too!

Salina's version of the same bounced flash technique


Good lighting, look at the dress details! Photo by Salina


Another nice one from Salina


Good framing and lighting...by Nani


Another good one by Nani


I like how Nani controlled the bounced flash here


Participants' testimonials:

1. Tenaga pengajar yg sangat teliti..modul sangat bertepatan dng apa yg saya inginkan!
2. En. Noorsham tak lokek ilmu..mengajar dgn lenggok bahasa yg mudah difahami.
3. Highly recommended to learn from Noorsham...he is knowledgable and very effective
4. RM 299 is very small compared to the knowledge we learned in this one day class!