Hello.
The tiredness from all the post processing and corporate work that I was doing since Monday made me decide to take it easy this weekend. I needed to jumpstart my creative juices back after a week of client-focused work. So I announced to Facebook on Saturday morning that I was looking forward to some outdoor portraiture with any interested parties.
Tapai messaged me on FB. He was interested so we met up at 4.15 at WOW. I know Tapai from all the way back during our Degree days in Multimedia University. We were on the SRC back then. Of course we stay in touch every now and then with gatherings and meet ups.
Tapai (or his real name – Tuan Faisal) is very active in theater. He has starrred in many plays and is quite passionate about it. He blogs at tapaitapai.blogspot.com.
So the session was more about experimenting with One Light. I needed to refresh all my knowledge on off-camera lighting and posing a model.
We headed down to an abandoned factory to do some rugged shots. We spent about an hour there and I had fun with the experiment.
Later we headed to top of a hill for sunset shots. Unfortunately the sunset was not that great; but nevertheless I had great shots when we were there.
We came back to WOW for a studio session – as Tapai needed couple of profile shots for his portfolio. I did some experimentation too.
We wrapped up at 9pm. It was a great impromptu session and I managed to jumpstart my creative juices – ready for the Wedding Photography assignments onslaught later in the coming months.
What I have learned?
1. I constantly need to jumpstart my creative juices by creating fun shooting opportunities for myself. Too much time for other people but no time for me is not good.
2. I need a videographer to video me while working. It would be a great tool for me to review myself at work. And of course, the videos can be used for this blog too.
This weekend is all about having fun. So, I am having another session tomorrow (Sunday) with Nazir.
Have a great weekend y’all!
by Hafiz Ismail
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