Toxic Chemical Substance – Hafiz Ismail is intoxicated with inspiration

Hello.

I can’t sleep and I have to wake up early tomorrow for a 7am assignment. Blame the nap I’d taken this afternoon.

Today was the first day of the corporate shoot in Johor. We started early – only to be stuck in the morning traffic on the way to the location. Anyway, it was a tiring but a fulfilling day.

I want to share one shot that I’d taken today where an impromptu setup had to be done. This was done with two flash gun, SB900 and SB800 – triggered by Pocketwizards. Both was set at 1/4th power with the SB900 zoomed at 200mm (to the guy behind) and the SB800 at 24mm in front. It’s far from perfect but the client was happy with this shot. Although so much can be improved – such as softer light quality from both flashes (using softboxes) and setting the WB on the camera to tungsten with warming gel on both flashes; I guess it’s a learning journey.

But I have to thank Joe Mcnally for inspiring me. I’ve been going through his DVD and blog/website occasionally looking for inspiration and I am intoxicated with inspiration when I see his work. Now, I have tonnes of his photo on my iPhone for reference. Not just him, but tonnes of photos from other photographers that can inspire me!

Tomorrow will be the 2nd day and I am looking forward to it. I am full with ideas and tomorrow will be a perfect day to execute it.