3 Minutes was all I had

Hello.

On Saturday, I had the opportunity to do a mini portraiture session with ACCA Malaysia Advisory Committee. The catch was that I only have approximately 3 minutes with each one of them. I had 5 members to be photographed – starting with the President of ACCA Malaysia Advisory Committee.

What can you achieve with only 3 minutes? I had to be quick. I had to rapport with them and make them comfortable with the camera. Plus, I had to think quick too. I did not the same kind of shots for every one of them. And I had to explain what I wanted to achieve with their photos.

The situation reminded me when I was in Louis Pang‘s From Ordinary to Extraordinary workshop where we were put in the room with a model and come up with photos in 3 minutes time. Back then, the rapport with the model had already been established one day earlier and it was easy to communicate with her. But now, 3 minutes with a VIP and I had to gain their trust.

It went smoothly nevertheless. I stuck to my guts feeling and proceed with the shoot. I treated them as if I have already know them. I explain quickly and concisely. I gained their trust.

Datuk Mohd Nasir Ahmad, the CEO of PUNB and the President of ACCA Malaysia Advisory Committee was the first to be photographed. He was so friendly and really really helpful when I asked him to pose for me. We ended up doing two shots. I showed him the photos and he was extremely satisfied with it. We exchanged name card and he ask me to stay in touch.

Next was Mr Abraham Verghese, a member of the Advisory Committee. Another friendly and nice guy. We did one pose with him and he was excited about the photo.

We ventured out of the room since I didn’t want my creativity to be limited by the size of the room. So, we did the next few photos with Dr Ng, Mr Adrian & Mr X (I totally forgotten his name!) outside the room.

Dr Ng love this pose and gave me a pat on the back!

All in all it was an interesting experience. My mind was on alert the whole 15 minutes. I love it when they love the photos. That made the situation was all worth while.

I have to thank Nazir for assisting me with the strobe that day. Without him, this was not possible at all.