DP | @ekhoophotography

Let there be light. And there was light! A one day seminar at Shangri-La KL was packed full with a large group of people already lined up waiting to get into the ballroom. I mean, this is the Shang, with excellent finger food, coffee, tea and all that and people rather just line up to be the first into the room? Anyways, the day started with a short introduction with Louis Pang showing guerrilla lighting techniques for wedding photographers.

More fun was the "krumping" by volunteers and Joe McNally himself as the "father" of the "bride", Evon. The only letdown was that we didn't get to see the shots from Louis' shoot of the krumping. We got cool stuff in our goodie bags and finally snagged my World Tour DVD!

Joe was funny, humble, instructive, approachable, direct, simple, profound and all that thrown in. He doesn't hide a thing, shoots openly for all to see. His thought process laid-bare. The way he approach the subject, the lights, the step-by-step build up, was just inspiring. Joe started with a single speedlight and built up using reflectors, diffusers, multiple speedlights, EzyBoxes, Octas and more. The gear alone was staggering but the information and stuff he showed were all more important. After all, there'll be newer bodies, newer lenses and newer flashes but light is light. If you can see "light" and you can direct it, control it, bend it, beat the heck out of it, you'd be good to go! I think I need one of those paint pole thingies and an EzyBox, and more speedlights!

And here are some shots of the day...

Of course I have to have a shot of us and the Guru of Lights... and of course, he signed both my books! Awesome!

From Ordinary to Extraordinary Workshop...

There's nothing ordinary about Louis' workshop. From technical skills to people skills, Louis' heart, passion, love and energy is at such a high level that it will leave you so charged up that the next time you hold your camera to your eye, you'll still hear his voice! You not only see how the maestro works but more importantly, there's no secrets and Louis really opens up all his experience, knowledge and skill for you to tap. You'll find out soon enough that love and passion count more than f-stops and shutter speeds! Probably the only money you spend on Photography that will not lose value!

It's Hot in here!

Didn't quite work out

Much better

How does this light work?

Open fire!

Day 1 (or rather, night session till 10pm!)

Well, it's kind of strange that for the first time, I'm sitting down at my PC, going through photos on Bridge, Working it over with Photoshop and compiling a PhotoBook. Nothing out of the ordinary that you can tell except that the photos are all mine. Not mine as in photographed by me, but all the photos are all about me and my precious darling. Just feels slightly odd though.