Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Reminiscence of Perth


Reminiscence of PerthI delved into my storage and found this series which was taken in 2009. My first time in Australia, and I was there with my sister and cousins to shoot Raymond's & Mona's pre-wedding photo shoot. Just like all my other travel, we travel a lot, from Perth City to Margaret River to Busselton. Some of these places are just awesome and packed with great scenery. Did I mention the weather was awesome too? Although it could get a little bit too chilly, especially at night.

*The lead photo above shows Busselton Jetty, about 3 hours drive from Perth city.


A small shop tucked away in the lanes of Perth's China town.


Grocery shopping... Yes, you can find Indo-Mie mee goreng and other Asian stuff here in China town.

The night view of Perth from Kings Park.

Autumn...It was the season of falling leaves in Perth.

I found the great Socrates here at the University of Western Australia.


UWA is a very beautiful University with lots of amazing architecture.


Cotteslow beach, one of the most popular beach around.



B.I.T.C.H.



Postcards anyone?

Hungary Jack or better known as Burger King back home. But this was packed with pork bacon! Awesome!


"You will be photographed" I already did!


The amazingly tall trees at Kings Park.


Me and the view of the city of Perth.


Flowers like these are all over Kings Park.




Me and my favourite shades.

Shopping in the City. Mona and Burberry.


This looks like a church or cathedral. I'm not so sure, maybe not, cause I don't see any cross but it's a damn cool building in the middle of the modern City.


Party pills and bongs?


London Court, a shopping arcade in the central business district in Perth.


Hot dogs stall by the road


Another beautiful building in the city.

A park near Burswood Entertainment complex which houses the casino, hotel and nightclubs.

Dust at Burswood.


The spaceship like Swan Bell Tower.

My sister and cousin brother at our hotel.


Cicerello's Landing at Fremantle. The best fish and chips ever!





This thing beeps when your order is done. Please read the instructions for more information. haha...


Seafood platter...Yum yum.

The food were so good and fresh that even the seagulls were dining here.


Having a meal by the sea is always good.


The seaside on the other side of Fremantle.


It was pretty cold and chilling out there but this guy is topless reading by the beach. Cool!




Public toilet.


One of the many Dome cafes here.


This place's roast duck rocks!


Roast ducks...yum yum...


Petrol pump.


Highway stop, fields of wild flowers!



Mona & Raymond going gaga over the yellow wild flowers.


Lovely lady with his lovely dog.




Albany, a very chilly town by the sea.





Albany, famous for its Wind Farm Walk.


The wind was very very strong here...

The wind turbines at the Albany wind farm.


The Torndirrup National Park, famous for its 'Gap' and 'Natural bridge' rock formation.


This is the place they called 'the end of antarctica'. This part of Australia and the Antarctica was separated millions of years ago.


Kungfu fighting!


It's all rocks, rocks and rocks here.






One and only group photo from our Perth trip.


Rainbow can be easily spotted here.










The source of the black angus beef perhaps.

Regretted that I didn't have this frozen coke at McDonald's.


Dog rock.




Kangaroo...have to pay to see this fella. This was something like a petting zoo.


Pretty cool sign for you and your dog.




A tree with sakura look-a-like flowers.



The wine yard in autumn.


Counting sheep...

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Graffito | The Wall of Life


Graffito | The Wall of Life
Model: Nicole, Sherrina, KO;
Lighting Assistant: OnnYee ;
Digital Photographers: Kok Wai & Chee Heng
; Analog Photographers: Eddy Fun, JC Tang

This project turned out to be a big fun, with lots of friends joining in. And it became quite happening and messy halfway through the shoot! We have lighting assistant who turned into photographer and even modeling for the shoot. Then, our other photographers who turned themselves into models.

It was quite an adventure too, we went down the drain, nearly fell into the river, have to shoot under hot streaked sun and showered by drizzles. But at the end, it was all good fun! Thank you everyone!!!


Our first model, ah KO, very cool and full of character. Her name derived from the word 'Knock Out', and I have no idea why :P








Sherrina, the bubbly and sporty one. This one in conjunction with the World Cup 2010!


Skatergirl~


This is Nicole; we tried to make her jump a lot and fling her hair a lot!






Here is one of the photographer Chee Heng, trying to do his best for a jump with his towel~




Clive here, with a good jump!






Our supposedly lighting assistant, Onn Yee who did her fair share of modeling on that day.


Thursday, June 17, 2010

Portraits - Freda Fujiwara


Portraits - Freda Fujiwara
Model: Freda Fujiwara; Photography & Lighting Partner: Clive Loke

This is totally a different from what I had done before. More stylish, more guile to create a style more in-tune with fashion photography shoot. This style really suits Freda, as her personality really exudes a cool and stylish personality.











This is how we work behind the scenes!


Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Smile Again, Kelly


Smile Again, Kelly
Model: Kelly Chow; Team member: Kok Wai & Chee Heng

Another round of portrait session with Kok Wai and Chee Heng. This time we have Kelly with us, and off we ventured into the heart of Putrajaya. It was another rainy day but we were very fortunate that the rain stopped and we could have our shooting accomplished.

Kelly mentioned that she hasn't smile for a long time but this shot of her captured the lighting and her smile almost perfectly. Love this shot the most from the series, hence the title, "Smile Again, Kelly."











Thursday, June 3, 2010

Peh Keong + Kelly | Actual Day Wedding


Peh Keong is another old mate of mine who go a long way back with me, since our primary years if I am not mistaken. We were in the same school and college until he went off for his study in the U.S. It was such a surprise when he dropped me a message in facebook, saying he's coming back to have his wedding banquets and I am to be his wedding photographer. Well, I can't wait to meet his other half; Kelly was such a lovely gal, and they make such a lovely pair!

The lovely couple are now back in Seattle, and I wish them all the best!


Testing, testing for a kissing shot...




















The Michaelian gang!




Every wedding needs this...the Family portraits.