This is part of my written entries about the Canon EOS Youth Ambassador 2017 programme. To read more from this please click on the 'CANON EYA' tag on the left bar of this website :) To get updates on the next batch for this programme, please follow the Canon official instagram and facebook page.
One of the most memorable sessions through the Canon EOS Youth Ambassador program was our portrait and lighting workshop with Mr Chai Kok Leong at the City of Elmina. We went into the day with absolutely no idea of the craziness that we were in for hahaha. Early that morning saw us all gathered in front of a Semi D. Upon going in, we realised it was a showroom with various studio set-ups in the landing, and a whole array of lenses on the kitchen counter!
Kicking off the day, Mr CKL shared with us the various aspects of portraiture photography, and the 3 types of lighting settings: natural, artificial and a combination of both. I genuinely appreciate his classes as they are quite technical and detail orientated. We were taught how to cast lighting balance for models, how to pose them, how to configure the framing of the subject and take care of our cropping. It’s the most fundamental aspect of photography, before you get into the crazy conceptuals, that you need to train and understand the quality and standards of a well crafted photo. After his presentation, we were given our task of the day: to divide into groups and take photos of the invited models with three different sets of lighting. There was already a studio area prepped upstairs, and all the equipment were at our disposal. The catch was that we had to take the photos within the span of 25 minutes at each station. Ok, here’s the thing: tasks like this sounds so easy on paper, but when you’re actually gathered in a tightly-spaced showroom with about 30+ plus people (including models, Canon facilitators etc) all straining to get the ultimate shot within a limited time, it can get hectic! Our models of the day were fixed at the various stations, and were so kind to accommodate us. I rarely work with models (my forte is landscape and tiny people, as you may know hehe) so I had a great time learning how to direct, find the right angles, concept, lighting, and coordinate with my team. We all pitched in and picked up various roles throughout the day. I won't lie, it was a little nerve-wrecking to run around a house to capture a well configured photo. At the end of the 2 hours we were given time to do some light editing before printing them out on the Canon Pixma Pro-100. Our main critique for our submissions was that our model's composition were a little cut off (Jennifer’s palm and fingers were obstructed by various blanket and curtains haha) , and we had a couple of background distractions. Our lighting could’ve also been refined. I knew that sometimes photography happens under stressful environments, and this gave us quite a taste for that pressure and brought us into the deep end. I genuinely hope one day I could properly dive in to studio lighting photography - it's a good skill to have. Here are the photos from our session at Elmina. They're far from perfect, but my favourite has to be our team shot with Jennifer hehe).
One of the most memorable sessions through the Canon EOS Youth Ambassador program was our portrait and lighting workshop with Mr Chai Kok Leong at the City of Elmina. We went into the day with absolutely no idea of the craziness that we were in for hahaha. Early that morning saw us all gathered in front of a Semi D. Upon going in, we realised it was a showroom with various studio set-ups in the landing, and a whole array of lenses on the kitchen counter!
Kicking off the day, Mr CKL shared with us the various aspects of portraiture photography, and the 3 types of lighting settings: natural, artificial and a combination of both. I genuinely appreciate his classes as they are quite technical and detail orientated. We were taught how to cast lighting balance for models, how to pose them, how to configure the framing of the subject and take care of our cropping. It’s the most fundamental aspect of photography, before you get into the crazy conceptuals, that you need to train and understand the quality and standards of a well crafted photo. After his presentation, we were given our task of the day: to divide into groups and take photos of the invited models with three different sets of lighting. There was already a studio area prepped upstairs, and all the equipment were at our disposal. The catch was that we had to take the photos within the span of 25 minutes at each station. Ok, here’s the thing: tasks like this sounds so easy on paper, but when you’re actually gathered in a tightly-spaced showroom with about 30+ plus people (including models, Canon facilitators etc) all straining to get the ultimate shot within a limited time, it can get hectic! Our models of the day were fixed at the various stations, and were so kind to accommodate us. I rarely work with models (my forte is landscape and tiny people, as you may know hehe) so I had a great time learning how to direct, find the right angles, concept, lighting, and coordinate with my team. We all pitched in and picked up various roles throughout the day. I won't lie, it was a little nerve-wrecking to run around a house to capture a well configured photo. At the end of the 2 hours we were given time to do some light editing before printing them out on the Canon Pixma Pro-100. Our main critique for our submissions was that our model's composition were a little cut off (Jennifer’s palm and fingers were obstructed by various blanket and curtains haha) , and we had a couple of background distractions. Our lighting could’ve also been refined. I knew that sometimes photography happens under stressful environments, and this gave us quite a taste for that pressure and brought us into the deep end. I genuinely hope one day I could properly dive in to studio lighting photography - it's a good skill to have. Here are the photos from our session at Elmina. They're far from perfect, but my favourite has to be our team shot with Jennifer hehe).
Combination lighting using LED and natural backlight.
Natural lighting.
Artificial (Studio) lighting using softbox.
Group photo.
Thank you Jennifer, Yien Yii, Elsa ad Ezekiel for the day! Mr Chai Kok Leong is a Canon Ambassador and a photographer for DeMomentZ studio DeMomentZ
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