Happy Birthday Jvann - 1st Birthday

Today's the actual day done for a baby's 1st birthday at their home.  A beautiful baby who has just turned one and this small party is held by the parents for their family and close friends & colleagues.

A beautiful decorated cake lays which is always so tempting to taste too!

With the guidance of his parents, Jvann was able to grasp hold of the knife to cut his very first birthday cake.  A very beautiful and yet simple celebration!

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Product Photography for small items

Did a few product photography recently for a blogshop which deals with clothing, electronics and some gift items.

It was relatively manageable under controlled lighting conditions so there, I manged to run through it quickly.

Some shots are up for viewing.  More can be found in my portfolio: http://cyrusshutter.wix.com/product

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Martial Arts: Makoto Aikido

I had the opportunity to shoot at this school, Makoto Aikido which training was situated in a quiet town of Cassia.  The school shared the same place as the Singapore Judo Federation which was one of those older buildings which you don't find many around Singapore.

Considering the studentship size, I have to move cautiously so as not to be hit by the students who were practicing their sparring.  A foreign instructor, Simon Puffett was in and was leading the training today.

First half of the lessons were bare hands sparring while the second half were covered with the used of the ken.

Certainly an eye-opener for me as the art was to neutralise rather than an offensive art compared to several martial arts out there.  They ended with their celebration as that day happened to be their anniversary.

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On-Location Bridal Theme: Teti

Today we have a master who was willing to bring us on-location for the training; since it was raining; I decided to take the wheel to get everyone to the venue.

Zamrud was the master who came with his assistant, Yarzid, and taught us the basis of guidance.  For myself, it was a re-sharpening of the skills that I had adopted and practiced all these while.

Weather was a little drizzly but we decided to do the shoot in the heart of Little India anyway.  Our model, Teti was very accomodating and we were able to achieve the shots well.

There after, we did a post-shoot review with some simple tips from Zamrud at City Square before we split up and called it a day.

Not alot of perfect shots but here's a couple:

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On Location - Yukata Theme

Linked up via Zech for this on-location shoot, we are doing an on-location shoot on a Saturday afternoon. Weather looks safe for an outdoor shoot this evening.

Since the new flats are built up, we had to take a detour route to get to the exact location; it's quite a short walk fortunately.  Though the weather was tuned down, it was locked at the cooler climate.

Location selected and we decided to shoot in the "lily among the thorns" area, namely, the long grassy area before moving to the famous red bridge.  By the time our shoot was done, the sky light had fallen to darkness so it was time to move off.

Some extracts taken from the shoot:

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A camera-less day

"What would I do with my phone?" was the first thing that flashed my mind on such a day where my usual camera isn't within my reach.

Of course I have not forgotten that my phone has a camera.  So with a decent app, and some creative juice popped in, here I go on Instagram with my first Black and White series via a mobile device.

For those who have and like to see photos on the move, here's where you can find me on Instagram:

https://twitter.com/cyrusshutter

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Studio bridal shoot at Nishka Events

Thanks to Jeny of Nishka Events and Edmund, we have got this opportunity to do a shoot at a studio setup.  Being an on-location photographer, I have always been shooting outdoors where external light factors play a factor.

Shooting under controlled lighting environment makes everything all so different as I know exactly where the light source is coming from.  From the past experiences in portraiture, I have once again an opportunity to shoot under a full personal choreography with Edmund's guidance.

Jeny has been so hospitable, Nikayla being such a great model and the magical strokes under the hands of Jolin as the MUA.

Here are some extracts of the shoot:

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