Happy birthday Samaara

I had a great time at this birthday event for a client whom I had known for more than a decade; once again he has contacted me to do a shoot for his 2nd child's birthday.

The place was set in an Indian restaurant called Jewel of India which is actually well tucked in a building beside Mustafa Centre.  Personally I had not been to this place and it's a pretty beautiful restaurant indeed.

Here are some shots taken at this event.  Once again, happy birthday Samaara!

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Updates

I've just became a part time webmaster as I had to finetune some items in my blog so that things will look relevant now.

Also , updates are available now in my portfolio here:  http://cyrusshutter.wix.com/quarto.  Just go to "Blog" and you can see the latest updates.

Meanwhile, do stay tuned for more updates!

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Food Photography - First Milestone

I decided to do some cooking and have the journey of food photography to be done on a minimalist set-up basis.  For the moment, these are still what I would address as the local, Asian cuisine mixed with variety of simple preparation.

Do stay tuned for more of this genre of my works but here's a couple of samples.

I can be found on Instagram here too: @cyrusshutter

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Food Photography trail

Got a word that my self-cooked and photographed fried rice resembles Japanese fried rice when it actually isn't on my Instagram.  This is what I've been doing when I am not wielding my Big Daddy for shoots.

Been on a series of mini food photography personal projects hence I've not written much for the past 'season' (if that's a right word fit).  Let's hope this pulls off to something good.

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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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