Destination Wedding & Portrait Photographer | Sabah

Family Portraits : Jude + Fanny + Co

I had a wonderful time with Jude, Fanny and the Gang. I really like to photograph children, you can never tell what pose they gonna do next. Who would've thought that kids can be so cooperative, when I was a young kid I know I can't..haha. We started the shoot with a touch of green and of course, creativity and Fun poses are coming naturally from our Stars Jobb, Ethel and Eli. We ended Their 10th Wedding Anniversary shoot with our very own Classical Sunset.

Are you ready?

Experience the Light and Technique from a member of (Wedding and Portrait Photographer International) WPPI, JoJ Yong. You have the Inspiration but not getting the shot, Now is the time to unveil the secret, Are You Ready?

Workshop Venue : Jofanna Bridal Studio

You'll Learn,
- Back to Basics ( Shutter Speed, Aperture, ISO, White Balance)
- What is the Right Exposure
- Build Up Composition
- Working With Lights (Available, Video and Flash)
- Fun Posing Technique

You'll need,
- Digital SLR
- Note Book and Pen for Take Home messages.
- Open Mind

Fees,
- Limited to 15 Participants
- RM 150 for early Bird
- RM 180 for later than 30th November 2009

NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION,
Option,
- In-Studio Registration
- Bank-In to George Yong Maybank ( 1601-4881-7452)
send us a copy of your Transaction slip.

For more info,
Email us at : jofdu@yahoo.com

Here's a sneak peek of what we going to learn, Rainer came to our studio for Sabah Bloggers Gathering 2009 Photoshoot. For those followed my Blog, I always use Movies as part of my Inspirations. See how we craft the Light and Shadow Portraits

We set up 1 diffused flash as a Main Light on the Upper Right to create a Soft Light to illuminate Rainer's Half face. Another lesser power Diffused flash on Rainer's left serves as the Fill Light and Finish up with a Non-diffused Flash slightly behind Rainer's Back to create a highlight separating the background.

Here's another example of crafting portraiture with Light and shadow, Left Image: We are using 1 diffused flash as the main light and Non-diffused Flash as the Back Light. This is Split Lighting Portraiture which you might have seen it in the Movie Twilight. Right Image, We're using 2 diffused flash on Rainer's Left and Right to create this mood. What you see here, is called the art of strobing. You'll get a chance to witness many types of technique in manipulating different types of Lights. Are You Ready?

Wedding : Darell + Anicia

This is my first Dim Sum Lunch Reception, Right after D + A had their Wedding Ceremony in Kota Kinabalu Chinese Chambers we head to Promenade for a nice Dim Sum. D + A residing in Australia take the opportunity to return Malaysia to tie the knot. After the Lunch reception, We then had their portraits done in the same chinese restaurant, talk about creative Brain Juice.

Photography By : JoJ Yong assisted by Alvin Ting
Hair and Make-Up : Yek Wei Yii
Wedding Gown By : Jofanna Bridal

E - Session : Tony + Debra

T + D another one of my fewest Man Utd and many Ranau couple, We spent the whole shoot in of Sabah's finest resort Nexus Karambunai. We use almost every corner of the resort, we can't help it the Built-structures are just too irresistible. We shot their Wedding in Ranau recently, The people there are just Beautiful and Warm, will talk more about it on their coming Wedding post. Here's our fave from their Pre Wedding Shoot,

Photography By : JoJ Yong assisted by Alvin Y

Hair and Make Up By : Gwen Wong

Wedding and Evening Gown : Jofanna Bridal

Life is Beautiful

I thank God, for the most beautiful moment of our lives. We learned that obstacles and challenges in life are not entirely miserable. Sure, The World is getting tougher, the Pace is getting faster and Competition is getting bigger. Despite enduring on all these not so pleasant acts, We realize something or rather someone Beautiful about to enter our small lives. Back and forth We fought, We hold and We Pray, Lil' One.. you could never imagine how strong your mother is, The Support and Prayers from everyone here guided you to our World. Therefor, Welcome.

Day 2 in Hospital.

Day 3, Home at last.

E - Session : David + Valerie

Being a destination photographer is great nowadays, The Cyber World makes communication knows no boundaries, and the competitive Airline promotion gives the opportunity for couple and photographer to-get-together. As technology evolves for us photographer, it also creates a string for two individuals to become one. D + V, pull the string from Sabah to Sarawak in today's post.

Some told me that, It's not a good idea to shoot in the afternoon due to heavy shadow overcast. For me, shooting in the afternoon gives you a great bounce soft light and it also gives you the chance to create an image that almost noise-less. You'll notice one of the Sunset shot, appears to have a bright sun in the background. I've overheard people suggest that it's a wallpaper or Copy-Paste. Allow me to share with you how it's done, It's 5:30pm local time, I set my Aperture to large F number this creates the long ray from the sun and fired with two Flash guns on my right to illuminate the couple. Hope that helps on your next sunset shoot.

Photography By : JoJ Yong assisted by Alvin Y

Hair and Make-Up By : Gwen Wong

Wedding and Evening Gown By : Jofanna Bridal

E - Session : Arthur + Debby

First of allow me to post some shout out, to a Good Friend Dr Jayaram Menon for getting his long overdue "Datukship", second I would like to Congratulate a Friend and an Industry Colleague Louis Pang for his launching of Wedshooter.TV It is a great channel dedicated for Wedding and Portrait Photographer. On to today's Post.

We would like to Thank Imperial International Hotel for giving us such great opportunity to photograph A + D. Arthur came to us and wanted a RockStar Profile Portraits, I love the idea! A with his Bass guitar and me with my Flash guns. Strobing open up my mind and makes me think, It's like constructing a building but in my case, I have to place the lights in perfect order and with just enough power to create a creative shot. Strobing equipments that I use for A + D profile shots are couple of SoftBox and 2 Flash guns, be extra careful Strobing can be addictive. Here's our Fave,