Hi sir were #1 and #3 taken on the same bed? I assume it is since the setting looks similar. I was just wondering how you achieved that Hi Key effect, did you wait till the came up/put the umbrella behind the curtains? Or you took #1 at night, which is unlikely.
Uh and also good idea removing the television! It did look a bit distracting, did you carry it? or clone stamp it away?
Hi munkey don't call me sir leh! u ask this question i ve to dig bck my old files to check what i did in PP sia. all shots of mandy are taken in the morning. the natural lighting condition for both shots are same. what i think happen is like this. in the first shot i fired my off camera flash and coz i used a rather big umbrella, it illuminated the curtain as well. seems to me this cancelled out all the natural lighting ( as in how i see the room lighting with my eyes). the 2nd shot i shot without flash, so can see the bit of sunlight through the curtains. nevertheless, as i ve said, both shots are heavily DI. i m not sure if the 3rd shot can be considered Hi-Key, but it s acheived thro post processing.
i m sure the masters here would know how to achieve it with real lighting. but i m not sure if expensive lighting equipments would be required.
u know, actually i don't like to disect the images like this

once i start talking abt how i PP, i feel that the illusion is gone. people start looking at what is real what is digital. since i m doing emotive portraits here, the idea is not to show off how good my DI is, but to establish a connection with the viewer. that s why right in the start i make it a point for my DI to be as invisible as possible, even though i may fall a lil short in some of the images.
haha, u arent the first who commented on the tv, i did considered quite a while about leaving it in the 3rd shot. maybe it really isnt doing good to the image. my rationale bck then was to balanced the bright mirror on the opp side. and i ve been wanting to have glowing tv screens in this series. however most of the shots didnt work out well.
Thanks for the question munkey! hope it helps : ) hopefully one day i will learn how to do it with real lighting haha!
i think is a nice series
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thanks thanks soeypixels! hope u enjoy it!
Thanks rIdBrEaKeRkId! my heartfelt thanks to the gals too!
it is a small hotel in chinatown area, Royal Peacock. i used EOS400D, 30 mm sigma EX, 10-22 Canon wide angle (special thanks to my friend ZJ for lending me!), 430EX speedlite off camera with shoot through umbrella (for some shots).
please don't say that, i am still learning myself, there are lotsa experienced photogs here who served as way better inspiration : )
GREAT lighting! :bigeyes: GREAT pictures !
Thanks for sharing !
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haha uncle tung, no lah, it s not like some super duper secret techniques haha! all cheapo equipments haha!
Very nice photos!! :thumbsup:
Mandy is so lovely as always!
thanks lynnie, nice meeting u at the wedding again after all this while : ) yup yup both girls are wonderful! i m so pleased with them : )
cinematic feel too :thumbsup::thumbsup:
hey thanks thanks sprintist! i like your photos and DI too! the cinematic desaturated tones and colors are really nice : )