Model Shoot: Chantel Ng - Part 2

[Witness]

lighting wise...being there ...i would say tt for the first shot its good...coz tts wat i was intended for....

i can stand testimonal to tt...the lightin setup u would never be able to guess...

for the rest of the shots...she moved....so too bad lo
hahaha

cheers..

 

[purplephoenix]

Thought someone swore not to come back to cs? :sweatsm:

 

[Zeckson Chow]

Thanks guys. I have received good and bad comments on this series. For those whom had given good comments on this, thanks. This is officially my 2nd studio shoot and is my 1st planned shoot in a studio. A lot of things are new to me and I was like experimenting with lightings and angle in all my 3 series.

For those who think that I am taking rubbish here, thanks for all the pointers you have given me. I will look into these pointers and keep them in mind and will try to avoid them in my next shoot. I do have many ideas in mind, just waiting to conceptualize and execute them correctly. For those whom may be interested in doing shoots with me, can let me know. We can draft out something together when opportunities come.

I'll leave the pictures here for further comments. Perhaps I can learn much more. I don't dare to say I am good already but nevertheless, I will continue to improve on them. I believe that with a good positive attitude and preseverance, I will take my photographs to a higher level.

Please continue to support me by giving valuable and constructive comments. Thanks guys.

 

[Deadpoet]

So after the hot dancing babe in the clubs, let's take a look at another side of this babe, more subtle this time... Trying to present a morning girl just woke up from her sensuous bed...

Theme: Sexy White
Photograph by: Zeckson
Art Direction by: Zeckson
Stylist: Faith
Make-up by: Faith
Lighting by: Darrel

Picture 1:

Picture 2:

Picture 3:

Picture 4:

Thank you for your viewership and comments.

... and where is the bed if you want to show a girl waking upin the morning? you have an idea or concept, that is great, but must adapt and change as a result of constraints ... in this case, time and $$$. So DONT shoot a girl waking up in the morning! Under the theme and concept yououtlined, this failed miserably.

However, I have to give it to you, you have improved faster than most I met ... but as A.A had pointed out so succinctly, you are getting into a situation ... many knives, none sharp! Avoid it!

 

[ParkertR]

zec, number one is the best u could bump up contrast a bit too or burn the edges a tad bit! very very good!!!!

 

[ParkertR]

you did this lighting ? i think you should fire yourself...

i second that - shadows like these unacceptable for studio portraits.... the background also how come partly washed out...

 

[nyxx88]

Without looking at the theme, I would say #1 works best. Like many have pointed out, the overall makeup/hair does not go with the theme. Otherwise, it is a decent portrait shot & softening the focus would help .

 

[IcyMary]

whahaha I didn't know Art direction was done by you wor... hmm..:think:

 

[melissafaith]

whahaha I didn't know Art direction was done by you wor... hmm..:think:

Audrey Hepburn?

 

[IcyMary]

I actually ask my make-up artist to tone down on the make-up. I wanted to portray a girl whom just woke up from her bed, feeling sexy. Girls don't have make-up on their faces when they woke up. But for the sake of the shoot, I apply some lor...

hmm.. I thought that was THE IDEA that I suggested about for this theme and we discussed? hmm.. Remeber?
Maybe you didn't but then.. I remember we dont hv any discussion on "not using" this make up idea. I only remember you mention that I am doing all your ART Direction and so you leave everything to me. I did it in purpose to use heavy makeup to contrast with the pure white enviroment.. Not Just to have only a bed room morning.

And by the where the theme name is not "SEXY WHITE"!! my god... you are pissing me..
Please don't make my concept sounds like PORN! Pls STOP bullshitting people here.
Even for the clubby and Red sensation! Idea and Art direction wasn't from you! Pls Be HOnest when you post!
GOSH! Maybe I shdn't join this forum and read what you had written!

Below is the PS version i did. This is roughly the mood I am looking for..

 

[melissafaith]

hmm.. I thought that was THE IDEA that I suggested about for this theme and we discussed? hmm.. Remeber?
Maybe you didn't but then.. I remember we dont hv any discussion on "not using" this make up idea. I only remember you mention that I am doing all your ART Direction and so you leave everything to me. I did it in purpose to use heavy makeup to contrast with the pure white enviroment.. Not Just to have only a bed room morning.

And by the where the theme name is not "SEXY WHITE"!! my god... you are pissing me..
Please don't make my concept sounds like PORN! Pls STOP bullshitting people here.
Even for the clubby and Red sensation! Idea and Art direction wasn't from you! Pls Be HOnest when you post!
GOSH! Maybe I shdn't join this forum and read what you had written!

Below is the PS version i did. This is roughly the mood I am looking for..

Hey, stop being rude. U're getting too over worked up. U could have just take this into a private conversation with zec than spill it all out here esp when it's such a small matter. Just get him to change the attribution of the Art Direction la! It takes just two hands to type it out and less than one minute...

 

[Witness]

erhm....honestly .... art direction should be the one who came up with the artistic concept..... and then the one who went to setup the scene and talk to the model about it..... tt's art direction.....

honestly i also cannot remember who did it tt day....too sleepy hahaha...

cheers...

 

[Castlesinthesky]

Audrey Hepburn?

:bsmilie: :bsmilie: :bsmilie: , must disturb you hahaha


Faith, i was one of the shooters as well...and i only posted up the 1st series. be a little bit more fair to Zeckson, i think when he meant art direction, he meant the posing, not the theme.

 

[IcyMary]

Hey, stop being rude. U're getting too over worked up. U could have just take this into a private conversation with zec than spill it all out here esp when it's such a small matter. Just get him to change the attribution of the Art Direction la! It takes just two hands to type it out and less than one minute...

Rude? well.. maybe your work is not being stolen before. Try asking any creative worker who take pride in their work.. If your work is being stolen in such way.
Taking people's work and post it online as your own and then stand at the opposite to blame your team mate when someone else comments about the concept which yourself agreed on.

Now who is rude here?

 

[melissafaith]

Zec, advice from person who doesn't shoot but comments on portraits: close this thread. Gotta do this for the first time... Mods, +1 here...

 

[GENO]

Rude? well.. maybe your work is not being stolen before. Try asking any creative worker who take pride in their work.. If your work is being stolen in such way.
Taking people's work and post it online as your own and then stand at the opposite to blame your team mate when someone else comments about the concept which yourself agreed on.

Now who is rude here?

relax... PM ZC ...to discuss...

ZC : told u dont write so long !
:nono:

 

[Zeckson Chow]

Wow! Such commotion! Hey hey... Relax relax... Faith, there is a misunderstanding here. Somewhere there must be a misinterpretation. Now, I can clarify this misunderstanding with you privately and for those whom have stood up for me. I do not wish to take this on publicly. There are many people in this forums who enjoys reading such commotion and joke about it in other threads.

We are all friends here. Please do not let this spoil our friendship. I will close the thread and take down all the pictures for the sake of clarification. I am not working in a creative environment so my understanding of art direction may be different from what your understanding of it. Not to be rude, I will change all art direction to your name. Let's take it off from this forum and talk, shall we?

 

[Zeckson Chow]

I forgot to include this in my threads. Moderators, please keep this here for a while. I have closed all my threads on Chantel pictures and will be removing them for clarification purposes. Involved parties, please take this on privately. Do not make a scene here in the forum.

For those who have been reading the thread, enjoying it and have been commenting on other threads, please stop and show some respect to the people involved. All I can say is that you are not involved in the actual shoot so you will not know what has been communicated. And please stop speculating.

Thanks.