Good Morning Raisa

Finally, I got a chance to finish the first installment of my 3-set shoot a couple of weeks ago. Since I shoot lifestyle and fashion, I had this idea of telling a story of a model's normal working day through a series of photographs. So my idea was to shoot a model in her bedroom starting from waking up very early in the morning, going for a morning jog and then prepare and go for a fashion shoot. In this set, I wanted to share some images of my model Raisa, shot from a bedroom while she was browsing magazines and her laptop computer for some fashion inspiration.

This would not have been possible without my awesome team so I dedicate this post to my friends - Jake, Arnold, Norman, Bel and Jerry. Thanks a lot! You guys rock!!

Model: Raisa
Photographer: Me :)
Assisted By: Arnold and Norman
Styling/Make-up: Bel

* Special thanks to Jerry for shooting the behind the scenes video.

Riverwalk

Just want to share my recent photoshoot with Australian model named Cate by the Singapore river. Mother nature was so great that she gave me a very nice early morning sun. These images were shot using only available/natural light and reflectors.

A Prisoner of Beauty

I shot this Brazilian model about 6 months ago but didn't get a chance to do some post processing since I was too busy back then. Today, I was cleaning up the files in my Mac when I chanced upon the folder where I saved this model's images.

I tried a very simple post processing of just adjusting the levels and curves and did a little bit of sharpening. Since I always shoot RAW, I was able to adjust the white balance and made the skin tone a little bit warmer.

By the way, the same model posed for FHM Singapore sometime in 2008.