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November 6, 2010. Philea Resort & Spa,
Melaka, Bridal Fair 2010 Photography Contest. It was drizzling. The evening sky was gloomy. Lighting was poor as the sky was overcast at 6 p.m. It was my first time photographing bridal models or any human models. Tips from a Muar photographer were helpful. These were "focus on the eyes" and "eye contact" to get a lively and sharp picture. "Shout 'hello' just before you click to get the model's attention and her eye contact," he advised me. I didn't dare to shout "hello" before clicking. I waited for the eye contact to happen by chance and there were 3 below. One photographer shouted "Marina," and the model turned her head in his direction. I learnt about the tricks of the trade in Malacca. I did not submit any photo for the Contest which had the theme of "Highlight of the beauty environment and exciting premises together with beautiful model as bridal" as I had no good pictures of 4MB. To satisfy the theme, a close-up of the bridal models would not  qualify.
It would need to show the environment and premises of the Resort and the
best picture I had was that of the bridal couple directed by the
photographers to stand at the edge of the pool. I captured this picture as
I was moving away to take pictures of other models up the hill. I quickly
snapped this scene. To me, it had an excellent composition, action
of the pro-active photographer risking his camera to command the hard
working bridal couple to take a risk on the rocky pebbles which are meant
to discourage people walking on them. The lone photographer faced the
bridal couple, reminding me of the famous Tiananmen Square Protests of
1989 photo of a man facing the army tanks, as in:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989. You can see that the photographer near the model was a pro-active type. The one in orange T-shirt ventured out a bit to risk his camera falling into the pool with him should he slip and fall. The others (hidden in the right) preferred not to take risk and stayed on firm ground. This picture shows the beautiful pool and the cascading waterfall features of Philea Resort and Spa and the bridal model. It might be on the final list to win a prize, in my opinion. Maybe not. One has to be hands-on to learn a new trade as reading all the photography magazines will not be sufficient as to go to be battle-tested. Below are some of my favourite pictures for my readers. |
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eye contact and smile
without any shouting for
attention |
 focus
on the bride's eyes and click on eye contact |
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 Bridal
Fair models in the ballroom
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 failing
to focus on the lady's eyes when
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