Keed Hanafi contacted me a few weeks ago about wanting to update his portfolio, after a few smses and phone calls later (which took about 2 weeks, we’re both busy lerrr), Hanafi shows up at the Office aka Barebone Studio lah.

The simple lighting set-up…

Not seen, the main light which is the softbox which erm, positioned directly overhead. Don;t have them studio strobes? Don’t despair lah, you can substitute them with your small, portable strobe/flash. 2 at the back for key/hairlight and another small portable strobe shoot thru an umbrella. Easy. You too can do it. By the the way, that piece of velvet is my first backdrop, now more than 10 years old. Damn value for money lah I must tell you

So, how lah the image turns out?

Well, it look like this lah…

Keed Hanafi is just getting all warmed up for the session. The gloves, is model’s own.

..now here’s Keed Hanafi all ready to rumble (err.. that’s a ‘pro wrestling’ term innit? *LOL*)

..yea, I noticed the BCG injection scar too (that’s how to identify us Malaysian, no?), but I leave it as it is lah.

I always advised people who come to my Office (aka ‘Barebone Studio’, if you dontch know already…) for a portfolio shoot to vary their images. Erm, what I mean lah? Well, most modelling agencies (I gonna use that term loosely, heck, I might be writing a post or two about the bane of signing up with modelling agencies and such, but that post later lah, as of now, I wanna finish this post and go home ady, looooong day shooting earlier lah (cannot show pic yet, ada publishing embargo maaahhh) wanna see a variety of poses and angles so they (and oso their potential ‘Clients’) can gauge/see how people actually look like in many types of outfit and er, poses.

So heres Keed Hanafi looking a wee bit different lah…

but this one arr, has got to be my fav lah…

For a mere RM599.00, you too can have a set of portfolio shots like this (or any other theme that you have in mind, I would love to work together creatively with you). And some more ahhh, you can always sez that ‘I was shot by Ted Adnan!’ (call/text me @ 012-231 5654 or e-mail to: tedadnan@gmail.com for further details) whoah hahahahahahahahahah

P.S. Don’t ya reckon at some angle Keed Hanafi look like Mr Rosyam Nor?

Allo Allo people, once in a while, nay, that’s a lie, I actually got quite a few ‘interesting’ questions about choice of focal length and such from people either thru the Innernet (via forums private messaging services, YM and MSN, and via e-mails) or thru some TT (teh tarik drinking sessions) sessions that I attend from time to time lah. Since most of the question are in Bahasa Melayu, I’m going to repost an ‘article’ that I wrote in response to an Question that was posted in a forum sometimes back.

So here goes lah:

Perbezaan Telephoto Vs Telezoom

Beza:

telezoom boleh ditukarkan sudut pemandangannyer hanya dengan memulaskan bahagian lens yang boleh dipulas. Contohyer, jikalau digunakan telezoom 70-200, dari kedudukan awal @ 70mili sudut pemandangannya boleh ditarik lebih ‘DEKAT’ pabila diubah jarak fokal telezoom itu pada 200mili. Jarak fokal yang ada:
80-200mili
70-200mili
70-300mili
200-400mili
35-350mili
dan bermacham macham jarak fokal yang pelik-pelik lagik.

telephoto (biasanyer mana-mana lensa yang jarak fokalnya 70mili dan ke atas di panggil lensa telephoto) HANYA satu jarak fokalnya. Jarak fokal yang ada:

short tele:
85mili
90mili

macro tele:
100mili

long telephoto
135mili
200mili
300mili

supertelephoto:
400mili
500mili
600mili
1200mili

perbezaan dari segi kualiti:
telezoom apatur kecil f3.5~5.6
- ringan, lens element rendah sikit kualiti, murah, sharpness dan contrast kurang (Photoshop boleh ejas, tarak hal punyer)
- resale value kurang

telezoom apatur besar f2.8
- berat, lens element lebih, sharpness dan contrast lebih tinggi (Photoshop boleh ejas kasi kurang sharp dan low contrast gak, tarak hal punyer)
- resale value tinggi, kecuali kalau dah rendam dalam air laut dan Coca~Cola hahahahaha

Sedikit contoh lens telephoto:

Yang ‘pendek’ tu telephoto mirror lens jarak fokal 500mili dan yang disebelah kanan tu telephoto Nikkor jarak fokal 500mili jugak!

Apasal saiz lain ya? *garuk kapla sikit*

telephoto mirror lens menggunakan prinsip pembalikan cahaya melalui, apa lagik, cermin dalaman untuk membalik-balikkan cahaya sebelum sampai ke sensor/filem didalam kamera. Khasiat dia: lensa lebih ‘pendek’ dan lagik ringan. Tapi tak sharp langsung! Background kalu ada highlights akan jadi berbentuk kuih donut, bulat dan ada lubang ditengah-tengahnyer.

tapi tang sharpness tuh Photoshop boleh ejas lah sikit sikit tarak hal punyer…

Ni lak, lens 135mm in action. F1.8, bukaan paling besar di dalam kelas fokal length nih, Sony ajer ada (mahal gilerrrr)…

Tapi biasanyer,kalau mau angkat itu telephoto apatur besar, carik 300mili f2.8, lagi versatile, tak panjang sangat, tak pendek sangat.

500mili berat giler, nak pakai musti kena ada monopod nak kasi sokong kalau tak sakit pinggang beb!

135mili kekadang tak cukup panjang…

Paling kiri D2Xs sama 300mili f dua titik lapan, tengah tuh Sony Alpha A700 sama 300 mili f dua titik lapan dan kiri tuh Canon 1D apakebenda ntah f dua titik lapan gak.

Apasal aku cakap 300mili tu versatile? Kalau taruk teleconverter 2x dah jadik sama panjang jarak fokal dia seperti telephoto 600mm f/4 tapi lagik murah lah!

Tapikan, 300mili pun kena ada support jugak, ni gambar geng-geng tembak burung punya set-up… (itu flash extender, menatang kat flash tuh, tujuannya adalah untuk melempar cahaya supaya ‘pergi’ lagi jauh, sesuai dengan jarak fokal telephoto yang digunakan.

Tapi kan, pada pendapat aku, telezoom apatur besar f dua titik lapan paling best-lah dan semua orang patut ada, macham kawan baik aki nu si Ariffin the HDR dewd haa…

Saiznya yang kecik, tak berapa berat dan apatur f dua titik lapan tu tolong banyak untuk fotografi di dalam cahaya kelam.

Tapi kan, kekadang, bila 300mili f dua titik lapan diletak 2x teleconverter…

..jarak fokal 600mili tuh jadik panjang sangat, si jurufoto kena reverse sampai masuk semak macham ni ha……

…whoah hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Assalamualaikum, Allo Allo, Hola, Salut, Greetings and Salutation to all

My apologies for the gap in post, there was some gap in between post as well in the past but that was due to my heavy workflow (hence the ad for Assistant elsewhere on this site). This time, the gap is due to me being at the Rainforest World Music Fest 2008 in Sarawak Cultural Village, Borneo.

Muddy feet during the rain-blessed RainforestWorld Music Festival 2008

This is my 3rd time attending the music festival, and I planned to attend it in the years to come. You’re welcome to join me in my future trips to Sarawak. (Oh, before I forget lah kan, I might be visiting Sarawak middle of next year for the Gawai Festival, and most probably, I gonna stay in the long house deep in the Sarawak interiors, most probably the trip will be organised by the Kelab Fotografi Kenyalang based in Kuching, Sarawak. I shall keep you updated lah nanti)

I don’t play any musical instruments, or even sing (someone told me years ago I should stick to my day job, that was in my days doing Accounts which is a few lifetime and many, many years ago… *LOL*), but I read somewhere, some fine art photographer elsewhere supposedly sez lah that the closest equivalent to photography is music, and IMHO, I quite agree.

P.S. I’m writing this post from a  new ‘lodge’ lobby in located on the Main Bazaar, Kuching Waterfront, Sarawak. Will post more photos and stories when I get back to the Office aka Barebone Studio lah