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Introducing Shery Lim, author of the book, “There Is Hope”

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Last weekend I had the privilege to shoot Shery Lim who is the author of the recently published book, “There is Hope“. “There is Hope” is how Shery wants people out there who are currently battling cancer to know that there is still hope. Meeting her in person was such a joy and a privilege for me and I was truly blessed by both her and her husband who were so hospitable.

A little background on the shoot is that Asian Beacon needed a cover shot for one of their stories and guess who would be on the cover of the next Asian Beacon magazine?

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Ms. Shery Lim, author of the book “There is Hope“.

Here are some of my favourite shots.

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The boxes signifies the size of her cancer over a short period. God is indeed awesome and amazing. Look how small it shrunk into!

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Of course I can’t resist taking some candid shots.

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Portrait shot without the book.

Just like my previous profile shot, all of these were shot with the Nikon D300 using the 85mm f/1.8 lens and utilizing all available lighting within her home in Puchong.

If I am not wrong, Shery’s book can be purchased at either MPH or Canaanland. Here is the link to purchase this book via Canaanland’s online store. The book costs only RM25.00.

More photos can be found here on my Flickr photostream.

Introducing Shery Lim, author of the book, "There Is Hope"

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Last weekend I had the privilege to shoot Shery Lim who is the author of the recently published book, “There is Hope“. “There is Hope” is how Shery wants people out there who are currently battling cancer to know that there is still hope. Meeting her in person was such a joy and a privilege for me and I was truly blessed by both her and her husband who were so hospitable.

A little background on the shoot is that Asian Beacon needed a cover shot for one of their stories and guess who would be on the cover of the next Asian Beacon magazine?

2530531787 216f3d8f37 Introducing Shery Lim, author of the book, "There Is Hope"

Ms. Shery Lim, author of the book “There is Hope“.

Here are some of my favourite shots.

2530528841 e827278a7c Introducing Shery Lim, author of the book, "There Is Hope"

2530527619 2bacbc07be Introducing Shery Lim, author of the book, "There Is Hope"

The boxes signifies the size of her cancer over a short period. God is indeed awesome and amazing. Look how small it shrunk into!

2530521201 5c2eb4cd50 Introducing Shery Lim, author of the book, "There Is Hope"

Of course I can’t resist taking some candid shots.

2531341028 d405b5fa79 Introducing Shery Lim, author of the book, "There Is Hope"

Portrait shot without the book.

Just like my previous profile shot, all of these were shot with the Nikon D300 using the 85mm f/1.8 lens and utilizing all available lighting within her home in Puchong.

If I am not wrong, Shery’s book can be purchased at either MPH or Canaanland. Here is the link to purchase this book via Canaanland’s online store. The book costs only RM25.00.

More photos can be found here on my Flickr photostream.

Getting back on track (4) – A morning with Jacq, Sofea and Castelle

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Here is the final installation of my “getting back on track” plan. Well it is not really a full blown workshop but more of like a gathering of photographers from the Lowyat.Net forum early on a Sunday morning to learn from one another shooting 3 models. After all of these workshops and outings, I still feel there is much to learn and much more to explore as I feel that I have yet to achieve what I plan to gain. Nevertheless, the learning experience was just incredible.

A group of 15 photographers met up at Taman Tasik Permaisuri (opposite HUKM) together with 3 models and began our shooting at 9.00am. We split into 3 groups and the models went to each of the group so everyone had the chance to shoot all of the models. By noon time everyone was getting tired and weary but it was a healthy bunch, mainly armed with Nikon and Canon cameras.

Here are some of the photos I took over last weekend. Do leave some comments, especially what you think of the photos. Whether I can shoot them better or my post processing was off or the entire picture sucks. Don’t worry, I take criticism (good or bad) positively as I am striving myself to improve.

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To be quite frank, after all of this, I still want to learn more and I have already signed up for two more workshops with Louis Pang. Now that is something I am truly looking forward to and will be paying 200% attention to what he has to teach and be exactly like a sponge and absorb everything. Until then, I got about close to two months before the first one and about 4 months before the second one. Hopefully I would have more jobs between then and be able to afford to get myself a laptop (praying hard for that).

I guess learning is always a lifelong process and I will definitely do my bit to learn as much as I can as well as teach what I have learned to others.

Getting back on track (3) – An afternoon with Nicole

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Sometimes I wondered why I signed up for a workshop which was something I most probably knew everything that was going to be thought. Really, the very first 30-40minutes I was just flabbergastered because I really knew what the trainers were teaching to the rest of the students.

Then it hit me, absolute pride. I began to think again, where was my meekness especially the time when I was down? What happened to that? Just because I took a few “good” photos (note the quotes, “”, at good) doesn’t mean that I am the best? Not really, I am totally far from being called a “good photographer” and ever lightyears away from being called “the best”.

Anyway, the workshop with the trainers (Andrew and Mohd Haidar) over at the Nikonian Academy brought a new light to me. There are far more people with so much more experience that I can learn and absorb from. I need to be a sponge and absorb all of it. There were plenty of tips I picked up along the way and definitely shooting under such bright sunlight was a pain (I realised so many hotspots or overexposed areas on my shots!).

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Part of my homework is to choose the best three but frankly, I haven’t found them yet. I took two which I liked and posted them here but I haven’t found my favourite 3 yet. I need to go back home, sit down in front of my PC and start post processing them.

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Lastly I would like to take the time to thank the trainers, Andrew and Haidar for teaching us the fundamentals of shooting outdoor portaits as well as Nicole who was our model for the day. Thanks so much, an afternoon with you guys made me realise that I have got a lot more to learn.

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