Shot this beauty spread in Raw Studio here in Singapore for Female Malaysia. Had so much fun during this photoshoot while working with make up artist Andrea Claire!
Fujifilm GFX100 Launch
This was before I became an X-photographer and was approached by Fujifilm Singapore to test out their soon-to-be-launched camera, the GFX100. It was an incredible camera and I absolutely loved using it.
Glamour South Africa Editorial
had the wonderful opportunity to shoot this fashion spread for Glamour South Africa back in March while I was in Barcelona. Right before the trip, I did some research and had asked some locals for some location recommendations. There were so many fantastic, beautiful locations in Barcelona that it made it incredibly difficult to decide! I also contacted Barcelona based stylists through Instagram and email to find a team to work with. In my experience when trying to organize a shoot overseas, getting a stylist first is while the most difficult, would make the process of putting together a shoot the easiest. Once you confirm a stylist, they would usually have recommendations of makeup artists and model agencies to work with and their advice is consistently on point. Locals always know best.
With my list of location suggestions, I came up with a few moodboards for Glamour SA and they agreed on a neutral olive toned moodboard shot in Barcelona’s cactus garden, Mossèn Costa i Llobera Gardens. Coming from a country with no such thing as a natural cactus garden, I was thrilled.
We went through a few model compcards and decided on Liza for her very modern look and chic hairstyle. We had to make sure the model we chose fit the moodboard that we had in mind. It's important for everything to go well together.
I was in Barcelona for more than a week this trip and everyday has gorgeous natural sunlight. As you see as a theme when it comes to my photoshoots, I seem to attract cloudy boring weather. It also didn’t help when my stylist mentioned “Oh, it hasn’t been cloudy and rainy for the last 3 months!”. That made me very sad indeed!
However, it is what it is. We couldn’t postpone the shoot as the model was unavailable the next day so we just went ahead and did what we could. Gloomy skies meant really flat lighting so at least I could enhance the light any which way I wanted without having to fight the sun. This was me being as positive thinking as possible.
As for most fashion editorials, I always make sure to shoot in as many interesting angles and compositions I could come up with to keep the story interesting. The above image actually did not make it into the magazine but it's definitely one of my favourite shots from this shoot! The model actually had to strain her neck a little to keep it looking like it was floating naturally above the ground. The things we do for art!
I absolutely love shooting overseas and try and do it whenever I can as it exposes me to new locations and other creatives.
Photographer: Shavonne Wong
Model: Liza Veta (Blow Models)
Makeup: Kristiana Zaula
Stylist: Rox Delgado
Provo Magazine - Tessa Greiner
Once a while, I get to shoot a model who is basically unable to take a bad photo. On those days, I have the easiest job ever. Such was the case when I got to photograph the gorgeous Tessa Grenier!
This was one of those photoshoots that came about from me being bored and wanting to do something creative. Singapore is lovely but not the most inspiring of places but one has to make do.
Living Still below (:
How I Shot This 'Breakthrough' Fashion Campaign
I have been a photographer for many years now, and to be honest, it has not always been fun. No career path is without its ups and downs, and certainly, the creative industry is no different. As a Singaporean photographer, it’s quite an interesting journey.
Sometimes, you just have to take on the bread and butter jobs even if you feel like your soul is dying on the inside. However, just like in every industry there is always that creative and fun job and I was fortunate to get jobs like them. Every now and then an opportunity comes along where you enjoy every bit of it and still get paid. That last part is nuts huh? The best shoot and the best job is one where you feel fulfilled and can truly say that you are being paid to do what you love.
For this shoot for The New Paper, New Look campaign, the concept was "Breakthrough" where the girls literally break through a barrier. We had a paper artist come in during the shoot to arrange the cut for the background. Why you might ask? First of all, he is a professional and perhaps most importantly because I certainly wasn't going to be responsible for ruining the backdrop! Forget doing it myself, just listening to the tear of the backdrop paper was painful for me.
We had two different color backdrops for each image and placed the darker one behind. That way the lighter backdrop gets well lit due to the distance from the source light and the darker one gets even darker. This helped to achieve a bigger contrast between the front and the back backdrops.
Photographer: Shavonne Wong |
Makeup: Cosmoprof Academy |
Model: Mel Kasise, Jean Yong |
Styling: Violet Foo |
Styling Assist: Renee |
Paper Artist: Afiq Pacheco