Emilia: Super.Model.She.

There is a new reality show coming to Singapore. It's called SUPERMODELME.tv and will be broadcast exclusively over the Internet at http://supermodelme.tv/ from 16 June 2009. 10 models. 10 weeks. 2 models representing Singapore. 1 Emilia.

Since the first time I shot her 1 year ago, Emilia has grown to be a better model. She is begining to forge her unique style, look and poise.

Join her facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Emilia_smm/91311182810

More photos at my flickr set. http://www.flickr.com/photos/chestertan/sets/72157619327159838/

Sherine and David: The Fateful Maternity Session

Sherine, my office colleague, is destined to get her maternity photos taken.

Somewhere in Februrary, she enquired about maternity photography, and I responded, afterwhich I did not hear from her again. Then in late April, I checked with her again and she told me she had been busy with her new home and preparation for the arrival of the baby. Plus, she was resting at home because of her swollen legs condition. So I recommended doing the photoshoot at her new house, on 10 May, for about 2 hours.

2 days before the shoot, I found out that the Audi Photo Competition judging session was to be held on the same day, and so I had to cut short the shoot to an hour. Initially, Sherine wanted to postpone the shoot, but eventually she agreed to do the shoot in 1 hour.

She gave birth to Megan the very next day.

Sherine and David are a fun couple and so they wanted to have fun photos instead of the artistic sensual kind. It also makes shooting fun and spontaneous. I also love shooting in simple houses, good thing they have some plain-colour walls (white, yellow, and dark blue), enough to set up my portable strobes.

My unofficial rates for maternity/newborn photography is $120 for first-hour session on-location inclusive 10 high-res processed images. $60 for additional hour, $10 per additional high-res processed image. Unprocessed images will be returned in small-res (about 1000 pixels on the long side). I prefer not to shoot in a studio because it's rather stifling. Doing at your own house is so much more cosy and convenient with all the maternity and baby stuffs. All I need is a decent piece of plain wall for some of the shots and we can use the house decor for the rest of the shots.

The Singapore Blog Awards

I've been blogging for years (started with a CMS-based site http://portal.chester.sg/ then later this blog), but I always miss out on this award thingie. This morning, I started an MSN conversation with Zoe (she told me she was on TNP article) and she mentioned about the hype one of the nominees had created for the past week. When I visited the awards site, I realised that today is the last day of nomination. Before I knew it, Zoe nominated me for the Photo Category.

And so I submitted for 2 categories: Best Photography Blog and Best Insightful Blog.

After today's closing, the judges will select 10 blogs for each category, afterwhich it's open for public voting (30%) and professional judging (70%). If I'm in the next phase, you'll hear about it right here.

Visit http://sgblogawards.omy.sg/ for the latest updates!

Lunchtime Double-time

One of the first photos taken with my LG Viewty Smart GC900 at the Photo Blogger event on Wed. The white balance was pretty aggressive. The place was lit with warm lighting but the shot turned out well-adjusted. 

Yesterday, I went for lunch near my office and recorded my 10-minute walk to a food court in "fast motion" mode into 2 minutes, using the Viewty Smart GC900.

You will hear more commentary from me once the phone is officially launched. For now, it's just sharing of images and videos as is created from the phone direct, no third-party apps adjustment except the built-in phone functions.

City drive

Posted from my test phone

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The above post was published directly from my test phone. The image was taken with the test phone, edited using the test phone, and uploaded to a default mobile blog. Then I "claimed" the mobile blog and updated the link to enable all mobile posts to appear on my current blog.

The LG "Life is Viewty-ful" Photo Blogger Campaign

I was one of the 10 bloggers chosen to get my hands on the LG Viewty Smart LG-GC900 in Singapore. This camera phone was already announced officially by LG on 20 April but never been available as a production set in this part of the world. Until today.

I won't (and can't) say much (due to NDA) except that for the next 7 days I will be taking lots of photos with this device and show the world what the Viewty Smart with Schneider Kreuznach F2.8 lens is capable of.

Christine Tan

Christine and I was first acquainted almost 4 years ago. We discussed about doing a shoot but never materialised. Over the years, Christine has perfected that winning smile and is been featured in numerous print ads and magazines. Last month, Christine contacted me for a photo session, and this time, we found time for each other.