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de75 28-Jan-2007 22:06
very nice gallery!excellent work!
ed18 28-Jan-2007 22:04
excellent work!
kyoung kim photography 04-Jun-2006 05:03
Excellent work!
SHANKARI 24-Apr-2006 05:23
mr wong ur photographs are really very marvellous and beautiful.!!
great expressions and u did not miss a detail...it has a very artistic field...
a word to summerize ur work...
AMAZING!
FROM A CHONG BOONITE!!
Terence Toh 31-Mar-2005 17:13
WOW!! thanks a lot for sharing those tips, they're invaluable!! ...i'm an avid people shooter myself. I love your galleries particularly the Michelle and Chew Ling shoots. Hope to see more great portraiture coming. Peace.
Christophe Baixas 25-Jan-2005 18:12
Thanks for your feedback. This is very valuable !
I hope I will be able to show you my work one of these days on pbase.
All the best for you and keep on doing such a great job, I will keep an eye on your site regularly

Christophe (France)
Wong Jia Wang 31-Dec-2004 10:41
Thanks Christophe, for your kind compliments...
A few things I usually remind myself to do when shooting portraits:
a) focus on the eyes (almost mandatory)
b) be observant to expressions of subject
c) use available light wherever possible
d) use omni-bounce to diffuse light to avoid white-out of faces
e) use bounce-card to produce catch-lights in the eyes of subjects
f) avoid direct flash when possible (I prefer lighting that's less harsh)
g) when possible, I'll get someone to hold a reflector (color of reflector depends on available lighting)
h) if flash appears too harsh, I'll manually step it down on my 550EX
i) use lenses with focal length of at least 50mm... longer focal length lenses makes subjects look more flattering.

Hope these helps... I'll also still exploring more in this area...
Christophe Baixas 30-Dec-2004 10:03
That is a great gallery. Congratulations.
I am myself the new owner of an EOS 20D with the speedlight 550 EX and I am very interested by having more information about the techniques your are using for portrait and models in general.
Could you give us more information on the use of your flash. Do you bounce your flash (I guess so, do you use the program included in the EOS (which one), do you do bracketing, how do you boune your flash (with an assistant, by using a white/yellow panel ?)...
Thanks for your advices and congratulations for your great work !!

Christophe (France)
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