The unique and premium style of group photography for the British International School‘s new term for music, sports and leadership teams continues. These are all strobe-lit and ambience-balanced shots, particularly tailored to the high demands and standards of the British International School. They were taken between Nov 2017 and May 2018.
It’s been two years since I last undertook the Sports and Music group photography of the British International School of Kuala Lumpur. Back then, I had very limited time for the group photography. Two years later, the shooting schedule has been streamlined somewhat, many thanks to all the necessary experience, preparation and logistical arrangements that went into this year’s shoot.
Working alongside one assistant, we cycled through the many groups of students over a two and a half days shoot. The locations for the group photography varied between the theatre, library, secondary gym and the astro turf. It was a tough schedule but we managed to pull it off successfully.
The brief was simple. Anything, but the usual style of group photos. The poses have to be dynamic, energetic, fluid and interesting, with a play at shapes and forms of the highly diverse line up of students. I only had about from as little as 10-15 minutes (small group) to 25-40 minutes (larger group) to pose the students.
Of course, working with older students were much easier than with the younger ones. Nevertheless, given a firm stance and slight tone of seriousness to command respect in view of the interest of time often helped put us back on track. But overall, I was very pleased with all of the co-operative students.
I was engaged as the official photographer to document the launch of GoGolf Programme at the Mines Resort and Golf Club. GoGolf is a programme launched by the Malaysian Golf Association (MGA) to promote golf locally with a focused dedication to reach out to a new generation of young golfers. Apart from photography, I was also responsible to supply the event organiser with a videographer.
It’s been two years since I last photographed the British International School to produce a set of high quality images to be used for their marketing purposes. The last photo shoot was undertaken with a focus on the secondary school. This round calls for a focus on the primary and pre-school levels.
This photo shoot with the help of an assistant was done in one day. I used a mixture of ambient-only and off-camera speed light flashes. The mode of operation was a simple observe, coax, mould and glide from scene to scene as discreetly as possible. Strangely, it’s easy to bring a camera into a child’s personal space without them feeling awkward. Thus, it’s been a pleasure capturing all the candid expressions seen here.
Listed here below are some samples of the shots taken.
I was privileged to be offered an insight into the MICHELIN Pilot Sport Experience event that took place in Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia (SIC). This unique ‘once-in-a-lifetime- event’ lasted the entire day since early morning and ran for more than a month.
Instructed by professional instructors, MICHELIN Pilot Sport Experience participants from all over the world get to drive real racing cars (Formula 4, Rally and Touring cars) in various stations setup around SIC before finishing the day with a hot-lap in exceptional cars (Formula Le Mans and Lamborghini GT3 2014). Participants were afforded the opportunity to live like race car drivers for a day. In the course of this exhilarating and immersive experience, they discovered why the Michelin brand is trusted by world-class drivers as racing teams consider it their key ingredient to their wins!
