Off The Mark http://markong.com/blog Photography. Travel. Food. Life. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:14:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 markonghttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with Live.com Nikki http://markong.com/blog/2010/07/nikki/ http://markong.com/blog/2010/07/nikki/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:08:17 +0000 Mark http://markong.com/blog/?p=582 Guys, meet Nikki. She’s a singer, stage actress, make up artist, and a model – the complete package. If she looked familiar to you, that’s because she looks so much like her big sister, Carla Guevara-Laforteza, who stars in various plays including Avenue Q.

She came to the studio packed with a truck load of clothes, makeup, shoes and accessories – all ready for the day’s shoot. Of course, we didn’t disappoint her.

What I love about Nikki is how she projects herself – with attitude and confidence. See her photos to see what I mean.

The exceptional make up was done by Sophie Uy. Visit her blog and say hi to her.

As for the lighting for above beauty shots, we used two 600W Profoto studio strobes with large soft boxes to achieve a very soft lighting that flatters the features of the model – the main light was positioned on model’s right, and the fill was on model’s left.

For the glamour shots below, I went Strobist and used a single flash gun for a more dramatic lighting. I also attached a white shoot through umbrella to soften the originally hard light.

The setup: Vivitar 285HV, wireless flash triggers, 36″ white shoot through umbrella, light stand

It’s too bad she didn’t had a chance to sample us with a song number. Maybe next time. :)


]]> http://markong.com/blog/2010/07/nikki/feed/ 0 A Fun Sunday Shoot http://markong.com/blog/2010/07/a-fun-sunday-shoot/ http://markong.com/blog/2010/07/a-fun-sunday-shoot/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:12:03 +0000 Mark http://markong.com/blog/?p=570 The last time I had a proper shoot was way back September of last year. I have been very busy with my day job that I choose to spend the little free time I had resting, unwinding and working some more. In other words, I miss photo shoots. I have been struggling to regain the little photography mojo I had back then – due to lack of practice – so when my friend, Raymund, suggested an impromptu photo shoot last Sunday, I gladly obliged.

Luckily, my beloved Sophie was also available to be our make up artist. That was the first time she did makeup for the group after her 6-month advanced make up course in Singapore. She was practically missing in action for most of our shoots last year, so it was very refreshing to work with her again.

The boys (sans Patrick) met up at Noel’s new studio at Forbeswood Heights in Fort Bonifacio for a fun shoot. We we’re joined by three gorgeous ladies to model for us that day.

Nikki Guevara

Charisma Ayson

and

Christine Riley

Stay tuned for more pictures.

It’s glad to know I still have my photography mojo, however little that is. :)


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Cable car mechanism.


]]> http://markong.com/blog/2010/03/the-descent/feed/ 0 The Path to Fuji http://markong.com/blog/2010/03/the-path-to-fuji/ http://markong.com/blog/2010/03/the-path-to-fuji/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:31:58 +0000 Mark http://markong.com/blog/?p=538

Another view from Hakone.


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Some park in Tokyo included in our City Tour Itinerary.


]]> http://markong.com/blog/2010/03/reflection/feed/ 0 Shinjuku at Dusk http://markong.com/blog/2010/03/shinjuku-at-dusk/ http://markong.com/blog/2010/03/shinjuku-at-dusk/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:14:42 +0000 Mark http://markong.com/blog/?p=534

Shot from an overpass.


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Ferry ride to Hakone.


]]> http://markong.com/blog/2010/03/all-aboard/feed/ 0 Fuji from afar http://markong.com/blog/2010/03/fuji-from-afar/ http://markong.com/blog/2010/03/fuji-from-afar/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:11:22 +0000 Mark http://markong.com/blog/?p=529

A view from Hakone.


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Shot above the Ueno Overpass, Ueno, Tokyo.


]]> http://markong.com/blog/2010/03/the-city-life/feed/ 0 Looking Up http://markong.com/blog/2010/03/looking-up/ http://markong.com/blog/2010/03/looking-up/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:24:06 +0000 Mark http://markong.com/blog/?p=521

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. Shinjuku, Tokyo.


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