The Siaw Family | Family Portrait

The Siaw Family Portrait | Scott Goh Photography

Presenting the Siaw Family |Family Portrait in Adelaide. Fun and wonderful family session.

 

This family portrait assignment ends Scott Goh Photography 2012 chapter. Members of the Siaw family arrived in the morning of this photo session after long hours of flight. I really appreciate the effort in photographying on the same day.

 

As I have known Vincent and Karmen for years, when I was approached by Karmen about the family portrait, I was very delighted. Festive session is round the corner and I wish the Siaw family enjoy their stay here in Adelaide.

 

Family portrait is often part of a wedding photography session. In this session, here's the equipment that I used. Well, I bought my Canon EF 100L f/2.8 IS USM along but was in the bag all the time.

 

Camera bodies: Canon 5D2, 5D3

Lenses: Canon EF 70-200L f/2.8 IS USM II, Canon EF 35L f/1.4 USM

Lighting: Canon 600EX-RT x2, Canon ST-E3 x2

 

Later, from Facebook, I realised that the birthday of the Dad is coming soon. Happy Birthday to Daddy Siaw.

Family portrait session is often a subset of a full day wedding photograhy. Here in Adelaide, for a wedding I always take family portraits during the bridal preperation (bride and groom) and mostly after the ceremony where the bride and the groom are together with their families.

If you are looking for a family portrait photographer, do consider our service. We travel because we love travelling!

Scott Goh |Adelaide Wedding Photography

    

Warren + Emma | Adelaide Wedding Photography

Congratulations to Warren and Emma | Adelaide Wedding Photography Thank you for choosing Scott Goh Photography | Adelaide Wedding Photography as your wedding photographers. Photos can also be seen in our Facebook page via this link.

The weather on the wedding day was perfect, at about 20deg. The Wednesday before the wedding, it managed to reach 40deg. Cleverly planned wedding and understanding that the weather might be hot, Warren and Emma got a Cooler Box "Eskie" filled up with the essentials ie beer, cold drinks and snacks for the whole bridal portrait session. Excellent idea to keep hydrated and recharged.

The whole bridal party was very easy to work with on the day. They are spontaneous and fun. This makes the photo session relaxing and natural. If you are looking for a DJ with groovy music, do visit DJ/MC: DI Ben. The dance songs were awesome. "Oppa Gangnam style" did make it to the dance floor.

Tips: Finding a parking space near/in Ayer House can be difficult. Arrive early helps to secure a car park.

The wedding suppliers list ... including Scott Goh Photography of course! :)

• Venue: Ayers House, Adelaide

• DJ/MC: DI Ben

• Dress: Sottero + Midgley

• Suit: Ferarri Formal wear

• Flowers: St Agnes Florist

• Cake: Alfresco 2

• Hair/Make-up: Personal Image

• Shoes: Joanne Mercer

• Rings: Bevilles

• Wedding Favours: Reeces Pieces Peanut Butter Cups

• Wedding Cars: Classic Jags

Come join us on Facebook.

If you are looking for a wedding photographer, do consider our service. Although we keep saying that we are Adelaide Wedding Photography, we travel because we love travelling!

Blessing to the new couple. We wish you an enjoyable honeymoon and a happy marriage.

Scott Goh |Adelaide Wedding Photography

Warren and his mates are big fans of basketball teams. Look at their socks.

Here's the Eskie taking it's nap after a long walk.

Scott Goh Photography

(How To) Drag Shutter Speed

During a recent wedding, I was approached by Samara, one of the lovely bridesmaids for a photo with Luke. They were in a dim space outside the reception hall, enjoying some drinks and chats. As always, wanting to achieve a well-lit, sharp image, I turn on my flash unit and fire away I went. Next, Luke asked if I can drag the shutter. Technically, I understand how to drag a shutter and what needs to be done. However, it's the first time someone ever ask me to "drag shutter speed". Being professional, I did attempt a couple of shutter dragged. I took 3 attempts and the best shot came from my first. How do we drag shutter speed? To drag the shutter speed, you need to lower the shutter speed to at least half a second. It would be best to select camera "Manual" mode, dial in the shutter speed, aperature and ISO. With a longer than usual shutter speed, you will get motion blur due to movement of the camera etc. Yes, this motion of lights are what we really want to achieve.

How to keep Luke and Samara sharp when we drag shutter speed? A flash unit is required to "freeze" Luke and Samara while the camera move. 2 options on using flash. They are "First Curtain" and "Rear Curtain/Second Curtain". First curtain is where the flash fires at the start of the shutter opening (freezing of the subject comes before the light movement). Rear curtain is where the flash fires just before the shutter shuts (freezing of the subject comes after the light movement)

Normally, dragging of the shutter speed are used in dances/nightclub photos. Photos with drag shutter are sometimes deemed as light-leaked and poor photography skill as it is associated with blurry images. However, I do love the shutter drag photo of Luke and Samara.

Above: f/6.3, 0.4sec, ISO4000

Above: f/1.4, 1/125, ISO4000

Scott Goh Photography | Drag shutter speed

Canon 1ds, 50mm f/1.2L USM, 200mm f/2.0L IS USM and 400mm f/2.8L IS USM

Today, I just received my new toys. Canon 1ds, 50mm f/1.2L USM, 200mm f/2.0L IS USM and 400mm f/2.8L IS USM. I have intentionally left the word miniature out from the title heading. If these photos are real enough, people will be deceived. However, a closer look at the lenses, you can really tell that's its a miniature copy. I have been waiting for this for nearly 5 weeks. The actual equipment is the dream gears for most sports and wildlife photographers. Wedding photographers don't really need such long lenses. However, I will be putting these toys to test in the future, stay tune! Review: Colours on the white lenses are not as white. Pretty disappointed with the painting on the 400L with the red line painted out of line. Some of the words are really small. Well done on the miniatures. Overall, I can say that it looks pretty real. Its the smallest size I found. Its 1/6 of actual size. It is the most real look alike that I found. Some other miniature that I found have a gap between the lens and the camera body. This is by far the smallest and the best.

It will be better when the 50L is fitted onto the camera, the word "Canon" can be straight. See picture below. Maybe I am too critical on these minor details.

Below, Left to Right: Canon 1ds with 50mm f/1.2L USM, 200mm f/2.0L IS USM and 400mm f/2.8L IS USM

Below: Shows the actual size of the camera in real size compared to a 20cent.

Yes, this is a miniature copy of the original camera and lenses. The 20cent coin is the actual size (It's not a 50cm 20cent coin). I found another seller that sells 1/4 size of the acutal model. It's larger than the above but its twice as expensive. Perhaps, I will purchase that some day too.

Feel free to share this article with friends.