What’s Brewing?

Sorry for the long silence. Had been busy clicking away on my camera as well as doing post-processing on many sets of photos lately. Here are sneak peaks of what I’m currently working on…

Be right back!

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ShootFest 001: The Wedding

Hello!

Just a short update. There will be an unconference for photographers & videographers alike coming 6th & 7th May 2009 in Petaling Jaya and I will be one of the volunteers for the event! I will be presenting a photography related topic ”Guidelines to Drafting Your Photography Contract”.

A little about the unconference:

“These are most likely the first 2 questions on your mind. An unconference is an informal gathering of likeminded people with a common interest. It’s a participant-driven conference, meaning everyone must participate in some way or another. We encourage everyone to present a topic or engage in a discussion during the 2-day sessions.

Each ShootFest is a media unconference primarily for photographers and videographers. This first one that is organised is themed The Wedding and is meant for professionals, freelancers and anyone interested in wedding photography and videography.

The benefits of ShootFests are knowledge-sharing, networking and raising the bar for the industry. If you feel you don’t want to share any of your kung-fu, then the unconference is probably not for you. We want to breed improvement for everyone, and need you to share your thoughts too.” For more info, go to http://shootfest.org/

Hope to see you fellow photogs there!

Meanwhile, I’ve been pretty busy with my little Haley as well as catching up on my editing work recently. My mum went home to Sarawak for a week and I was left alone with Haley (with some help from my in-laws) for a whole week. Hence, my editing time has been shorten and since mum is finally back to help me at home with Haley few days back, I’ve been huffing & puffing to catch up on my work! So please bear with this none-posting period for a little while, ya! I will try to blog as soon possible!

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Slideshow – Asther Lau Photography Portfolio: You Are Beautiful

My simple yet “done with much love” portfolio is finally completed! I’ve uploaded it onto my NEW WEBSITE under “GALLERY” but for those with very low internet bandwidth, you’ll find it a little frustrating to load the page. I can’t seem to be able to embed the slideshow in this wordpress blog, so click the photo-link below to get to the (faster loading) HTML page.

Portfolio

 

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Our Wedding Collection (VERY LATE Entry) & Sneak Peaks

Okay okay… I know this is SOOOOOO DUE already! Hahaha… Anyway… Here are the links to our wedding photos taken by our fellow photographer friends.

Kuching Wedding Photos by Alex & Grace Lam (Atelier Ventures)

Kuala Lumpur Dinner Reception by Alex Moi

And blogs about our wedding by Peter Cheong, Alex Moi and Grace Tan.

I’ve finally completed the wedding slideshow series and burnt them in a DVD for each of our dearest family & friends. Will be sending to your doorstep pretty soon!

Meanwhile… I’ve been busy with a friend visiting KL for a whole week as well as taking photos & editing them. Here are a few of them taken recently.

During Derrick & Jennifer’s Wedding. Derrick was darling’s old classmate from Primary School! I only met Derrick during our wedding dinner reception back in December last year and I finally met his wife on the eve of their wedding day! Hahaha… I’m really honored to be given such trust & opportunities during their special day.

This one was my 1st experiment with shadows using my newly purchased pocket torchlight.

Simple Yet Elegant

My first automotive launching event at The Hilton at KL Central. Darling & his colleagues gave me a rare chance to experience their Triton Launch which was only for the media people. They served really yummy snacks!

My closest cousins, Leonard & Claudia wanted to have their personal portraits taken with their work uniforms. Both work for Malaysia Airline. We hung out at Putrajaya for nearly 6 hrs & we had great fun together. Well… They had fun changing clothes & posing for me while I had a blast “directing” them clicking my shutters away. I wasn’t allowed to post their photos with their uniforms so here are a few of them in casual wears.

I just love the sunray penetrating thru the crevices of this massive metal feature. My first succesful attempt of taking photos to capture the rays of the sun at the back of my subject.

Cuz Claudia looks stunning in this new dress which was a gift from her brother, Leonard. 

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Event: Malaysia International Fireworks Competition 2007 l Putrajaya l Malaysia

Been spending time with mummy… Went grocery shopping lots of time cos we just bought a new-bigger fridge as our old one “died” on us recently. Mum’s been cooking a lot too. Not only were we happy eating home cooked food, our friends, MikeT & PeterC been well-fed by mum too!

Brought mum to a few new places too. Putrajaya for the Malaysia International Fireworks Competition nights, the Hibiscus & Orchid Gardens, K.L. Bird Park and Butterfly Park. There were so many other attractions in the Perdana Lake Gardens but we just didn’t have enough time to see all.

Took the opportunity to shoot lots of photos during these visits. I’ve not enough time to go through them yet. However, here are a few of the fireworks.

Team Malaysia

Team Global

Team Australia

Team Japan

Team Australia won the competition. Amazing!

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Event: Grass Racing Autosports – Round 4

Ivan Khong, well-known for his DRIFT skill.

Darling Francis joint the GRA race last month, so I went there 2 hrs after I touched down from Alor Star, back from my Thailand dive trip. My first attempt in car racing photography. These shots were the first few shots I took from the race. I did much better the 2nd half of the day but didn’t have time convert the pics from RAW format yet. Will upload more photos on my website later.

Lots of LOTUS cars in this event.That’s darling Francis having the fun of his life.That’s Mike in his beloved Wira. Yup, Francis used his car to race as well.

I hope to improve my skills in this type of photography in the future. Pretty challenging & requires lots of trial & error.

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