Oliver first taste of "kinda" solid food

It is amazing that time passes before we know it...

Oliver now is more than 5 months old and had a taste of brown rice solid today... he loves it...

He is so cute...

Regards,

Hart

www.tomato.sg

PhotoYou Magazine Front cover...

Hello all,

I was contacted by the magazine when they were planning for the first issue but sadly, I have missed out on first issue of PhotoYou Magazine as featured photographer due to overseas travel assignments.

Anyway, was really thrilled to be featured on second issue (summer issue) of the magazine... there are 8 pages of tips and tricks on how to shoot your precious little newborn on the magazine.

Furthermore, I was shocked and delighted when one of the image that I took was selected for the cover of the magazine.

Special thanks to our client to allow us to use the images for publication, thank you...

So here it is... do grab a copy from major bookstore when they hit the store sometime next month. I will let you ponder on the content of the magazine...

You will also see this advert in Discovery Channel Magazine and Reader's Digest.

Regards,

Hart
www.tomato.sg

Images from recent "Fashion" shoot

I have never really shot a fashion shoot until recently...

It was nearly 6 months ago that I met Hanis Hussey in one of the fair when the whole thing started.

Hanis is former supermodel and considered as one of the major export in Singapore history back in 80's and has appeared in the cover of Time magazine, shot by Russell Wong.

Recently, Hanis and her business partner introduced me to a professional stylist, Jimmy, who is well known in fashion world in Asia. They have known each other for a long time; and with his guidance and mentoring, I have learnt so much in the last few meet ups with them. He is so detail and amazingly fast paced in getting the shots and I was barely keeping up... two thumbs up for the industry pro.

I feel kind of inadequate with the lighting equipment that I have.... I have been shooting 100% natural light for the last 2.5 years so with some of my leftover, older flashes and reflector... and despite all the limitation, under the guidance of Jimmy... the shoot kinda worked out to be very interesting.

Learning so much in the last couple of weeks makes me wonder how much things I still need to learn about photography.

Here is some images that I took of Hanis' business partner's son Alex...

Next is images taken for Hanis' daughter.. Nicole...

And very fortunate today to take some shots of former Miss and Mrs Singapore.... Colleen... (if you wonder, I shoot with available light with home made reflector....)

I am counting my blessings... and can't thank them enough to give me this opportunity to work with professional in this field...

~Thanks~

Interesting day...

Have been flat out for most of March and April..... these two months seem to just pass through in a blink.. no wonder Alex always says "papa go to work" every time I see him.... sad but true isn't it?

Anyway, most part of my days were spent building our new subsidiary company "Bambini Photography www.bambiniphoto.sg" and doing a lot of changes inside "Tomato Photo". So more major changes are coming for Tomato Photo and will reveal when the time is right...

Up until end of last year, we have been very fortunate to work very closely with former supermodel back in 80's as she likes my work so much that she helps me go through a lot of doors which I never thought it even existed. 

My main stay will still be people photography as I love people and photography just a way in channeling my ideas onto canvas.

I am once again being introduced to fashion photography... very interesting and daunting at the same time... being very fortunate to work directly with a very establish fashion stylist who works with big brand like Louis Vuitton, Chanel, etc, etc.... very experienced and knows exactly what he want... It was an eye opener for me to keep up with his expectation. 4 hours of work, 11 images created... interesting...

Learn the trade secret to create hair blowing shots without using a proper wind machine... using very limited resources to create images that pass his stringent QC... There are so much that I can learn...

Will be retouching those 11 images that we created today.... love to see photography from very different perspective... my portrait work is generally unrehearsed and fashion photography is about control.. not exactly the same but what makes it similar is the amount of details that we looked at before each click and most of the time, we know if we got the shot or we missed it.

Really enjoyed myself and learned a lot from people who is willing to take time to share their experiences with me... 

Regards,

Hart