My buddy OS Low holds my Godoz TT600 which is inside a Lumiquest softbox powered by 4AA batteries.
A big part of the fun in taking portraits on location is finding a location that you recognize as promising and full of possibilities.
This time while I was still in Penang, OS Low, Johnny Lee and I took a drive to a sleepy neighborhood by the sea called Damar Permatang Laut in the southern tip of Penang Island where the runway for Penang International Airport ends.
Rohaya Roy and her husband by their motorcycle. On the right is my buddy OS Low holding my Godox speed light which has a 1/4 color temp orange gel inside a Lumiquest Softbox
As the ‘director’ of course you could work one or two ways:
Have a concept or idea of how your subject will be dressed then find a location to match it.
Find a location then hope you stumble across someone who is willing to be your subject making the most of what you ‘find’.
Since I was on vacation without much gear, I had to work with the 2nd approach. Find a scenic spot and hope for the best as far as finding a suitable subject.
This post was originally published late last year but I’m republishing it because my earlier blog crashed.
It’s been slightly over a year since Rapid Penang bus service made it’s debut–July 31st 2007.
During its first 3 days of service, passengers rode for free.
That was serendipitous for me. I was home in Penang for a visit.
Since I wanted to visit the Kek Lok Si Temple at the end of Paya Terubong town, and I didn’t know the street so well anymore, we gave the bus a try.
Hard to believe a year has passed since my visit. We visited during the 50th anniversary of Malaysia’s independence from the British.
Despite all the brouhaha then, our visit was low-key. The last time I visited was around 11 years ago. Penang, my birthplace, is so different from what I remember.
Due to the traffic congestion, many of the streets have been made one-way.
We stopped in on the usual tourist hotspots like Penang’s Snake Temple. For different reasons my wife and kids found this to be hair-raising, terrifying yet memorable. Watch my short video clip then tell me if my wife’s terror was justified.
