Ejun Low Portraits
Ejun Low Photography is a subsidiary of Pentaprism group (correct me if I'm wrong) which specialises in portrait photography for both commercial and personal uses.
I’ve actually stumbled upon Ejun from his website, http://www.ejunlow.com/ and I must say that I really like and appreciate the work that he’s done.
I’ve gotten in touch with them and did my booking with Ejun via Rhys, a photographer there as well and also the one in charge of the bookings. He was really friendly and helpful with regards to any questions that I had. Kudos to him for that!
According to them, Ejun was fully booked for the month of July (they claim to only host 2 people per week). Arranged for the photo shoot to be done in August instead (better time for me still anyway).
Never exactly been in a studio solo before, hopefully I’ll be cool on the actual day itself. :S
Day at the Studio
(12/8/15)
Arrived at the place 15mins earlier and was greeted by Ejun shortly after. He was a super warm, kind and friendly guy. I initially thought that it may be a little intimidating as he was the principal photographer of the whole damn place, but in reality, it was the total opposite!
He showed me in and offered me a drink. We had a nice talk for awhile before he asked to see my suit and told me to change into it.
After which, he proceeded on to give me a very informative session on the intricacies of lighting and shadows for portrait photography. It was quite insightful and I really do appreciate him educating me, instead of simply taking my photo and being done with me. Super good service!
I really appreciate his sense of style as he directed me through various poses and even some 'model' -ish looking shots. This guy had no problems making literally anyone look splendid! (Or their very best at least)
An example is as such:
He sits you down in a certain angle, gets you to tilt your head in certain ways and look at a certain direction, making sure that the direction that your looking at is in line with where your nose is facing, so that everything is in 'sync'.
Took about a total of 150-200 shots across a few different backgrounds. The first 40 were what he called 'warm up' shots. I really like the idea of this as people tend to be stiff and nervous maybe(?) for the first few pictures (this may not be too available somewhere else). He just kept taking pictures of you, altering your poses simply to make you feel comfortable initially. After which, when you start to look more natural, the gold starts surfacing!
I've gotta choose 2 pictures out of the whole lot that he got for me and according to him, the total number of photos taken isn't even a lot, it was good that there were quite a number of photos that he was happy with. In the end, I decided on the following 2:
Photos after editing (Click on Images for Hi-Res):
Overall, I'm satisfied with how he constantly strives to produce high quality photo products and at the same time creating a warm and cozy ambience around.
If you ever do need a portrait photo taken, this is definitely the guy you should check out.
Arrived at the place 15mins earlier and was greeted by Ejun shortly after. He was a super warm, kind and friendly guy. I initially thought that it may be a little intimidating as he was the principal photographer of the whole damn place, but in reality, it was the total opposite!
He showed me in and offered me a drink. We had a nice talk for awhile before he asked to see my suit and told me to change into it.
After which, he proceeded on to give me a very informative session on the intricacies of lighting and shadows for portrait photography. It was quite insightful and I really do appreciate him educating me, instead of simply taking my photo and being done with me. Super good service!
I really appreciate his sense of style as he directed me through various poses and even some 'model' -ish looking shots. This guy had no problems making literally anyone look splendid! (Or their very best at least)
An example is as such:
He sits you down in a certain angle, gets you to tilt your head in certain ways and look at a certain direction, making sure that the direction that your looking at is in line with where your nose is facing, so that everything is in 'sync'.
Took about a total of 150-200 shots across a few different backgrounds. The first 40 were what he called 'warm up' shots. I really like the idea of this as people tend to be stiff and nervous maybe(?) for the first few pictures (this may not be too available somewhere else). He just kept taking pictures of you, altering your poses simply to make you feel comfortable initially. After which, when you start to look more natural, the gold starts surfacing!
I've gotta choose 2 pictures out of the whole lot that he got for me and according to him, the total number of photos taken isn't even a lot, it was good that there were quite a number of photos that he was happy with. In the end, I decided on the following 2:
Photos after editing (Click on Images for Hi-Res):
Black Background
White & Grey Background
Overall, I'm satisfied with how he constantly strives to produce high quality photo products and at the same time creating a warm and cozy ambience around.
If you ever do need a portrait photo taken, this is definitely the guy you should check out.
I was looking for reviews on ejunlow photography and came across your blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your experience. Nice pictures :)