No matter how cliched it sounds, learning is truly a life long process. When I heard about the Ordinary to Extraordinary workshop by Louis Pang a few months back, I thought to myself, wow this sounds good! Coughing up the cash to pay for the workshop of course, took me a while to decide. But I know that in order to improve my photography skills, it is really important to keep on learning. So yesterday, 22 participants gathered in Click, DU for the 1st day of photo critique. Today, we learnt some key posing and lighting skills. As you can tell from the photo below, we had lots of fun looking at light. 
We had to get Anna to do this... look at those biceps!! 
Some spot of blatant advertising for Louis. 
Kee Sitt taking a video of the entire workshop. 
At about 4pm, the whole lot of us were taken to the Sg Buloh Leprosy Centre (near the hospital) for a photo shoot. Louis did all the shooting, directing the models, while the rest of us took the opportunity to shoot from behind his shoulder! 
This is an amazing location. Look at the building where we were at. 
More cool buildings and colourful doors. 
When we entered this empty looking warehouse / room, I immediately thought... this would look great as a wide shot! While the rest were outside shooting another model, I got Johan to help me hold the video light while I took a quick shot. 
The building across from where this abandoned looking space is. 
Louis directing a model how to pose, and sharing with us about seeing the light. 
I like this casual shot of the 2 of them. Gee, I have lots of shots of Anna here! 
One of the wonderful things about signing up for workshops is meeting cool people such as the ones below! Everyone was really open about sharing their experiences and giving tips to one another. I really enjoy that kind of atmosphere. Tomorrow we'll have our own photo shoot, the catch is that we only have 2 minutes to direct the models, find the perfect lighting and take the photograph! 
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