About the Fotogelafer

Welcome to Fotogelafer.com. I am Wan Cheng Huat AKA the Fotogelafer. Here is a short write up about how photography came into my life.

All my life, I can say that I have always been attuned with art. When I was much younger, I loved to draw. How did I know that? Well, I never could stop picking up a pen or a pencil to start imprinting what I saw. Drawing became a part of my life. As years pass me by, I soon realized that my ‘addiction’ actually soothes me, my feelings, my emotions and most of all my soul.

When I turned 16, I decided to join my school’s photography club and loved it almost instantly. Photography, in many ways, was and still is similar with drawing; instead of capturing images with my pen or pencil, I am now able to capture them with my camera.

I was overwhelmed with enthusiasm and learnt all I could from wherever I could. I remember reading through all the Reader's Digest I could get to obtain photography tips which were usually the advertisements of Kodak or Canon or Fujifilm. At that time, it was my only source where I could learn about shutter speed, aperture settings and how to play around to get my intended effects. Even now, after over 10 years, I still keep those files which still have those Reader's Digest pages.

I could remember the moment when I first picked up a camera; I knew that there was no turning back. Cameras and films were my new tools to express my new found identity.

But as time pass, technology became more advance and soon enough photography became digital. Only after 10 years, I finally abandon film photography; as it became more and more expensive and obsolete. However, I will cherish all those negatives which are now lying in my dry box. Nothing can replace them.

Enjoy my photographs.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Pass time shooting

Lizard

Monday, November 22, 2010

FAQs

What does our investment include?
Mainly you will get 2 crazy and trigger-happy photographers, DVDs filled captured memories (1000-1200 photographs) and a 3-5 minute slideshow. Sometimes, you may just get a little bit more than the above.

What gears do you guys have in your bags?
Tuck nicely in our bags are Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 24-70mm f/2.8, EF 50mm f/1.4, EF 70-200mm f/2.8 and Nikon D700 with exactly the same set of lenses from the Nikkor range. Not forgetting our Speedlite 580 EX II and Nikon SB800 flashes. Both cameras are from the full frame category.

Do you provide hardcopy prints?
No, we do not provide prints to our clients but we do have contacts to do prints depending on the request.

For the slideshow of the morning session which is to be shown during dinner, can I use my own music?
Most definitely yes, we encourage our clients to choose their special music as this way the slideshow becomes a little more sentimental. We will do our to create a slideshow which will blend in with the music; however we have to keep in mind, that not every song will be able to portray the right moment nicely. Well of course if that happens, we will let you know when it just doesn’t have that ‘oomph’.

How long before we get our digital copies?
On average, 2-3 weeks. However if we are not able to deliver on time, we will notify our clients and ask for some time extension.

Does FDC accept outstation or oversea jobs?
Yes, of course we do. However to keep things simple, we normally let the clients handle our transportation, accommodation and food during the whole course of the shoot.

How do we go about with booking FDC dates?
We will take a 30% deposit upon confirm dates; otherwise, our dates are on first come first serve basis. Make them payable to 'FOTOGELAFER DOT COM'.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Actual Day Wedding - Regis & Joanne SDE

Creating this slideshow was a true challenge of focus and planning. We had only less than 1 hour to complete the slideshow which needs to be put up during the wedding luncheon. Straight after the church ceremony at St. Ignatius Church in Taman Mayang, I flew back to my place which is, according to Google Maps, around 9.8km distance. Took me a good 15 minutes to reach back home.

In an instant, the photographs were already plugged in and download was already on the way. Took almost 10 minutes to transfer close to 1,000 photos from my camera to my workstation. At that time it was already close to 11.25am and I haven't even started choosing the photographs. Once the photographs from my 5DMII finished transferred, I begin downloading the D700 photographs (Liew's Camera). While that was going on, I began selecting the photos.

As I reached 50 photos out of 100 to be selected, I realised that it was already close to 11.35am and I need to be back at the restaurant at 12 noon. Managed to go through 1,000 photos and select 105 photographs. Rendering and burning took another 10 minutes.

At that time I was ready to head back when suddenly ERROR came up the screen. I had to restart my comp, re-pick the selected photographs, insert the selected soundtrack, re-render and re-burn. But this time it got through. Looked at my watch and it was already 12.20pm. Well after all that hassle, I present to you the same day edit actual day wedding slideshow for Regis and Joanne. Enjoy~~!

Actual Day Wedding - Regis & Joanne SDE from Fotogelafer Dot Com on Vimeo.

Friday, November 19, 2010

2011 Bookings Are Open

Go to our Facebook Page to view the available dates.

Monday, November 8, 2010

New Pricing Structure

Based on requests, we have simplified our pricing structure. The new rates are as stated below:

Locations IN the Klang Valley, our new rates effective December 31, 2010 are as below:

Starts from RM600 for half day (4 hours).
Starts from RM1,200 for full day (8 hours).

Locations OUTSIDE the Klang Valley (Peninsular), our new rates effective December 31, 2010 are as below:

Starts from RM900 for half day (4 hours).
Starts from RM1,500 for full day (8 hours).

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

New Namecards

Designing new namecard design coming out soon.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Canon EOS 5D Mark II Battery Life

with 100% battery life, covered an actual wedding day (morning session).. 46% battery left after 1018 clicks and still moving strong.. quite good battery life for the Canon 5D Mark II

I am quite impress with the battery life.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Collaboration with Peter Tan Photography.

We are looking forward to be assisting Peter M Tan on Nov 13th, 2010 for an event photoshoot.

Thanks Jack Tan for the intro :)

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Singapore Interest

As of late, FDC has been getting quite a number of inquiries from the Lion City (Singapore). We really hope we can draw more jobs from this lovely island country. Definitely more interesting to earn SGD than RM.

Heading down to Singapore tomorrow. Nights everyone.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Planning for 400-450 pax Group Photo

As of now, I have managed to come out with 3 scenarios to shoot the group photo of 400-450 pax. As you can see from the sketch I did. The above image is clickable to expand the sketch.

For the worst case scenario I, where I have only chairs to use and that I cannot place anyone to seat on the floor. I will have to arrange the main guys to be seated first. As for the rest, I will have to arrange them according to their heights; from shortest to the tallest. Then from there, I will divide them to 4 smaller clusters.

For the sake of explanation, I have identified them as cluster 1-4. As you will be able to see from the arrangement, I will place cluster 1 on the first standing row but in front. I will start with the tallest in cluster 1. They will move to the middle and as I move towards the shorter subjects, I will place them alternate, 1 to the left and 1 to the right and repeat this till cluster 1 is done.

This is then followed by cluster 3; just right behind cluster 1. The key here is to ensure that the cluster 3 heads alternates in between the cluster 1 heads.

If this works out, I will be able to place 180 pax in the first standing row. I will then have to repeat this for the second row which will be standing on the chair right behind cluster 3.

This scenario will make the group photo really wide and there will be a lot of space on the top and bottom of the picture. If possible, I will not resort to this option.

A better option will be if I am able to place 1 extra row seated in front on the floor. This will bring the number of pax per row down to 75. 75 is still too long and but still will be much better than 90 per row.

The best case which I would love to have will be that I can use the stage to put up another 3 more rows.

I will try to bring this out into the open area as the lighting will be much better and will definitely be lesser room for a mess up. Well lets see how will this turn out to be.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Friday, October 8, 2010

Canon Pixma: Bringing colour to life

Fotogelafer Dot Com uses Canon Pixma iP4760 for our on-the-spot printing services


Canon Pixma: Bringing colour to life from Dentsu London on Vimeo.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Canon EOS 5D Mark II is here

Canon EOS 5D Mark II is here.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Just a little over a year in business, we have raised enough to invest into our very first full frame camera. And of course its a Canon. Will reveal more once the camera arrives.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Sunday, August 15, 2010

15.08.2010 - Elevyn.Com (Model & Product Shoot)


Sneak Peek

For more information on the accessories and products, please visit www.elevyn.com

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Monday, August 9, 2010

On-The-Spot FOTO Printing

We are proud to announce that we are providing on-the-spot printing services during our shoots. Its one of the newest thing to hit fotogelafer dot com. We are getting a lot of request to provide such services.

We assure you the photo prints produced are of the best quality available in the market.

We are using genuine Canon printers, inks and even gloss papers (GP-501) for each photographs. Drop an email if you are interested to book us.

Cheers.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Monday, August 2, 2010

01.08.2010 - Chua Boon Aik & Chan Wai Leng Actual Day Wedding

Lead Photographer: Wan Cheng Huat

Date: August 01, 2010

Sneak Peek

Location: Jalan Sek 14/7 and Taman Sri Manja, Selangor, Malaysia

More photos below but unclickable.
















Slideshow Video