This 1st stage needed me to cover the introduction of teams dinner,launching & the race itself on the next day.I must produce a 3-4 minutes teaser with racing feel of Le Tour. The most challenging part of all…i can’t shoot the race itself because the only vehicle allowed was the LIVE cameraman and the marshalls. Have fun watching this 1st stage.

This is the 2nd stage of LTDL.Kuala Terengganu -> Chukai.

Since i’ve learnt that i can’t shoot the race itself from the 1st day.I understood that i was really in trouble & 6 more teasers to go! One more thing, i need to produce different content on every stage!OMG!
So my idea on this stage was to capture the racer’s signing event before the race starts which most people didn’t know.At the same time when the racers park their bikes…i get as much beauty shots of their expensive bikes!
I call it bicycle porn!

Then i had the opportunity to get one shot during the race, they had to turn right following their racing route and we the production team can go through a shortcut to Chukai directly. I planted one 5dmk2 with 16-35mm on the tarmac basically to get one wide shot and another 5dmk2 with 135mm to get detail shots. They pass by for only 15 seconds,they were darn fast. 15 seconds for a 2-3 mins video…i was still in trouble!

Watch this stage!

This is the 3rd stage of LTDL – Pekan -> Mersing

On this stage i got an idea of shooting alot of bicylce details like what i did from the previous stage. i said to myself that i must have something different so i opt not to use the steadicam in the morning session for preparation shots and just stick 135mm & 16-35mm on the camera to shoot candids. I also tried fast panning effect, doing so later on in editing, i do not need to adjust the clip speed and render every single time,i gotta do with the fastest workflow there is.

Anyway there are shots with racers cycling somewhere before the ending. Those are actually racers that were not competing on this stage so they cycled much earlier before the official race starts to the finishing point just for fun.That’s how passionate these people are…good for me i got a few extra shots!

As can be seen on the last part,i got a shot of the racers at a very sharp corner.That corner is about 500m from the finishing line. One long walk but i was very happy with the steadicam panning shot at the corner. i shot the podium to give a simple ending to this stage.

This is the 4th stage of LTDL – Mersing -> Parit Sulong

By the this stage of LTDL, I’m imagining this how it will be if i’ll be shooting Nikah documentary in 7 straight days in the morning and edit the footage during afternoon and display at night during a dinner reception!OMG! I must say on the 4th day you can feel the heat & pressure went above your head. Everyday is a delivery day, the teaser gotta be on air everynight with no excuse! eeeks!

Anyway on this stage, since Mersing was the finish line for stage 3 & the starting line for stage 4 we actually had more rest and less traveling to do on the day before. On stage 4 teaser i wanted to cover the Marshall’s big bikes! We hardly notice the Marshalls because they are the ones that brings the media cameraman, LIVE cameraman and commisaire during the race.

As for the racing shot. I had to walk 1km from the finishing line and found this straight road. I planted one 5dmk2 with 135mm on the blazing hot tarmac pointing towards the Parit Sulong bridge.The camera i was holding was mounted on steadicam with 16-35mm.Once i saw the racers coming towards me i quickly press the record button for both cameras.

On this stage my macbook 13″ can’t serve me anymore, the FCP went haywire so i switched to my friend’s 15″ MBP.

The 5th Stage of LTDL – Muar -> Port Dickson

On this stage, how i wish i would be able to shoot them racing through the town of Melaka! Unfortunately they didn’t go through the town & just pass by using another road.
Luckly in the morning there were some awesome traditional and unconventional performance at the starting line that i could capture. Then i went lurking around the racer’s preparation area looking for candids of them preparing for the race.

It has been 2 stages that i didn’t use the steadicam on the morning shoot & so i’ve decided to use it on this stage. As for the racing shot, i had to walk 300m from the finishing line. I personally love love love the 135mm shot because it looked like a group of bulls charging towards the camera at full speed. This shot was done by having one 5dmk2 on a tripod with 135mm fixed. Steadicam operated by me with 16-35mm.

The 135mm was pointing towards the racers, once they pass by i quickly nudge the tripod head to point the other direction.unfortunately…..it didnt work and it tilted down & pointing the road instead….hence i got the shot pointing the tarmac with bicycle tires passing by.oh well……

As for the closing i wanted to try something else, maybe what happen after the race, what were the racers doing. One thing i found out…right after the race, some of the racers would just cycle to their hotel even though it is 10-20km away.make sense?respect….!

Enjoy watching!

This is the 6th stage of LTDL
Putrajaya -> Genting Highlands

What a great place to start a race!Putrajaya!Filled with architectural coolness! To be exact the starting line is in front of Ministry of Youth & Sports building. It was a rainy morning and i was really worried on how to shoot the morning preparation footage. I was excited to shoot the starting line so i had my 5dmk2 ready & stuck to my steadicam. Unfortunately i gotta take it of and mount it on a tripod with 135mm. Armed with a plastic bag, i wrapped my camera and lens. I should have 1D Mark 4 on a day like this!!! This is actually one of the most scariest stage because cycling up Genting won’t be easy. Even we can see the different at the finishing line. The winner of the stage has a few minutes gap instead of a few seconds.

I was lucky on this stage that our production vehicle has another route to genting so had the opportunity for a pass by shot. One 5dmk2 on my steadicam merlin bag to give a little bit of height and another mounted on a tripod with 135mm. I was told by my producer to get the face expression of the racers cycling up Genting if possible & so i went down about 300m walk down from the finishing line and mount my camera on a tripod. Since they were cycling up the hill really slow, i can freely cross the road and change as many angles as i could.

And walking up to the finishing line again with a camera & a tripod was not a nice experience! Enjoy watching this stage~

Stage 7 isn’t ready for the blog yet coz it was edited in SD to go on air, so i’ll need to reedit it to HD and put it up as soon as possible!

Gears info: 2x 5dMKII , 16-35mm 2.8L, 135mm f2L,Kenko Polarizer, Manfrotto tripod with video head & Steadicam Merlin.
Editing Machine : Macbook 13″ for 1st,2nd & 3rd stage &
MBP 15″ for 4th,5th,6th & 7th stage
USB 320gb ext hdd,
FCP 6,edited less than 3hrs.

All videos copyrighted to Illanun FIlms.

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Started shooting at this building.

Then we move on to a tram stand where we thought including the tram might show a lil bit of Hong Kong elements.A beautiful capture & timing by Faiz!

Then while we were walking i stopped the couple to have a few shots at this very nice downlight with Hong Kong street as the background. I was really lucky to capture & include the tram too!

From Faiz’s angle, what a nice lighting & reflection to add some spice to the scene!

We were actually thinking to include the building as the main feature but then it didn’t turn out good so i thought maybe i could include the Hong Kong taxi pass by and hopefully it might make a good capture.

Peggy’s mom brought us to this very nice looking stairs. Looks like a cobble stone stairs, the area surrounded by bars & pubs made a good night scene.

Just a few steps down the stairs, we found a street full of neon lights.nice bling bling background!

and another shot of them on that street.

And the last spot was very special! It is a covered outdoor escalator stretching all the way uphill. You’ll be amazed how long this escalator is, we were told that the middle group citizen lives on the hill and they will need to take the stairs to go down town Hong Kong for work. Imagine how tiring it is going back up the hill everyday??? So the government built this escalator to make life easier.cool!!!

and lastly my favourite shot of all!

well there’s a lot more Hong Kong contents, photos & videos! so stay tune to our blog!

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Finally enjoy the video!

Stay tune for the 2nd couple in Perth in Next Entry

Love,
archiprez & zaidan
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Here we are with the new chapter of Perth.In this chapter we shot Loi & Nicole at one of the most photographed location in Perth that is the University of Western Australia aka UWA. We were there around noon so Suhaimi will give some tips & tricks on working under harsh lighting condition,turning bad lighting into usable lighting.
Enjoy the tutorial!

note : all images were directly converted from CR2 to JPG.They were not edited for video viewing purpose.

So we just got back from Perth and couldn’t wait any longer to share the photos with you guys. We actually wanted to produce one long ITCO but then there were so many footage and it would be a very big HD file.So we have decided to break it down into several chapters. We shot at 6 locations inside & outside Perth : Swan Brewery, UWA, The Bridge, Fremantle Maritime Museum, King’s Park & Sandalford Winery. So far i’m looking at 1 location one chapter but to make it more compact maybe i’ll squeeze in 2 locations in one chapter. We also had 2 couples! WOW! That’s not even including Loi & Nicole’s “Our Story”.
So hold on tight guys this is going to be a long chapter of Perth!

As for now enjoy the 1st chapter.
note : all images were directly converted from CR2 to JPG.They were not edited for video viewing purpose.

Zaidan Zainuddin
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Me & Suhaimi will be heading to Perth on the 27th November.We’ll be shooting a post wedding of Nicole & Loy and Danny & Serene around the town of Perth, also at a vineyard 30 minutes away from Perth. If you are in Perth & you wanna tag along with us, drop me an email zeozadan@yahoo.com.We’ll be renting a small, cheap & cheerful car with 2 seats available at the back. If time permits, we’ll be going down south to Margaret River on the 30th. Heard it looks awesome down there so we wanna give it a go. If you would also like us to shoot you in Perth just drop me an email.

See you guys in Perth!

Zaidan Zainuddin
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Safely arrive in Perth, early this morning. Didn’t have any plan, but since we have to check in after lunchtime, we decided to hit the road, 6 hours driving return, to the Pinnacles. Although the weather forecast was not on our side, we thought of why not we give a try. And Alhamdullillah, just in time we arrived at the site, the sky gets bluer & bluer.

More of the event photos can be viewed here on our flickr gallery.

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Just wanna share with you guys a wonderful trip i have with my family & friend last year. We went to Bright during autumn! A wonderful experience. Unforgettable one! View the whole experience here

Best Regards

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Wedding Photojournalist in Kuala Lumpur | Melbourne | Perth

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