UPDATE due to COVID-19

Hi everyone, Sorry to come out late. As you might already have heard our government declared a Restricted Movement Order(RMO) and yes it has affected us dearly. Our office closed from March 18th to March 31st, 2020. All our scheduled shoot sessions during this RMO period have been postponed and we won't able to secure any bookings until we have a clear instruction on when this RMO will be lifted.

We apologize for the inconveniences, but please keep us in your mind because once the restriction lifted we will be back in action in no time. As the government battling this global pandemic, We believe we too have the role to play in order to break this chain. All we need to do is to adhere their instructions and medical experts advices, we need to stay home, clean, stay healthy and look after one another.

meantime, you can follow us;
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Stay Safe . Keep Clean

JoJ and Jofanna

OUTSIDE THE STUDIO - HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY (REVISITED)

Happy International Women's Day 2020!

OUTSIDE THE STUDIO : SUNSET AT KOTA KINABALU

OUTSIDE THE STUDIO

Sneak peek from yesterday's. Thank you everyone that made the shoot possible. More to come

For Photographer : HOW TO READ A HISTOGRAM

Ok photographers. I'm going to try to tackle a topic that is fairly easy to explain in person. I've done it a dozen times. But somehow in the course of prepping for this post I realized that it's easier to explain in person than in writing. But I'm taking my best shot!

The histogram. It's a graph that shows up when you hit "info" on your camera while viewing an image. It shows up when you're editing in Lightroom/Photoshop. It's everywhere! Many of you probably already know how to read one. But the more I've talked with photographers lately, the more I've realized how many of you don't. And that doesn't mean that you're not a good photographer! You don't have to know how to read a histogram to be a good photographer. But it CAN help immensely with getting your exposure correct in-camera and with proper post-production.

The histogram is a graphic representation of the tonal range in a photograph, and its analysis of the image's tonal range provides a precise check on exposure. The histogram depicts the range of tones in an image from the darkest on the left of the graph (0 in digital terms) to the lightest on the right side (255 in digital terms).

That's what the histogram is. But why is it an important, fundamental tool of digital photography? Simply because your understanding of the histogram will tell you if it's necessary to adjust your exposure, and it will indicate how to make that adjustment.

In this particular image, as I setup the shot few things that I will take into consideration tech-wise. Imagine that it is divided into 5 pieces on histogram . I wanted all 5 elements to be in one graph, BLACKS, SHADOWS, MIDTONES, HIGHLIGHTS and WHITES. The leftmost section represents the blacks in the image, then the mid-tones of the image are represented by "shadows" (the background), what Lightroom confusingly calls "exposure", and "highlights". Then the brightest part of the image is represented by the "whites" (her Wedding gown).

You should check the histogram when a scene's lighting is especially tricky; when there are areas of deep shadow and bright light in the same scene; and when you're going to take a series of images in the same setting and want to be sure your exposure is right on target.

A glance at the histogram will tell you if parts of your photo are over- or underexposed.

Go try it.

IN THE STUDIO : Traditional attire for family sesion, why not?

I just love Traditional attire for a family session, not only it is highly contrast against a clean backdrop but it also brings out the vibrancy of colors into the portrait. If you're thinking about it, I'd say do it! this session meant to be FUN afterall. 

WEDDING IN MALAYSIA : Pricing Guide 2020/21 ~ Coming Soon

Ola! First and foremost we would like to thank you for all the never ending support , without your love we wouldn't be doing this for the past 13years. Each and every wedding is different, we have witness many happy tears to which we get to also learned many customs and cultures. You and your family always brought us in as your own, and therefore we are forever grateful.

Over 400 weddings and counting. We will soon accept Weddings for 2021 stay tuned!

Our next adventure awaits.

sincerely,
JoJ and Jofanna

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