Arnis with Ricky Aranza 4th Dan Black Belt Combat Arnis Hong Kong

I have been contemplating to do a photography in martial arts but didn't know anyone who's into the sports. I was talking to a friend about this and it was mentioned to me that I had a Filipino neighbor who is a 4th dan black belter in Combat Arnis a Filipino Style of Martial Arts. As soon as I was given the number I called him up to schedule for a shoot that afternoon and he gladly accepted it. His name is Ricky Aranza.

In this series of photos I have used 3 580 EX II, SpeedLight Pro Kit Diffuser, 3 Pocketwizard Flex TT5, 1 Mini TT1, Canon 5d Mark II and an intelligent tripod that determines where the main light should be brand name Mikey.

Here is the basic diagram:

Here are few of the photos I captured:

Margaret

Margaret was the first ever model that I shot back in August last year when I was in the early stage and exploring photography. She left Hong Kong and went to England to study and now she is back for a vacation. A fellow photog invited me to shoot her again and I was so excited.

Here are two of the shot I did in August 2008.

All Natural Light




And here is the shot I made August 16. Oh no I just realized its a little over a year! Its almost an anniversary :P

Natural Light


I used 580 EX II cam left bare and 580 EX II cam right on a portable beauty dish triggered with Pocketwizard Flex and Mini TT1


Hope you guys like it!

Executive Shot

A good friend who works at a Financial Wealth Magazine in Indonesia approached me to take an executive shot for her profile in their magazine.

I have decided to take her portrait at LEGCO Central Hong Kong because of the majestic pillars that surrounds the building.

I used my Canon 5D Mark II and Canon 24-70mm F2.8 Lens for this shotand one Canon 580 EX II on a reflector umbrella triggered by Pocketwizard Flex TT5 and Mini TT1.

Baby Aaron

This is the recent shoot I did for a friend Arlene. I had to make a lot of clicks to get a few perfect shots. I didn't know it was this hard to do baby shoot :)

This is the set up




And here are the results








I have used Pocketwizard Flex TT5 and Mini TT1 to trigger my two Canon 580 EX II on ETTL

Here is the flickr link of theses photos.

Catherine

Cantherine is a Vietnamese student aspiring to become a model. We did one session in Kennedy Town Pier Hong kong for her portfolio. I hope you guys like it.

On these shots I have used two 580 EX II triggered with Pocketwizard's Flex TT5 and Mini TT1.




Here is the link to these set on flickr.