We once did a photo shoot for fun in high school when Ming Han first got his DSLR, but that was pretty much low quality as we did not have enough experience and exposure to all these stuff, and we just randomly did it for fun. As much fun as we had, we were mocked by people around us, for the "wannabe" photos and I had a pretty hard time trying to get over people laughing at our works. But now to think back, seriously, and as the way my girl Taylor Swift would say, "why you gotta be so mean?!"
So this time, we promised that we will do another one, much better than the one we did before, and we wanted to make our semester break much more productive by doing this photo shoot project, instead of just sitting around doing nothing completely. I still remember how it started, I was in the library studying, and I randomly FB messaged Ming Han, saying we should do a photo shoot, and surprisingly, he said he had the same urge to do it too! So we made a pact to do this project as soon as we finish our exams.
While we were discussing this, I just randomly called it "the gold project" between us both because of some historical context from high school jokes. But after that, this name got stuck, and I actually got to love the simplicity of this name, and Ming Han could not think of anything else that seems better and more appropriate, so "the gold project." is born.
We started out with our first ever photo shoot project named "Wild Hearts". Ming Han wanted to do a photoshoot that is high fashion and fueled with "oomph" and a strong, feisty feel to it. I wanted to have a photo shoot where the background is grey and made of concrete, as I have always love how photo shoots can make a background that is almost something you would not notice, become a place where beautiful pictures can be created.
Altogether, it was a 3 day effort to create our first the gold project, named "Wild Hearts". We used the first day to plan and visualize what theme and direction for this photo shoot, followed by choosing the outfit and giving the make up a trial run. On the second day, we went out for our photoshoot, and on the last day we edited our photos, chose our favourite ones, and created our FB page. You can visit our FB page to see the whole album HERE.
I am very proud of our first photo shoot as we put in lots of hard work into it, and were really committed. I get questions and even some teasing ( I don't know why, but whenever you do something out of the norm, it becomes a target of mockery), but I don't see how that is going to stop me from doing these unusual small projects that I always wanted to do. Why choose to conform, when you have the potential to do crazy things, embark on different journeys, and just have fun? :)
Here are some photos that were not in our FB page, but which I kinda love as well.
With the very professional, and yet fun Zhong Yew :)
Founders of the gold project. ;)
We asked Zhong Yew to come along, and he helped us a lot! As he is now the founder of his start up company Giovane, which deals with entertainment and media, he gave us a lot of pointers and helpful tips. It was a great day out with these two and we had loads of fun.
Oh, and did I mention that the shoot location was found by coincidence? We planned to go to one of the factories in the industrial area, but when we went in to ask, they wanted us to apply, and write in and all the formality documents etc. So we gave up, and thought of going to the airport area to shoot. But when Ming Han took a wrong turn, we were at this cul-de-sac which has a small road leading to a kampung. There were all these concrete pieces piled up in one messy corner, including a pile of tar. But when we saw this section, what we saw was the different shapes and textures that held potential to be a great background for our photos. (Oh, and we went down to be greeted by the stench of rubbish, because on the opposite was a big rubbish dump area, but we survived through it and got our noses numb to it. )
Who knew a place like this could produce such a nice background for a photo shoot huh? :)
This first phase of the gold project was so much fun, and I look forward to more to come! Stay tuned for more of our escapades!
With Love,
