Published: biG Magazine – Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam

Here’s an ad by in the current edition of Borneo Insider’s Guide magazine that Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam has placed on the inside cover that features some of the photographs from my 2012 quarter one commercial assignment. You can download the entire publication in PDF here (click on diskette icon).

A Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam ad page from Jul – Sep 2012 edition of Borneo Insider’s Guide magazine.

Previously featured Radisson Hotel posts:
Photography: Lighting Up Radisson Hotel’s Main Entrance
Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam Fine Dining at Deals Restaurant
So Loving Radisson Hotel’s Chicken Caesar Salad With Poached Egg
Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam: Coffee Break At Tasek Brasserie
The Gryphon Gourmet Tea Experience At Tasek Brasserie Radisson Hotel
The Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam Business Centre and Board Room
Technogym Equipment Facilities at Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam Fitness Centre
From The Deli Takeout to Tasek Brasserie Dine-in at Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam

Postcard Facade of Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam

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These aren’t actually postcards of Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam but I think they can be. I composed these frames with an assumption that management may turn them into postcards that we’re all accustomed to finding inside the table drawer one time or another. Also, in case you hadn’t come across this post, I’m big on postcards hence the motivation.

So many factors beyond our control can affect the outcome of a shoot especially when it involves a building's facade. Depending on composition, weather, position of sun, road traffic can either help or wreck an opportunity. Having scouted the area several times I decided this was the best looking vantage point.

If you're looking at this picture for the first time it means you haven't read the post right before this "Lighting The Main Entrance of Radisson Hotel." (click on image to be enlightened - pardon the pun)

I'm told this is one of the General Manager's favourite exterior shots. This was photographed at dusk (some call it twilight) when there was brief opportunity to nail the shot in-between traffic light change.

Photography: Lighting Up Radisson Hotel’s Main Entrance

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The hotel in the heart of the Brunei capital city and business district that many remember as Sheraton Utama Hotel officially became Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam on April 30th 2010 (according to a quick web research). I’ve had many fond memories of the hotel having clocked several years of corporate event photography assignments at the Mutiara Ballroom that remains a popular and convenient venue for conferences, product launches, etc. On the second week of January 2012, the first day of my three day shoot at the hotel, General Manager Mr Peter Feran tasked me the responsibility for giving the 30 year old hotel a visual make-over while renovation work is carried out in phases. I began by lighting up the main entrance.

I composed this frame from across the road just as how passers-by might perceive the hotel's main entrance to be unexciting by sheer virtue of it being too dimly lit. Rather than trying to conceptualize the appeal a brightly lit entrance, I made it real with the help of two Canon Speedlite 580EX flashes using the Phottix Odin TTL trigger system. The ability to control flash power remotely and confidently is simply godsend.

Below is a recent Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam ad campaign with the new visuals. Other areas of the hotel where the Phottix Odin had been instrumental:
Deals Restaurant | Tasek Brasserie Restaurant | Gryphon Tea Experience