commercial assignments

By now, you’ll have noticed how much I use the Photogenic 60-inch umbrellas for practically every commercial photo assignment where soft diffused lighting is desired. They are also storage friendly and unpack easily so setting up time is kept to a minimum. Rather than labour on about the shoot, I’ll let you enjoy the pictures instead. Thank you and congratulations RBC for bringing the long overdue Fish & Co to Brunei.

Fish & Co. Brunei debut on Saturday 19^th May 2012 at 11.00 am at Citis Square in Bandar Seri Begawan. It’s operated by Rizq Barakah Sdn. Bhd. a subsidiary of Royal Brunei Catering Sdn. Bhd. Brunei and is the 6^th nation to have Fish & Co. chained restaurant after Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and the Middle East. Aimed to satisfy seafood lovers, Fish & Co. Brunei will strive to provide good-value seafood coupled with excellent service and outstanding quality. A casual dining chained restaurant serves up dishes enticing the young and old.

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Start your ‘fishing’ experience on our awesome Fish Bites (appetizers) like the Sneak Preview, Crispy White Bait and Grilled Calamari. Fish & Co. also offering diners to have a preview of our best selling dishes by scaling it down to smaller portion which is priced from B$5.95. Get hooked on our mouthwatering main dishes like the award winning Mussels in Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce, Crispy Whole Line Fish, Baked Salmon with Citrus Crust and Brunei’s very own Fish & Chips. For those who like to share with friends and family, platters up your order with Feathers & Fins, Seafood Feast and Seafood Platter for 2.

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Chef Randy at RBC prepares Sirloin Steak with Prawn Fritters (served with veg & rice)

Teriyaki Rib Eye Steak (served with veg & choice of rice or chips)

Sirloin Steak with Mushroom Sauce (served with veg & choice of rice or chips)

Once again, Chef Randy puts on the finishing touches on the Sirloin Steak with Mussels (served with veg & rice)

This dish is simply called ½ Dozen Oysters

Mediterranean style Sirloin Steak with Prawn Fritters served with veg & rice in a pan.

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Mediterranean style Sirloin Steak with Mussels served with veg & rice in a pan.

Sirloin Steak with King Prawn (served with veg & choice of rice or chips)

Read what readers are saying about this king prawn on Facebook

I shot this with my ever so useful Canon Powershot G11 just before I sat down to savour this large king prawn (flown in from Singapore) baked with generous helping of roe (not visible in pic) and mozzarella cheese.

The Story of Fish & Co.
Driven by a passion to provide a unique dining experience, made memorable by outstanding service and customer care, the founders, Ricky Chew and Lambert Yeo began conjuring the Fish & Co. dream. Fish & Co. serves all food in a unique Mediterranean style – in a pan! This was an inspiration drawn from the simple practices of South African fisherman; who caught seafood fresh from the seas and cooked them immediately in the pan. is prepared in a simple and straightforward manner. Using only the freshest fish and seafood, as well as natural ingredients like olive oil, herbs and various spices; Fish & Co. dishes up great tasting meals in generous portions – as a mark of quality and value. All staff at Fish & Co. are friendly, efficient and always ready to help. This makes every experience an enjoyable and memorable one.

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While holidaying in Hong Kong in 2007, I met up with Roland and along the way discovered that he had an unused LowePro Rolling CompuTrekker Plus AW for sale. Perfect as I happened to be looking for a rolling bag for work. Leaving Hong Kong empty handed was now an impossibility not to mention also there was a sale at the time so I was able to stuff the otherwise empty bag with clothing. Since then, both Roland and I continued publishing our work on WordPress and we’re both authors of a million hits photo blog. This LowePro bag has since been the single most indispensable bag for all my commercial photography assignments within Brunei. While its dimensions are within airline carry-on specification, its laden weight is too heavy to fit in an overhead compartment.

Working solo, I drag the LowePro CompuTrekker bag and custom light stand pouch that weigh a total 26 kilos from location to location bearing in mind the time required to re-pack each time. If budding photographers think this is “so cool” I can honestly say feeling dead tired at the end of a day’s shoot is anything but cool. Try it sometime and we can talk about it over coffee someday — now that’s a cool idea! :)

[ See photograph with itemised description on Twitter ]

The LowePro Rolling CompuTrekker Plus AW is spacious and accommodates all my equipment including a 17-inch Dell Studio laptop on the cover. It is also very heavy and weighs 16 kilos (excluding the laptop).

The LowePro bag holds: 2 Canon 5D Mark II bodies, 2 Phottix Odin Transmitters, 3 Phottix Odin Receivers, 2 Canon Speedlite 580EX Flashes, 1 Canon Speedlite 270EX Flash, EF 17-40mm lens, EF 24-70mm, 70-200mm f/2.8mm IS, EF 100mm Macro f/2.8 IS, EF 8-15mm Fisheye, Powerex 2700mAh Rechargeable Batteries, 2 Canon CPE3/4 Power Packs, Gaffer Tape, Velcros, Honl Gels, Honl Grid and a Hoodman 3.0 LCD Loupe. The laminated mesh pockets (not shown) hold smaller items such as 16GB and 8GB SanDisk Extreme Compact Flash cards. [ Laden weight excluding 17" laptop: 16 Kilos ]

A bag I designed that's tailored to accommdate my needs: 2 aluminium light stands, 1 aluminium telescopic boom, 1 heavy duty tripod with extra room to take up to 2 telephoto lenses in a pouch.

The other bag is a custom made foam padded and lined pouch to accommodate: 2 air cushioned aluminium light stands (fully extends to 8 feet), 2 60-inch and 2 32-inch Photogenic Umbrellas, 1 Slik Heavy Duty tripod and has enough room to accommodate extra camera lenses such as EF 70-200mm stored in a padded LowePro lens pouch if needed. [ Laden weight: 10 Kilos ]