MONOMAD CHALLENGE : Meldequinne Beach Photoshoot 10 photos (En-My)

This is my entry for the daily #monomad challenge hosted and curated by @monochromes.

Hello everyone in this awesome Black and White community. I hope that you guys had a great holiday. Its was a little bit busy schedule for me this few days, and I think it will continue until next year, I will have our family gathering on the 31st of December to celebrate the New Year's eve while waiting for the clock countdown for new year. Let us hope for the best for all of us :)

So today I want to share another black and white outdoor portraiture of Meldequinne. This photo was taken before the pandemic. I had never got a chance to process it. While I was looking for an outdoor photo I found her photo folder inside my external hard drive. Then I decided to take some of her best shoot to process and share it to you guys :)

Hello semua orang dalam komuniti Hitam dan Putih yang hebat ini. Saya harap anda semua mempunyai percutian yang hebat. Jadualnya agak padat untuk saya beberapa hari ini, dan saya rasa ia akan berterusan sehingga tahun depan, saya akan mengadakan perhimpunan keluarga kami pada 31 Disember untuk meraikan malam tahun baru sementara menunggu undur jam untuk tahun baru. Semoga yang terbaik untuk kita semua :)

Jadi hari ini saya ingin berkongsi satu lagi potret luaran hitam putih Meldequinne. Foto ini diambil sebelum wabak. Saya tidak pernah mendapat peluang untuk memprosesnya. Semasa saya mencari foto luar, saya menemui folder fotonya di dalam pemacu keras luaran saya. Kemudian saya memutuskan untuk mengambil beberapa penggambaran terbaiknya untuk diproses dan berkongsi kepada anda semua :)

Close up shoot, EXIF : ISO - 100 | f 2.8 | 1 / 2000 sec | 28mm | 0 step exposure bias

Everyone, meet Meldequinne. A close up photo of her is one of my favorite. Luckily during this photoshoot session the weather was good, the sun is not too harsh but it was bright. Still no major problem taking photo on the weather condition. Only one challenge during that time was the wind.

The wind was like having a timer, it will blow strong for a minute and stop, and it will start again after a few second sometime for a few minute, and it will continue again for a short period of time.

Semua orang, jumpa Meldequinne. Foto dekat dia adalah salah satu kegemaran saya. Nasib baik semasa sesi photoshoot ini cuaca baik, matahari tidak terlalu terik tetapi terang. Masih tiada masalah besar mengambil gambar pada keadaan cuaca. Hanya satu cabaran pada masa itu ialah angin.

Angin itu seperti mempunyai pemasa, ia akan bertiup kencang selama seminit dan berhenti, dan ia akan bermula semula selepas beberapa saat kadang-kadang selama beberapa minit, dan ia akan diteruskan lagi untuk jangka masa yang singkat.

Close up shoot, EXIF : ISO - 200 | f 2.8 | 1 / 3200 sec | 75mm | 0 step exposure bias

As you guys can see, her hair was blown by the wind. I had to stop for a while during the photoshoot session because of the wind was making her hair messy. There was one time when she need to cover her eyes because of the dust blown by the wind was going straight to her face.

But she never complained, that is how serious of her taking her duty a priority. She enjoyed the photoshoot session so much. She never once complained on how hot it was or how hard it was to do a pose under the bright sun with the strong wind from the sea.

Seperti yang anda boleh lihat, rambutnya diterbangkan angin. Saya terpaksa berhenti seketika semasa sesi pemotretan kerana angin yang menerpa rambutnya. Ada satu ketika dia perlu menutup matanya kerana habuk yang ditiup angin terus ke mukanya.

Tetapi dia tidak pernah merungut, begitulah seriusnya dia mengambil keutamaan. Dia sangat seronok dengan sesi pemotretan itu. Dia tidak pernah mengeluh tentang betapa panasnya atau betapa sukarnya berpose di bawah matahari yang cerah dengan angin kencang dari laut.

Close up shoot, EXIF : ISO - 200 | f 2.8 | 1 / 3200 sec | 47mm | 0 step exposure bias

Look how relaxed she was. This is an attitude that I really love from a person that doing photoshoot. Just go with the flow and improvise when its needed. She was on a swing during this shoot and the wind blows made the swing move but she never had trouble with it.

Luckily the sun was really bright and my shutter speed was high enough to freeze any movement, thus I had this photo. But I think that next time I should get an ND filter for my lens. I think it will be nice of a photo to have a little bit of motion blur on the hair while it was moved by the wind.

Lihatlah betapa santainya dia. Ini adalah sikap yang saya sangat suka daripada seorang yang melakukan pemotretan. Ikuti sahaja arus dan improvisasi apabila diperlukan. Dia sedang berbuai semasa penggambaran ini dan tiupan angin membuatkan hayunan itu bergerak tetapi dia tidak pernah menghadapi masalah dengannya.

Nasib baik matahari benar-benar terang dan kelajuan pengatup saya cukup tinggi untuk membekukan sebarang pergerakan, jadi saya mempunyai foto ini. Tetapi saya fikir lain kali saya perlu mendapatkan penapis ND untuk lensa saya. Saya fikir ia akan menjadi bagus untuk gambar untuk mempunyai sedikit gerakan kabur pada rambut semasa ia digerakkan oleh angin.

Wide shoot, EXIF : ISO - 200 | f 2.8 | 1 / 2500 sec | 28mm | 0 step exposure bias

Wide full body shoot, EXIF : ISO - 200 | f 2.8 | 1 / 2500 sec | 28mm | 0 step exposure bias

You can see the swing clearly on this photo. It was tied between the two coconut tree. This was a good spot for photoshoot.

Meldequinne had to balance her body on the swing while the wind was blowing strong. Not to worry, all went well. Nothing bad had happen during this photo session. Only some mosquito bite but it was like one or two only. The wind really helped us to prevent the mosquito bites.

Anda boleh melihat hayunan dengan jelas pada foto ini. Ia diikat di antara dua pokok kelapa. Ini adalah tempat yang bagus untuk bergambar.

Meldequinne terpaksa mengimbangkan badannya di atas buaian sambil angin bertiup kencang. Jangan risau, semuanya berjalan lancar. Tiada perkara buruk berlaku semasa sesi bergambar ini. Hanya ada beberapa gigitan nyamuk tetapi ia seperti satu dua sahaja. Angin sangat membantu kami untuk mengelakkan gigitan nyamuk.

Wide shoot, EXIF : ISO - 200 | f 2.8 | 1 / 2500 sec | 47mm | 0 step exposure bias

The wind was very strong during this time. As you can see on the above photo, only some of her hair moved but actually her hair was already been sprayed with strong hair spray. Our makeup artist that during this photoshoot was Ojoe. He did the makeup very well with the difficult hairdo during the wind, all I can say is he did his job very well.

Angin sangat kuat pada masa ini. Seperti yang anda lihat pada foto di atas, hanya sebahagian rambutnya yang bergerak tetapi sebenarnya rambutnya telah disembur dengan penyembur rambut yang kuat. Jurusolek kami yang semasa pemotretan ini ialah Ojoe. Dia melakukan solek dengan sangat baik dengan gaya rambut yang sukar semasa angin, apa yang boleh saya katakan ialah dia melakukan tugasnya dengan baik.

BTS shoot, EXIF : ISO - 200 | f 2.8 | 1 / 2000 sec | 62mm | 0 step exposure bias

A BTS during the photoshoot session. Ojoe need to adjust Meldequinne's hair in between shoot because of the strong wind.

BTS semasa sesi pemotretan. Ojoe perlu menyesuaikan rambut Meldequinne di antara penggambaran kerana angin yang kuat.

Wide shoot, EXIF : ISO - 200 | f 2.8 | 1 / 2500 sec | 42mm | 0 step exposure bias

Her expression was really great despite of the strong wind, I think she really nailed this pose. Plus the makeup done by Ojoe, it really suit her well.

Ekspresinya sangat hebat walaupun angin kuat, saya rasa dia benar-benar memaku pose ini. Ditambah lagi dengan solekan yang dilakukan oleh Ojoe, ia sangat sesuai dengannya.

Wide full body shoot, EXIF : ISO - 200 | f 2.8 | 1 / 2500 sec | 37mm | 0 step exposure bias

You can clearly see on the background, the sea water level had dropped. The beach area had widen and some of the crabs went out on the beach to find food.

Anda boleh melihat dengan jelas di latar belakang, paras air laut telah menurun. Kawasan pantai telah meluas dan beberapa ketam keluar ke pantai untuk mencari makanan.

Wide full body shoot, EXIF : ISO - 200 | f 2.8 | 1 / 2000 sec | 28mm | 0 step exposure bias

The sun become brighter when it came closed to the horizon.

Matahari menjadi lebih terang apabila ia menutup ke ufuk.

Portrait closeup head shoot, EXIF : ISO - 200 | f 2.8 | 1 / 2000 sec | 44mm | 0 step exposure bias

Last but not least, Meldequinne's close up shoot. I had to climb the coconut tree to get this shoot. And it was really worth it. :DD

And that is all from me today, I hope that you guys enjoyed my story. Until we meet again on my next post. Have a great day everyone, and stay safe.

Akhir sekali, penggambaran dekat Meldequinne. Saya terpaksa memanjat pokok kelapa untuk mendapatkan pucuk ini. Dan ia sangat berbaloi. :DD

Dan itu sahaja daripada saya hari ini, saya harap anda semua menikmati cerita saya. Sehingga berjumpa lagi di post saya yang seterusnya. Selamat sejahtera semua, dan kekal selamat.

Photographer	@tawadak24
Camera	Canon 7D | Tamron 28mm - 75mm f 2.8
Editing Software	Adobe Photoshop CC