GAVIN

An energetic and ambitious young man with a stunning musuclar body, who would ever believe that this guy raises prize-winning dogs for a living. I was introduced to him earlier this year and was eager to capture some photographs of him in his peak condition. Earlier photographs of him, perhaps a year or two before I met him showed him to be rather thin. But look what has come of him! I remember meeting him on the day of the photography shoot and almost not recognizing him. He certainly put a lot of work on that amazing chest of his. Very reception to a wide variety of posing, here are the ones that I feel that tell the story of this young guy.

Digital camera was the Nikon D70 while the film-based camera was the F100; both using the Nikkor 28-70mm F2.8 lens. The film for the black and white is Kodak Tmax 400. In addition, there is one image in the bottom left corner where I used roll of Fuji NPH400.

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COLIN

I met Colin last year on the internet (yes, the internet, namely fridae.com) and kindly asked him if he would be interested in being photographed by me. He was from Singapore, so it was plannned that I would at least meet up with him when I was there to visit friends.

Well, let’s just say that this guy has a very interesting character, besides having a very sexy and beautifully toned body. I noticed that he’s got a ‘good side’ — so he turns his head to his left quite often. But it’s okay, so long as I can capture him smiling! I mean, what an amazing smile he has.

I used the digital camera for the colour photographs and the film-based camera for the black and whites, I was aimed at doing my best to photograph him as best as possible. The following are the ones that I like the most out of at least 40 images very good images, so the paring down was not easy.

Thanks Colin for agreeing to the shoot with me. And believe me, your photographs will certainly appear in the second edition (2.AM) of The Asian Male, promise. 

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RYAN

I met Ryan a few months ago for the first time through an introduction of friends. His friends, who are admirers of photography, thought it would be appropriate that I capture this energetic young Singaporean on film. With a tall stature of perhaps 6’-3” tall, Ryan’s lean body was something more difficult to capture on film than I first imagined. He doesn’t work out at the gym, but keeps himself in shape by swimming and volleyball. It took quite number of different experiments to find what would work and what would not. In less than 2 hours, I came down to a few shots that I really take advantage of his physique and boyish good looks. What stikes me most about Ryan are his eyes, they look rather innocent one moment, then teasing and flirtation the next — which goes well for him since he’s a free-spirited soul with a zest for all that’s good and happy in life. I hope you enjoy the photographs.

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