Photographing a couple at Gardens By the Bay, Singapore - at Night

vtravels (65)in #photography • 6 years ago

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Singapore was always one of those countries we had dreamed of visiting in. We have always gone West with our travels and were eager to see what the East side of the World was like. When we got commissioned by a couple to fly out to shoot their 3 day wedding we wanted to make the most of the time we had out there so extended the trip for 2 weeks. We had so much fun and Singapore quickly became one of our favourite countries ever. The way of life seemed so much more relaxed, everyone seemed happier, the streets were all clean, there was next to no crime, the food was amazing, as was the shopping, not to mention the weather, what was there not to like! We enjoyed every bit of it! We wanted to make the most of our time in this amazing country so took the chance to take this lovely couple on an engagement session to Gardens by the Bay at night time. We had seen it at day time and really want to do a shoot with the trees all lit up, it also wasn't quite as hot at night time so we were very grateful for that!

We had to think about our cameras steaming up too so there was another factor to count in! When we arrived we were luckily surprised by how quiet it was, maybe because most visitors go at day time but wither way were were glad to have the park almost to ourselves! It looked so beautiful with the blue trees all lit up and we couldn't wait to get the couple in locations and start shooting. The couple were so down to earth and fun that it felt like we were walking around the park with friends not clients!

After taking a few shots at the stunning Gardens we walked over to the Marina Bay Sands hotel, which is just incredible. With the boat like structure on top of three towers it really is just an impressive site to see! I always wanted to keep the couple the focus and incorporate the surroundings around them rather than let the buildings overwhelm the shots.

There is no need to worry about photographing in the dark at all, as long as you have the right gear and know how to use it, then your fine. We like to keep it as simple as possible and travel light, so as much as we could always use soft boxes etc its just not practical to take them everywhere with us. The 2 flashes, sometimes 4, are more than enough, lighter to carry and easy to use. Using what you have around you is important too, so whilst the flash can do a lot of the work for you, you still need to have some other light sources in the image or it might just not be bright enough. I always use my flash on manual so its just a case of up or down for power, pretty simple! One trigger on camera one on the flash, and that's as simple as it gets. We sometimes use gels and filters on the flash but in this case we didn't need to. Hope you enjoy the shots! And if you ever get chance to visit Singapore its definitely a must!