by Daniel Chiam
Yesterday I have the privilege to attend the 8th edition of
Behind The Lens (BTL)
at
Ecoba Restaurant & Bar at Damansara Perdana. It was my first time attending it and its an event inspired by the similar concept of
Inside The Actors Studio, where for BTL, it is a series of live interview with professional photographers and their award winning images. BTL is independently produced and hosted by
Peter Tan, whose works is very well known in the industry as well.
That night, instead of photography, we have the privilege to learn something new from the perspective of a videographer and also their works. The guest speaker for the night is non other than
Gregory Cheong the creative director of
Gregs Video Sdn. Bhd. Ever since I did my very first
wedding video, I always have the desire to want to learn more about videography than just learning from my own observation. What better chance do I have but to listen and digest from one of the best in the industry.
I know very few about the man himself, but Gregs and his team did a lot of Indian weddings and apparently has been going all over Asia for their work. Gregs also showcases some of his production to all of us that night, and I was in awe with all of his wedding videos. It was beautifully done and definitely are love stories worth watching.
To produce wedding videos from different cultural background, a lot of homework and research had to be done before hand, in order not to missed out on any important moment. Of course the demand and wants of the customers had to be taken into consideration also. Preparation is crucial.
The old age problem of photographer being in a videographer's frame and vice versa was also being brought up. Gregs suggested that both just had to communicate before the event started, tho sometimes it may work but often it just doesn't worked out as planned. So the best solution is, you just needed to be great in taking videos and be very good in editing it afterwards.
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| Everyone who attended that night. |
I've learnt a lot from Gregs and was just too many to share it out here. It was indeed a resourceful night and a night that filled with laughter too. A few giveaway from the sponsors was also being given out through lucky draw that night. I wanted the tripod so bad but my name was never being called, haha. Perhaps I'll have better chance in the next meeting. Yes, the next Thursday meeting will be on December 6 and it will be featuring
Zung ThePhotoz. You can checkout the Facebook event created
HERE.
I'm starting to like this BTL event, and all thanks to Tian Chad (TC) for bringing me along with him. It's really an eye opening event and it helps to boils up my interest in photography and videography as well. Hopefully TC will be able to be TBL's guest speaker one day and hopefully I will too, haha. There is still so much to learn and for now, I'm just enjoying that process of learning.
