Li Lin Photographed at Triathlon Training Clinic

By Robert • May 22, 2006

One of those last minute calls to fill in for a photographer brought to me a Singapore Triathlon 2006 Training Clinic at East Coast Park this past Saturday. A celebrity shoot was planned with Li Lin Wong, a local actress who first gained popularity with the role of Elaine Tay, a female inspector, in the hugely popular local police TV series ‘Triple Nine’. She went on to do dozens of TV shows, telemovies, magazines covers, etc. Married with two children and with a very hectic schedule, Li Lin has managed to stay in superb physical shape.

East Coast Park is one of my least favorite places in Singapore for a photo shoot. The light is terrible even on a nice day. The choice is either dark shade or bright sunlight with yellow cast from the reflected light off the beach and bare patches of soil where there should be grass. In addition, Li Lin was a bit under the weather with a cold. Still we managed get the shots that we needed.

My choice of equipment was my trusty Canon EOS 30D mounted with a Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS. I wanted the quality bokeh that you can only get from a Canon telephoto lens packed with L-glass. To open up the shadows a bit on some shots, I used a Canon Speedlite 580EX flash in the fill mode (Av or Tv). For the actions shots, I used the AI Servo auto-focusing mode.

Several of the photos ~~will appear~~ have appeared in the Thursday, May 25 ‘Urban’ section of the Singapore Straits Times. Click on the thumbnail to see a few of the photos.

Many thanks to Dora and Lynda from IMSG for superbly managing the shoot. Li Lin was a pleasure to work with as usual!

Note: This was my second time covering an event featuring Li Lin. I did a editorial shoot for FHM last November when Li Lin made a guest appearance at the F1 Powerboat Race at Marina South. She was featured on the cover of FHM ‘s Singapore October 2005 issue.

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