Corporate Events 3 - Grant Corban Photography Sdn Bhd

12 November 2023

Prince Andrew the Duke of York at the Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur

His Royal Highness Prince Andrew the Duke of York is visiting Malaysia currently and carrying out many of the diplomatic functions he does on a regular basis. This visit to Malaysia has a very heavy schedule and included visiting the war graves of troops who fought and died in the defense of Malaya. Monday evening he was scheduled to be the at the Mandarin Oriental hotel, in the heart of Kuala Lumpur to address the Alumni of the University of Huddersfield. The event was hosted by the British Malaysian Chamber of Commerce and I was asked to be the photographer to cover the event. Below are some of the images from the event.

Prince Andrew going through the University of Huddersfield promotional material

The Brexit vote happened only last week so people were very keen to hear what the Prince had to say.

Prince Andrew talking about the needs for closer ties with Malaysia

Prince Andrew gave a good case for Malaysian students to study in the University of Huddersfield.

Prince Andrew also encouraged the Alumni to keep their ties with the University of Huddersfield active.

Alumni were very keen to meet the Prince after the meeting

Prince Andrew sharing thoughts with one of the attendees

9 November 2023

Event Group Photo at Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur

Group Photo at Le Méridien, Kuala Lumpur

Just a quick post today. I was covering an event at the Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur in Sentral this morning for the INCF event. I was asked to do a group photo for it so got to work. Part of a successful group photo is to feel at ease in front of a crowd of strangers and chat away in a good natured manner explaining what you need from them. Once they know you are wanting to make them look good people will work with you. Important when it is warm and muggy outside. Note the smiles and that everyone is visible. I asked some of them to stand on tip toes in order to achieve that.

This photo was taken with a 24mm lens. This focal length is usually classed as too wide for groups shots because people on the corners start to distort. Switching to anything wider would have been very noticeable and introduced branches from the trees that were adjacent to me into the sides and top of the frame. I would have been happier going to 35mm for a more pleasing photo, but in this case it was simply impossible. That said, the hotel was happy and have a copy of the photo for their future clients reference. Thumbs up.

1 November 2023

Valentines Day Pub and Bar Photography at Happer’s

Fuji XT-1 APD high ISO Matchzsticks Valentines Day party at Happer's Pub Bar

I was asked to shoot an “Anti-Valentines Day” singles get together at Happer’s Bar and Pub in Damansara Jaya near the Atria shopping Mall for Matchzsticks on Valentines day. It was a fun event and lots of singles got together to meet old friends and make new ones. Shooting was fairly challenging as it was mostly lit by candle light. Due to this most of the photos below were shot between ISO 6,000 and 10,000 using the Fuji X-T1 with 56mm APD F1.2 and a Canon 5DMk3 with a 24-70 F2.8, hence the graininess of some of the images.

The popping of the Piñata was certainly a highlight of the evening 🙂

Happer’s Bar and Pub in Damansara Jaya. This is at a very high ISO so a bit grainy.

Canon 5DMk3 at ISO10,000