PENTAPRISM · PROGRAMMES

LET’S SEE WHERE
PHOTOGRAPHY TAKES YOU

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THE PENTAPRISM PHILOSOPHY

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I've spent over two decades working professionally as a portrait photographer. Photography has given me a career, introduced me to remarkable people and taken me to places I might otherwise never have experienced.

But photography has always meant more to me than my profession.

It's how I experience the world. A reason to explore unfamiliar places, spend time with people, pay attention to everyday life and make photographs that mean something to me.

Through Pentaprism, I want to share that part of photography with others. Not just what I've learnt as a photographer, but what photography has allowed me to experience along the way.

I've created a collection of experiences, workshops and mentorships for people at different stages of their photography, from those who simply enjoy making photographs to those who hope to pursue it professionally.

Embrace it as something meaningful in your life, whether or not it ever becomes your profession. Photography doesn't always need a purpose or an outcome. Sometimes, the enjoyment of making photographs is reason enough.

Explore with it, and let photography introduce you to people, places and experiences you might otherwise have passed by. Take your camera somewhere unfamiliar, follow your curiosity and discover what happens along the way.

Express through it, and make photographs that reflect your interests, experiences and perspective. Over time, they become a personal record of the things that have mattered to you.

Whatever brings you to photography, I believe understanding creates freedom. Knowing why something works gives you the confidence to make your own decisions.

PENTAPRISM • EXPERIENCE

PENTAPRISM SESSIONS

INSPIRATION • IDEAS • CONVERSATION

Come spend an evening looking at photographs and talking about photography.

I’ll share photographs, ideas and some of the things I’ve learnt from twenty years of making pictures. We’ll talk about what makes us stop and look, why some photographs work and others don’t, and perhaps discover a few different ways of seeing along the way.

No cameras. No technical lessons. Just photographs, conversation and people who enjoy photography.

2.5 HOURS · 6-12 PAX · $10

  • A relaxed evening of photographs and conversation.

    I’ll share photographs, stories and ideas from my own experience, and we’ll talk about what makes certain pictures interesting, why some stay with us and how photography can change the way we look at the world around us.

    Each evening may be a little different. There may be a particular theme, photographs I would like to share or simply an interesting conversation that takes us somewhere unexpected.

    This isn’t a class, so there is nothing to prepare and no camera required.

  • Anyone who enjoys photography.

    You might be completely new to it, have been photographing for years, or simply enjoy looking at photographs and talking about them.

    There is no particular level of experience required. Come curious.

  • NEXT EVENING
    There isn't a sharing session scheduled at the moment. If you'd like to join us, leave your details and we'll let you know when the next gathering is announced.

    LOCATION
    Pentaprism Studio

    DURATION
    Approximately 2.5 hours

    GROUP SIZE
    10–15 people

    FEE
    S$15 per person

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PENTAPRISM • EXPERIENCE

PHOTOGRAPHY ON FOOT

EXPLORE SOMEWHERE •  MAKE PHOTOGRAPHS

Grab a camera and come explore somewhere with us.

Photography on Foot is a small-group photographic walk through different parts of Singapore. We’ll wander, look for photographs and talk about the things we notice along the way.

There’s no particular genre of photography and nothing you’re expected to come back with. Just a few hours out with a camera, some good company and hopefully a few photographs you’re glad you made.

3 HOURS · SMALL GROUP · S$50

  • We’ll meet at a selected location and spend the next few hours exploring it on foot with our cameras.

    I’ll photograph alongside you, share what catches my attention and talk about some of the decisions I make along the way. We can look at each other’s photographs, exchange ideas and see how differently the same place can be photographed.

    There are no assignments and no pressure to make anything extraordinary. Sometimes it’s simply good to go somewhere and photograph.

  • Anyone who enjoys going out and making photographs.

    You should be comfortable using your own camera, but you don’t need to be an experienced photographer. Bring whatever you enjoy photographing with — a camera or even your phone.

    Comfortable shoes would probably help.

  • NEXT WALK
    There isn't a walk scheduled at the moment. If you'd like to join us, leave your details and we'll let you know when the next walk is announced.

    MEETING POINT
    Details will be provided before the walk.

    DURATION
    Approximately 2–3 hours

    GROUP SIZE
    5–6 people

    FEE
    S$50 per person

    WHAT TO BRING
    A camera or phone you enjoy using, comfortable walking shoes and as little equipment as you need. A bottle of water might be useful!

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PENTAPRISM • WORKSHOP

AFTER THE SHUTTER

A PRACTICAL LIGHTROOM WORKSHOP

After the Shutter is a private, hands-on workshop dedicated to editing photographs entirely within Adobe Lightroom Classic.

From organising and selecting your photographs to refining exposure, colour and contrast, we'll explore the tools that help you make more of the images you've taken.

You'll also learn to use masks, gradients and Lightroom's removal tools for selective adjustments, before preparing your photographs for sharing.

The focus is on developing a practical editing workflow you can use for your everyday photography, without the need for Photoshop.

3 HOURS · PRIVATE 1-on-1 · S$350

  • 01 · ORGANISING YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS

    Understanding the Lightroom Classic catalogue, importing photographs, managing folders and organising your library using ratings, flags and collections.

    We'll also discuss file naming and basic backup practices so your photographs remain organised and easy to find.

    02 · SELECTING & DEVELOPING

    Learning to identify your stronger photographs before beginning the editing process.

    We'll explore exposure, white balance, contrast, highlights, shadows, tone curves and colour adjustments, including how to develop a consistent appearance across a collection of photographs.

    03 · REFINING THE IMAGE

    Using Lightroom's masking tools, brushes and gradients to make selective adjustments.

    You'll also learn how to remove small distractions, correct lens imperfections, crop and straighten your photographs, and apply sharpening and noise reduction where needed.

    04 · FINISHING & EXPORTING

    Understanding file formats, resolution, colour spaces and export settings for digital sharing and printing.

    We'll finish by working through your own photographs, putting everything together into a practical editing routine you can repeat independently.

  • After the Shutter is for photography enthusiasts who want to make more of the photographs they take.

    Whether you enjoy travel, street photography, portraits or simply documenting everyday life, this workshop will help you develop a more organised and considered approach to editing.

    No previous Lightroom experience is required, although you should be comfortable using your computer and managing files.

    The workshop focuses on photographic editing within Lightroom Classic. Advanced Photoshop retouching and commercial post-production are covered separately.

  • FORMAT: Private · One-to-one

    DURATION: 1 session · 3 hours

    FEE: S$350

    LOCATION: Pentaprism Studio

    SOFTWARE: Adobe Lightroom Classic

    Please bring your own laptop with Lightroom Classic installed, along with approximately 15–20 photographs you'd like to work on in their RAW format.

    Sessions are arranged privately according to mutual availability.

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PENTAPRISM • WORKSHOP

ART OF
PORTRAIT LIGHTING

UNDERSTANDING LIGHT . EXPLORING COLOUR

Portrait lighting is more than knowing where to place a light. It's understanding how light changes a face, creates dimension and influences the character of a photograph.

The Art of Portrait Lighting is a private, hands-on workshop exploring portraiture through continuous studio lighting.

Across two sessions, we'll begin with the fundamentals of light before introducing colour and creative lighting techniques using RGB lights.

You'll photograph two different guests, learning how to make lighting decisions, experiment with different approaches and adapt what you've learnt to the person in front of your camera.

2 SESSIONS · 3 HOURS EACH · PRIVATE 1-on-1 · S$900

  • SESSION 01 · THE LANGUAGE OF LIGHT

    Understanding how light shapes a portrait.

    We'll explore the fundamentals of portrait lighting using continuous studio lights, learning how direction, softness, distance and contrast affect the appearance of a face.

    You'll work with a guest of your own, experimenting with different lighting positions, modifiers and reflectors to create portraits ranging from soft and natural to more dramatic.

    The emphasis is on understanding what changes when you move a light, and why.

    SESSION 02 · THE EXPRESSION OF LIGHT

    Exploring colour and creative portrait lighting.

    Building on the first session, we'll introduce RGB lighting to explore how colour can influence the atmosphere and character of a portrait.

    Using a combination of neutral and coloured lights, you'll experiment with background lighting, coloured highlights, rim lighting and different colour relationships.

    You'll bring a second guest and apply what you've learnt to create a series of portraits with different lighting treatments.

    The aim is to move beyond following lighting setups and begin making creative decisions of your own.

  • This workshop is for photography enthusiasts who want to explore studio portrait lighting and develop a better understanding of how to photograph people.

    You should already be comfortable operating your camera and understand basic exposure. No previous studio lighting experience is required.

    Whether you're interested in photographing friends and family or simply enjoy experimenting with portraiture, the programme offers a practical introduction to working with light.

  • FORMAT: Private · One-to-one

    DURATION: 2 sessions · 3 hours each

    FEE: S$900

    LOCATION: Pentaprism Studio

    EQUIPMENT: Your own camera & suitable portrait lenses.

    Participants will need to arrange and bring one guest for each session. Guests may arrive approximately 30 minutes after the session begins, allowing time for the initial lesson and preparation.

    Sessions are arranged privately according to mutual availability.

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PENTAPRISM • MENTORSHIP

THE PORTRAIT
MENTORSHIP

DEVELOP A PORTRAIT PRACTICE OF YOUR OWN

Knowing how to pose and compose a portrait is one thing. Working confidently with another person in front of your camera is another.

I've spent over two decades photographing people, developing and refining the methods I use to direct, compose and build a portrait session. I've also spent many years teaching these methods to other photographers.

The Portrait Mentorship is an opportunity to learn that process directly from me.

Across three private sessions, I'll share my approach to posing and composition, demonstrate how I work with my subjects and guide you through the routines I use in my own portrait sessions.

You'll photograph four different guests throughout the mentorship. I'll be there to observe how you work, review your photographs and make corrections as you practise. We'll look beyond the photographs themselves to understand the decisions, communication and direction that led to them.

The aim isn't to photograph like me. It's to give you a working foundation strong enough to develop a portrait practice of your own.

3 SESSIONS · 9 HOURS · PRIVATE 1-ON-1 · S$1,800

  • SESSION 01 · THE FRAMEWORK

    We’ll begin with my Head-to-Toe Posing Guide and the compositional framework I use when photographing portraits. We’ll look at how the body works, the adjustments I make and how I move between different portrait compositions.

    SESSION 02 · THE ROUTINE

    I’ll demonstrate how I work with a subject from beginning to end before you practise the process yourself. We’ll work through standing, seated and leaning positions, along with directing the body and hands, the language I use and how I build a portrait session one photograph at a time.

    SESSION 03 · THE PRACTICE

    You’ll bring two guests and photograph each of them in turn. With each person, you’ll begin by working through the routine before moving into free shooting.

    After the first portrait, we’ll review what happened, make adjustments and apply what we learnt when you photograph your second guest.

  • The Portrait Mentorship is intended for photographers who want to develop a more structured and confident approach to photographing people.

    Whether you're beginning to offer portrait sessions professionally or looking to refine an existing practice, the programme provides an opportunity to learn directly from my working methods and apply them under individual guidance.

    You should already be comfortable operating your camera and understand the fundamentals of exposure. This mentorship focuses on posing, composition, subject direction and the practical routine of portrait photography rather than basic camera operation.

    No previous professional portrait experience is required.

  • For photographers who would also like to learn how I manage and finish my professional portrait work, our Professional Post-Production workshop can be added as an optional private session.

    We’ll go through my complete post-production process — from file management, naming, folder structure and backup to my Lightroom workflow and the Photoshop tools I use to finish portraits, including colour grading, Liquify, Frequency Separation and other commercial retouching techniques.

  • FORMAT
    Private · One-to-one

    DURATION
    3 sessions · 3 hours each
    9 hours in total

    FEE
    S$1,800

    LOCATION
    Pentaprism Studio · Singapore

    PRACTICAL SESSIONS
    You'll need to arrange four different guests to photograph throughout the mentorship:

    • Session 01 · One guest

    • Session 02 · One guest

    • Session 03 · Two guests

    Guests do not need any modelling experience. I recommend inviting people you aren't too familiar with, as this creates a more realistic portrait session and gives you the opportunity to practise communicating, directing and building rapport with someone new.

    All studio lighting equipment is provided. Please bring your own camera and lenses.

    Sessions are arranged privately according to mutual availability.

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PENTAPRISM • MENTORSHIP EXTENSION

PROFESSIONAL
POST-PRODUCTION

FROM LIGHTROOM TO PHOTOSHOP

Available exclusively to graduates of The Portrait Mentorship, this private extension takes you through my professional post-production workflow, from managing and selecting photographs in Adobe Lightroom Classic to colour development and detailed retouching in Adobe Photoshop.

We'll look at how I organise and prepare my files, refine exposure and colour, and use frequency separation and dodge and burn to make considered corrections while preserving natural skin texture.

The emphasis is on developing a reliable working routine, understanding each adjustment and knowing when a portrait is finished.

3 HOURS · PRIVATE 1-on-1 · S$550

  • 01 · THE PROFESSIONAL WORKFLOW

    Understanding the process of managing photographs after a session, from ingesting and renaming files to importing them into Adobe Lightroom Classic. We'll also look at organising, screening and selecting photographs for further editing.

    02 · DEVELOPING THE PHOTOGRAPH

    Preparing selected photographs in Lightroom Classic, beginning with exposure and white balance before refining contrast, skin tones and colour using the Tone Curve and HSL controls.

    03 · PORTRAIT RETOUCHING IN PHOTOSHOP

    Moving into Adobe Photoshop for detailed portrait retouching. We'll explore frequency separation and dodge and burn techniques to refine skin, correct uneven tones and preserve natural texture without overprocessing the photograph.

  • This workshop is available exclusively to graduates of The Portrait Mentorship who wish to extend their training into professional post-production.

    Building on the portrait-making methods covered during the Mentorship, we'll focus on how photographs are selected, developed, retouched and prepared for delivery.

    Basic familiarity with Lightroom Classic and computer file management is recommended. No previous experience with frequency separation or advanced Photoshop retouching is required.

  • FORMAT: Private · One-to-one

    DURATION: 1 session · 3 hours

    FEE: S$550

    LOCATION: Pentaprism Studio

    SOFTWARE: Adobe Lightroom Classic & Photoshop

    Please bring your own laptop with Lightroom Classic installed, along 2-3 portrait images you'd like to work on in their RAW format.

    Sessions are arranged privately according to mutual availability.

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THE PORTRAIT PRACTICE

YOU PHOTOGRAPH. I OBSERVE

Learning a routine is one thing. Making it your own takes practice.

The Portrait Practice is a series of private practice and review sessions available exclusively to graduates of The Portrait Mentorship.

Unlike the Mentorship, where I demonstrate and guide you through my methods, these sessions are led by you. You'll photograph your own guest while I observe how you work, from directing and communicating to posing and composing each portrait.

We'll review your photographs, identify what is working and make corrections while you're actually photographing. As your confidence and understanding develop, we can also use these sessions to work towards producing stronger photographs for your portfolio.

There's no new framework to learn. Just the opportunity to practise what you know, receive individual feedback and continue developing a portrait practice of your own.

PRIVATE 1-ON-1 · 1.5 HOURS PER SESSION
2 SESSIONS · S$600
3 SESSIONS · S$850

Available exclusively to Portrait Mentorship graduates. Sessions are arranged privately and must be completed within six months. Students arrange their own guests for each session.

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