This is my entry for the daily #monomad challenge hosted and curated by @monochromes.

Hello and greetings everyone. Weekend is just around the corner and I am very excited for this coming weekend. Today I want to share another black and white portrait series of a male pageant. This post is the continuation post from my previous Headshot series .

EXIF - 1/160 sec | f/1.8| ISO-200| 85mm | 0 step exposure bias

This is Aldern, 20 years old and still studying. This was his first time participating on a male pageant. Before this he was just a crew on events activities.

EXIF - 1/160 sec | f/1.8| ISO-200| 85mm | 0 step exposure bias

This is Denilson, 20 years old and still studying. Same as Aldern, this is his first time participating on the male pageant.

EXIF - 1/160 sec | f/1.8| ISO-200| 85mm | 0 step exposure bias

This is Kimar, 25 years old and working in a hotel here at Kota Kinabalu. Previously he had been participating on events and he do traditional and cultural dance. He was an experienced contestant.

EXIF - 1/160 sec | f/1.8| ISO-200| 85mm | 0 step exposure bias

This is Andre, 21 years old and still studying. He also a first time joining a male pageant. He actually a very happy go lucky person. But on this set, he made a very different look from his usual expression. He had a potential for a model.

EXIF - 1/160 sec | f/1.8| ISO-200| 85mm | 0 step exposure bias

This is Dexter, 32 years old. He previously joined a local pageant called the Mister Kaamatan. This pageant is a local cultural pageant. He had a very fierce look during the photo session. I like how he can express a different face expression compared to his daily face expression.

EXIF - 1/160 sec | f/1.8| ISO-200| 85mm | 0 step exposure bias

This is Aminshah, 20 years old and still studying. This was his first time joining pageant event. One that had a very strong look from the protrait session. He actually had a baby face but during the portrait session he turned himself to a very matured looking man. Kudos to him.

EXIF - 1/160 sec | f/1.8| ISO-200| 85mm | 0 step exposure bias

This is Alanveran, 20 years old and an employee. If I am not mistaken before this he already had some experience in photoshooting. One of the easiest to pose because he already had some posing vocabulary. One of the favorite contestant during the event.

Everyone of them had a big potential for a modeling and pageant world, as long as they keep on working hard and polish their skills. I hope to meet them again in the future for more portrait session.

And that is all from me today. I hope that you guys enjoyed reading my post. Have an amazing day and always stay safe. Cheerss!

Photographer	@tawadak24
Camera	Sony A7iii | 85mm f1.8
Editing Software	Adobe Lightroom Classic 10.1.1.0