Photographic Ramblings

My friend and I will be heading to the UK in July. We thought of bringing over our services over there - just to test the water so to speak.

We’ll be there from 15th July until 4th August; and we will be going around the UK - backpacking with our cameras.

The itinerary is not confirmed at the moment. We will need plan on the places we going to visit with the clients’ time slots - which is wide open at the moment.

What do you think - 2 photographers, 1 Country and your memories - portraiture sessions with your loved ones at an affordable investment of £200?

Head on to http://uk.hafizismail.net.

Photographer/Retoucher - www.hafizismail.net

Exif for photo
Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 500
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure Mode: Manual

Photoshopped
Sharpen, Color pop, texture and vignet.

Model - Farah [ Click Here for more ]
Photographer/Retoucher - www.hafizismail.net

Stupid, moronic, selfish and uncalled for.

One word - a nincompoop.

Bongok!

We are declaring 2008 as the year of Love!

And we are kicking off this year with a promotion that you should not miss!

Terms & Conditions

1. This offer is valid until January 31st 2008; for any day in 2008.
2. Portraiture session(s) can be indoor or outdoor. (Why stay inside, when you go outside and have some fun!)
3. We’re open for discussion of what kind of portraiture session(s) you have in mind.
4. Klang Valley location. Additional fees for outside coverage area.
5. Extra hours can be arranged. We charge nominal fee at RM100 per extra hours.
6. The three (3) printed 5R photos will be chosen by us. Let us worry about that!
7. Unlimited shots.
8. We will try our best to get the frame as depicted above. If unavailable, we will try our best to substitute it with a similar ones.
9. Yes, Hafiz Ismail will be shooting.
10. It’s a weekday shoot. For weekend shoot, a small fee of RM200 will be added on top of the RM450. Slots are subject to availability and on a first-come-first-serve basis. A small retainer fee is required to book the slot.
11. When we mean fun & funky, we mean FUN & FUNKY!

Grab this opportunity before it ends. Use this offer to get a wonderful present for your loved ones, parents, wife, husband, part time lover (!) etc. We’ll be honoured to be able to assist you!

Contact us now! Book a slot before it’s too late!

Guess what?

I was covering a story (with a friend cum NST writer, Sheila Sri Priya) on a spa (Beauty Retreat, at Aman Suria, Petaling Jaya) last week when out of the blue I dared myself to experience something different.

No, it was not because of the free-of-charge part. But more on the trying-something-different-in-the-new-year thing. So I did.

I had a facial. (BTW, that’s not me in the picture above :P)

Read the full story here.

What did I do over the weekend? I went to invest on myself with Photoshop skills.

The market nowadays require us to further improve ourselves and be different; and this is what I’d always believe. Yes, equipment does help you in a certain way but the other little thing that I as a photographer cannot live without is the ability to retouch/enhance/edit (or whatever you want to call it) pictures that I took.

I am a firm believer in investing in myself. I’d always love business and the art of running a business. One little thing that a Trump or a Kiyosaki will tell you that is to always invest, learn and relearn things that matters in your business.

This is what I’m doing now.

For sale.

Lens Name: Nikkor AFDX 10.5mm f2.8G ED
Condition: 9/10 - scratches on the rim (see picture). Else perfectly working. No fungus
Age: 7 months + (bought in May 2007 - Receipt available)
Warranty Card: Yes, Unfilled.
Pictures:

Terms: COD and viewing in Subang Jaya, Shah Alam or Kuala Lumpur
Reason: 1. Not much in use. 2. I feel like selling it
Selling it for: RM1900 o.n.o

Call me up or leave me a message at +6016 2529701.

Very far - if and only if my precious life is not being jeopardize by my action.

A friend (and a competitor) told me once - at my very early stage in photography - that you can photograph anything, anyone, anywhere until some authoritative figure tell you can’t. And I hold on to that statement every time I am on assignment or whenever I have my DSLR by my side.

Perhaps the question is, how far will we go to get great pictures?

Credits to my assistant - www.arliahashim.com