Hello.

The photo above was taken in 2006; in Alexandaria, Egypt when I was assisting Saiful Nang back then.

Looking back at the photos that was taken during the trip, I am glad that I stayed focus and concentrate on my passion – photography.

More black & whites from the 3-year-old-collection will be posted soon.

Stay tuned.

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I was in Terengganu last weekend for a wedding assignment. I love traveling and I love outstation assignments. I would take the opportunity to stay a bit longer after or arrive a bit earlier (like 2 days before) just to absorb the culture, take my time off and take a break.

Day 1 – Thursday
We took off from Shah Alam on Thursday at about 5pm and arrived at the bride’s house at 11pm. Basically, we went straight to our accommodation for the weekend once we arrived and slept like a dog til the next morning.

Day 2 – Friday
The solemnization was to be held right after Friday prayer so we had the morning to kill. Nazir & I went to breakfast – East Coast style. Nazir had Nasi Kerabu.

We went location scouting right after that.

Then off to the assignment til the evening.

We went out for dinner that evening. We headed to Seberang Takir to a place that Nazir had been before. Specialty – big glass fruit juices.

Day 3 – Saturday
The reception was held from morning til about 4pm.

We were free in the evening. We went out for a seafood dinner with Syahril & Farah – two friends of Ailin and our new friends. Unfortunately, it was raining heavily with thunderstorms and high winds that night. No photos. The seafood was good! And cheap too! 4 people = RM86.

Day 4 – Sunday
We took the newlyweds out for an fun funky outdoor session until 1pm. We had Syahril & Farah helping us out. I taught Farah the art of veil throwing. She’s a fast learner!

Syahril & Farah went back to KL the same day while we were too tired to drive back. So we stayed another night.

I went out at 6pm to try at Timelapse photography of The Floating Mosque.

Then the storm came in.

I had a simple dinner later with few friends.

Day 5 – Monday
We headed out of Kuala Terengganu at 9am. We drove slowly and stopped at couple of places.

Thanks to my Garmin, I’d marked few places for future references and for my future outdoor sessions in Terengganu.

We spent about 2 hour in Kuantan. Since it was an internetless weekend in Terengganu, we stopped by Starbucks in Kuantan to catch up with emails and whatnots. We left at about 4pm and arrived at WOW at about 7pm.

Tired but inspired.

Am looking forward to this weekend and the weekend after. I will be in Seremban this week and Kuala Kangsar the weekend after.

I love to travel!

Til the next post.

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Please bear with me – this is a loooooooooong overdue post!

Back in November 2008 (yah, it was a long time ago!), I had the opportunity to follow Emmy & Zanil as their photographer on their honeymoon to Bali.

I was there for 3 days 2 nights. It was my first time in Bali and I had fun. I did my homework on the locations and what I wanted to shoot. We hired Putu as a supir to drive us around the locations.

I had one full day with the couple – from the sunrise til the sunset. It was tiring and fun at the same time. Although I wish I can be there longer and explore more places so that more great photos of them can be captured, it was not meant to be. Hopefully, I can come back to Bali with some other couples to do more Destination Portraiture or Honeymoon Photography.

As a photographer, this is what I really really want. I want to be a jet-setting photographer with assignments outside Malaysia. I want to be able to travel to exotic places and really go out of my comfort zone. Honestly, I want to be like my mentor, Louis (and many other inspiring photographers out there) – where my passport is one of my main business tool.

More importantly, I want to be an International Professional Photographer

Enjoy the photos! Click on the photo for a larger view.

Speaking of travel, I’ll be heading to Melbourne in July. Will update you more on it in the next post!

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Another busy week but I had a relaxing day on Monday. I was in Tanjung Karang with Nazir. We were there for the whole day. I decided to take the Monday off since I was working my butts off on Sunday with appointments from the morning til the evening.

We visited Nazir’s grandma & uncle and had lunch with them. I slept for two hours under the house with the wind blowing as the natural air conditioning. Basically, I was having a break – kampung style.

We left before the sunset and headed to Malawati Hill, Kuala Selangor. We stopped the top of the hill and I managed to capture these two photos.

I arrived home ready for a relaxing evening before the busy week begin the very next day. Right now I am on day 3 (the final day) of a corporate shoot with BMO.com.my. Then over the weekend – a wedding to cover, an outdoor session and a studio session. On Monday, I will be heading to Johor for a 3 day corporate shoot with another client.

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It has been a busy week right after my Sabah trip with Amru. Only now I have the time to share the photos with you guys.

Day 1

We spent one night at Rose Cabin near Mt. Kinabalu park. It was a refreshing break – surrounded by green valleys, and cool breeze. There was no internet connection but I had a great time lazying around and caught up with my sleeping time!

Day 2

We came down to KK on the second day and stayed at the Kinabalu Backpackers Lodge over at Jalan Dewan. It is a 5-star backpackers lodge – clean and fast internet connection. We went out for a street shoot and lunch. Unfortunately the shooting part was cut short by the rain. So we went shopping instead!

Day 3

We went to visit Louis Pang at his office. You can check out the post here.

We went for a movie – the Jacky Chan movie. It sucked. So, I don’t even remember the title.

Then we had dinner at the Philipino market. Amru had his dose of Chicken Wings.

Day 4

The last day. We spent the morning lazying around at Mamutik Island.

We had lunch with Ali, his wife and their 4 month baby girl, Auni. We had tonnes of fun photographing Auni and she such a cutie!

We had an impromptu meet up with KK photographers at the airport – 0.5hr before our flight. And our flight were delayed for about 0.5hrs and we landed at LCCT at midnight.

Sabah was fun. It was a relaxing break. I made a promise to myself to go for a holiday every three months so that I will stay refreshed and inspired all the time. Am contemplating for a break in Melbourne in the beginning of July since I will be very busy starting next month until end of August. What say you? Or a local break?

We headed to Malacca the very next day for an outdoor shoot with Steph. Stay tuned for the post.

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I will be leaving for Sabah in an hour. (or by the time you are reading this, I will probably already in Sabah!)

Taken from http://www.sabahtravelguide.com

I survived a 10-hour inspiring and first class Pre Wedding Outdoor Portraiture with Irwin & Vanessa yesterday. And with tonnes of money shots to be processed, I am surviving on adrenaline at the moment.

Amru, Nazir & I was with the couple for nearly 10 hours. We had the opportunity to shoot a pre wedding session with Irwin & Vanessa when Amru & I offered them the Malay Photographers’ perspective in pre wedding. FYI, we met both of them at Louis Pang‘s Workshop back in February.

So, they took up the once in a lifetime offer!

There are so many money shots I had gotten out of the session and I will share some of them in this post here’s a sneak preview!

I will be away in Sabah until Friday evening, touching down probably at midnight. Then on Saturday, I will be in Melaka for another Pre Wedding Outdoor Portraiture. My Sunday will be spent at the studio, with two studio appointments and a wedding reception to attend in the evening.

I guess I will be on adrenaline rush until the end of the week!

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Right now I am finalising the Destination Portraiture photos I took of Emmy and Zanil way back in November when we were in Bali.

FYI, I was with them for 1 full day in Bali for a Honeymoon Photography.

A teaser just for you. Expect a full post on this in the next couple of days.

Click on the photo for a larger view.

My ultimate dream – a jet setting photographer!

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Took the weekend off with her to Bagan Lalang. Her friends joined for a camping and BBQ session. It was a tiring weekend but nevertheless, I had fun and am fully recharged to face the week.

The beach was dirty but few of us went into the water anyway. I didn’t. I took a photo walk along the beach. But the sunset was beautiful! We had a strobist session before the sun went all the way down.

Although it was raining couple of hours into the night and had the BBQ in the rain (!), a game of Bluff saved us. We were laughing and making jokes all night long! And we got to know each other better.

Mid way through the night, I had an impromptu strobist session with all of us. Being the photographer that I am, I couldn’t run away from having fun with my DSLR! And it was a good opportunity to discover something new.

So, what did we do? We had one torchlight as the main light and one SB800 as the key light. We set the White Balance to Tungsten and shot away. And we also had couple of smokers helping us with the smoke effect!

Some went back that night but six of us spent the night. We didn’t get much sleep. I surely didn’t. But as I said before, I am fully recharged to face the week!

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