‘m so happy that my picture ‘It Rained’ was selected as the top 50 pictures in the ‘People’ category of the Australian based Better Photography Magazine Competition. It is definitely humbling to know that people from different parts of the world value my work, alhamdulillah. Knowing that I was even placed in the top 50 amongst Australia’s finest is good enough for me to have a smile on my face. It is also sweet to know that I’m the only Malaysian who won top 50 in this whole competition. Anyway, it is 1.17 am and I really should get some sleep now.

or those who aren’t familiar with Joe McNally, he is actually one of the most renowned photographers in the world! Having shot for National Geographic on many assignments he is known for being the photographer that shoots the impossible. Thanks goes out to Louis Pang who runs Wedshooter.tv for bringing over Joe McNally to KL. Honestly I have always been dreaming of attending such a workshop, its such a bonus that now ‘The Photographer’ comes to us, and we are so fortunate. I’m overjoyed now to be officially one of his students !

e learnt much in the class about how to light our subjects using small camera flashes. Despite the fact that Joe uses a Nikon™ I found the class was thoroughly helpful even for the Canon™ users too, like myself. Anyway here’s some pictures I managed to shoot during my time in the workshop here. Btw for those still interested to catch Joe live in KL you can attend a seminar in Shangri-La on the 6th of February.

Louis as a model to Joe, hehe, a high key shot.

Joe intensely explaining the theories of light and how to manipulate it.

‘You must remember…..’

Joe showing a lighting set up for using three flashes

And below are some shots I managed to shoot in the Workshop!

Experimenting with different color temperatures

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ow! Today I am truly on a blog post rampage..ok I will not bore you all with long explanations since this is blog post No.3 for today! Here is the wedding of Chantelle & Kelvin. Enjoy!

I have to admit, this has got to be one of my most favorite floral arrangements in any wedding, I really like floral arrangements that aren’t stingy on flower usage.

The Bride and Groom prepares themselves for the night

The groom’s uncle being introduced to the bride

The Tea Ceremony begins with the elderlies

These are the funky shoes the MC wore that night, irresistible to not snap at !

The Bride makes her grand entrance with a funny march along with the brides maids and finally Kelvin unites with her towards the end of the march

The MC, who also happens to be a stand up comedian ( so he tells me,heheh)

Alex Yoong giving a speech about his old time ‘chum’ , Kelvin.

Sisters!

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irstly, I would like to thank all the students that turned up in our very first Basic Photography Workshop last weekend. It was truly a wonderful experience to be able to share with you all, some of the knowledge I have gained over the years being in this industry. I do intend to continue doing more workshops in the future as I do feel that there is a growing interest in Basic Photography Workshops these days due to the advent of cheaper and better technology which is widely available to the masses. Also thanks goes out to Zaki and Sabrina, thanks guys,couldn’t have don’t it without your help .

uring the workshop I was quite pleasantly surprised at how quickly some of the students picked up on all the topics being explained. Anyway, here is just some shots which I took during the Workshop.

In the class we thought the students how to shoot effective silhouette ’s

1, 2 , 3 ….

Jump ! ….

asic Photography Class. Will be teaching everything you need to know to get your photography skills up. Everything from camera functions, lighting techniques, posing and real practical shooting thought first hand by real pros.

Workshop details:
Date = 23rd Jan 2010
Time = 10.30am - 4 pm
Price : RM500
Deposit for Booking : 100% deposit is required for confirming seats
Seats in Workshop : 15 students max
Venue: Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia Educational Department (near Masjid Negara,FREE Parking)
Contact us : qippy@qippy.com or sms 0162024777 (Naqib)
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nyway we still have room for a few more students. Here’s the list of confirmed students:

1. Mohd Azmir
2. Wan Adlan
3. Syed Ali Zainal Abidin
4. Syed Sadiq
5. Shukor Rosli
6. Najlaa’ Fadzli
7. Tai Han
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was in Malacca last weekend to shoot a wedding. It was a while since I ever stepped foot there and I was definitely excited to say the least to have a change of view. KL can be so monotonous after a while. Anyway I met Chantelle & Kelvin at my first bridal fair in Le Meridien.  I was really happy when they came up to my booth and they said that they really admired my work. It’s always nice to meet customers that truly know what they want, it just gives you that bit more confidence to work with such customers. Anyway I hope you enjoy just a few pictures I have selected for this post.

h by the way, just in case if you are wondering how come there are so many jumping shots? Well, the bride used to play basketball when she was in school, so I was told. And, yes, that is Alex Yoong the Ex-F1 driver in the front seat driving the car. He was Kelvin’s best man for the day. Cool..

Alex’s behind the wheel

The bride with friends and basketball team mates

oday was my workshop with Steve McCurry. The event was officially organized by EPSON™ Singapore in collaboration with the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia.Being the man in charge of setting up the Islamic Arts Museum’s photolab from ground zero; I came real early this morning just to help out Epson™ on anything they might want me to assist them with for the workshop. Steve started the workshop around 10.30 am and it wrapped up roughly by 1pm. I managed to shoot quite a bit during that short time span. One thing I noticed about any classes I have ever attended in my life is that, all these classes truly help point you in the right direction, and the rest is really up to you.

teve as a person, is so approachable and very engaging. It was very easy asking him questions at the spur of the moment because he would thoroughly listen to the questions being asked and he would try his level best to answer them as best he can. Another point worth mentioning is that Steve is definitely a witty man too which made everyone feel at ease during his Master Workshop.

he workshop group was broken up into two main groups,Group 1 and 2. After the morning brief, Steve had us do a walkabout to snap some pictures based on what theories we’ve just learned from his style of shooting. I can’t emphasize enough how good it is for everyone interested in photography to attend such workshops. These workshops truly give us an insider view of how the real pro’s think and decide on what to snap before snapping. I’ve accompanied in this post some pics from the workshop. Included in the post are the walkabout shots I took in the museum.

h yeah I was really happy to have the opportunity to get my prints signed. I was really happy also, I managed to give him two prints I took of him which he really liked. One of the prints he specifically took and said he wanted it! Cool hehe..

Before the class starts, Steve has a quick word with the organisers

A picture of fishermen he snapped in Sri Lanka

Of course a picture of him and the ‘Afghany Girl’ wouldn’t be complete

Some of my walkabout shots. As you can see I was very concerned in framing the subject matter carefully

Hands on lessons from the Pro

I managed to snap these two German tourist in the museum during the walkabout session

Steve looks at the images I shot of him in the Seminar, the day before the workshop

I love this shot because Steve didn’t realize I had snapped him