lets jom

bro+sis birthday

2009-11-23T19:56:00.003+08:00

wasssssssap...

here r some whacky fotos taken after dinner while celebrating me brother n sista's birthday..

usually its birthdays that we can get a chance to take a foto together.as our family grow bigger it essential that we keep these fotos as fond memories to be remembered in the future.

a new beginning

2009-11-23T18:41:00.003+08:00

i have officially moved to the dark side..

buka puasa at kota kinabalu

2009-09-07T00:15:00.004+08:00

wazaaaa...
i've been neglecting my blog i know.
well i'm not too sure bout who my audience are but i dont think so my blog was missed by thousands of people..i guess i have always treated my blog as a place where i can just talk alot of crap n post some of my recent photos
so here's some of my recent ones on my trip to kota kinabalu
it was at a place called sedco at sempelang
n boy was the food awesome
we had seafood!!
the photo above is a nice cup of nescafe for berbuka...

here's one of my favourite must have dishes
the sizzling japanese beancurd.

limau kasturi for added flavour

some salted nuts which we eventually didnt eat hehe...

and my all time favourite
the midin
well...this wasnt the actual midin
u'd find midin in sarawak tho but this was the closest they have here in sabah
probably sabah vege or paku pakis to some
but still very very delicious

ketam tiga rasa...also very nice n sloppy hehe

the best dish of the night
creamy buttered prawns with extra gravy...
simply irresistable!
i can eat a dozen of this prawns
the gravy was oh so goooood~

i'd come here again
altho slightly on the pricey side but worth the trip
as the seafood was fresh

whats dinner without dessert
a plate of fruits always do me right
yummy...
thats all folks!
till my next food adventure..

my only post in june

2009-06-29T22:40:00.003+08:00

wazaaaaa.

whoa..been neglecting this blog for abit so i guess i owe it to myself to explain bout this

i have absolutely no reason for it whatsoever.oh well...i guess its not really much of a big deal..
but so much had happened n so much to tell in a short time..

i'm currently in dubai for another night before i head home to kuala lumpur..i miss my girls very much.i spent most of my time here editing as many photo's that i could.this would be my only post for this month but i shall be posting more soon.july is a new month.so much to look forward to.wish me luck aight

here's a photo i've chosen for my poster to promote my website.

love all!

ayska at two weeks

2009-05-25T23:50:00.006+08:00

wazaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
i havent been updating my blog for quite a bit while,its already coming to the end of may...
my baby girl has changed so much since we saw her at birth
these pics here were taken when she was about to have a bath n a massage at a tender age of just two weeks..

the tukang urut...

cheeky!

indulging herself

oh yeah!!

ayska : "ok enough urut time for mandi...wait a minute let me yawn first"

she absolutely loves the bath.i think naturally all babies do love the water..i guess since they've been living in one for the past nine months this oughta feel very,very,very comforting...more to come..

here's one of the mummy n the tukang urut sharing a light moment

ayska

2009-04-14T13:55:00.008+08:00

wazaaaa
its been abit over 2 weeks now since my last post...
i have a valid reason for it tho
i've been been blessed with another child and
i'm proud to announce the birth of our second daughter
'Nor Alma Ayska'

the name alma means learned
and ayska was from an arabic origin meaning lively

her due date was not till 15th of april
she was born on 31st of march instead
lucky me i was around that day n not flying off somewhere

ayska weighed 3.69kg and was delivered at 4.50pm
her delivery was an emotional one for me as it was the second time i witnessed the pain of labour
the minute she was delivered i couldnt help but shed a tear
tear of joy n happiness
n to think how great God is
she is absolutely beautiful! n she's my daughter...

we visited the dr.Guna that morning n was told that my wifey Nor was already ready to go into labour.she dialated 5cm by then,which means she's like halfway thru the delivery..we then went home to pack our bags n even managed to register arina's primary skool at tropicana.

here r some photos i managed to shoot
i do hope one day she grows old enough to understand the pain n sacrifices her mummy went thru to bring her in to this world..we love u ayska!

fall out boy

2009-03-29T19:35:00.006+08:00

wasaaaaaap~
this song america's suitehearts/sweethearts(whichever way u spell itlah!)
keeps playing in my head

over n over n over again...

here's one of my favourite pic of the bands photoshoot (which i found of the innernet)
and i think this pic was wickedly awesome!!
i loved how simple the colours were and how the character stands out in da picture..

america's suiteheart
(click on here to watch the music vid)

You could've knocked me out with a feather,
I know you heard this all before,but we're just hells dreamers,
Wh- wh- why won't the world revolve around me,
Build my dreams, trees grow all over the streets. But I don't know much about classic cars,
but I got a lot of friends talking classic coke,
Down set one hut hut hike,
Media please. Let's hear it for America's Suitehearts,
But I must confess I'm in love with my own sins,
Let's hear it for America's Suitehearts,
But I must confess I'm in love with my own sins.
You can bow and pretend that you don't don't know you're a legend,
Time time time hasn't told anyone else yet,
Let my love loose again.
I don't know much about classic cars,
but I got a lot of friends talking classic coke,
Down, Set, one, Hut, Hut, Hike,
Media please.
Let's hear it for America's Suitehearts,
But I must confess I'm in love with my own sins,
Let's hear it for America's Suitehearts,
But I must confess I'm in love with my own sins.
You could've knocked me out with a feather,
I know you've heard this all before. Let's hear it for America's Suitehearts,
But I must confess I'm in love with my own sins,
Let's hear it for America's Suitehearts,
But I must confess I'm in love with my own sins.
Let's hear it oh let's hear it,
Let's hear it oh let's hear it,
Sweetheart.

its one of those songs i can never really get enough of listening
ironically its playing right now on my winamp as i'm typing this
is it just the catchy tune.. or funky lyrics that turns me on?
naaah..the song just rocks it
makes me wanna dance.hahaha
or rather nod my head to its tune..
wicked!

drag-queens

2009-03-28T13:45:00.003+08:00

wazaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

i was at this event coverage at one world recently n was i delighted to get these drag queens to pose for me..i've been real busy trying to compile my portfolio,gathering as many shoots as i can,as many variations n characters..i should think this fits under the category between the girls n the boys hahaha....
these drag queens/dancers performed at a company dinner+dance i was shooting for...
and i'm still stunned by their voice: "tulen bang!"

well on the contrary ..
there was infact some ~hawt queens at these scene
here's a pic of one my fav..

my version of this caption should read
"James Bond's latest All Malaysian cast
Casino Royale" at the screening of its release

*checkout the pistol yo!* hehehe

...

earth hour

2009-03-26T15:57:00.005+08:00

wazaaaaa

in participation
of the 1hr that
evryone is talking about

i will be on the plane bound for Incheon , Korea
now,i wonder if my inflight superviser would also switch OFF the cabin light for an hour?
hmmmm...

looks like google will also switch off their lights..
why shouldnt we?

happy bday sri

2009-03-26T14:57:00.004+08:00

wazzzzaaaaa.. kak sri indahouse...
her expression when she was presented with the cake was priceless.
she is also part of the family..a surprise birthday singout for her
we had one for ryzal earlier so we did one for her too
sri is my inlaws housekeeper

the little girl wanting the attention of her daddji!

most recent family foto...

baby shower

2009-03-26T14:41:00.004+08:00

wazaaaaaaa
so my wife had a baby shower recently
and i still had the pikiez UWA lens with me...
did a quick group photo with it.
incredibly everyone fitted in the frame..
"awesomeness"..
i'm still in awe about the whole wide angle thingy

and i also did a special photoshoot for the siblings
with the little girl of course...

maklumlah..its an all girl event pun..

poetic

2009-03-26T11:30:00.003+08:00

wazaaaaaa

about 4years ago.
eryse wrote a poem to newlyborn arina..

"a special poem for my special niece"

welcome to the world my fine niece
your presence makes my fear go away
when i look at you cuddled in your mummy's arms
i know that you'll be fine someday

those tiny fingers,those little feet
make me want to love you even more
almost everyday i wonder
if you weren't here would life be a bore?

i just cant wait till you grow up into a beautiful girl
i'll bring you to places you'll never forget
i'll buy you candies,pretty dresses and toys to play with
and i'll even let you see beautiful things you've never met

as your young aunt, i am writting this poem with lots of love
lots and lots of love from the bottom of my heart
i hope you will remember me always
and i hope you'll love me as your aunt from the very start

30december2004

and why is eryse dressed like a baby?
hehehe........

water sculpture

2009-03-26T04:06:00.002+08:00

wazaaaaaaaaaa
"Its hard to argue that freezing a moment to capture a split second in time isnt at the heart of emotive photography.As with most still-life photography,the success is in the preparation and gear setup.Although there's a fair bit of kit involved,u won't need expensive high speed strobes or technical shutter or flash triggering units.This can easily be done with an off camera flash and cord plus a macro lens or extension tube."

~taken of Digital Camera.Imaging.Media magazine Issue 38

i just had to try it myself.
took me an hour to get it done.here's my sony shot.

and here was the setup....

politician portraiture

2009-03-26T04:00:00.002+08:00

wazaaaaaaaaaa
i was at this booklaunch shooting a job where i was fortunate to meet Tok Guru ..
he needs no introduction
i've always wanted to shoot a famous politician..

well since tak dapat shoot kat studio i'll have to settle for these shots first lah..
till then..more stories coming up..stay tune

trina

2009-03-22T03:03:00.003+08:00

wazaaaaaaaaaa
the shot u see above was taken
by my youngest sister in law eryse
at her 1st studio shoot at mudio some time ago
and i have to say she did well for her first time!
but this particular picture above really caught my attention
its not just the shot
its the talent herself

she is a friend of eryse
n i was really keen on doing a personal session with her
her name is Trina
she is by far the youngest talent
i've shot in my studio
of course the youngest would have been
aqeel the adorabe n bubbly baby boy
but he is just a baby so that doesnt count...ha!
by the way.. dont ask how old is trina either:P

trina has so much potential
and as it turns out the shoot went really well
with the assistance of my stylist shaq.
nearly all of the shots turned out well n
both shaq n i were pleased with the outcome of it
although we could have done better
with a little bit more makeup n hair but heck
the styling for this shoot covered that all up...
problem is no!

this was the first outfit shaq chose
it was actually the last thing she brought out of her bag
i was pleased with the colour scheme n thot this would work
trina made it possible with her at ease while posing for me camera

this next outfit was my idea of dressing her up a little like a boy
i think it turned out to be more like a misbehaved schoolgirl instead hahahaha...
anyways i loved it n it worked for me..

lastly we got her in a summer dress..
this was more of a tighter crop and
candid moment of her being her normal self.
kudos to my talent miss trina
i think she has great potential in the modelling world
a big thanks goes to ishak n trina again...

herobears visit

2009-03-22T02:08:00.006+08:00

wazaaaaaaa
a little cam-whoring session here
during herobears visit to studio mudio

the shot above was taken by herobear himself
job well done bro...
with his spanking brand new canon 50d
(awesomeness...)

these shots of us camwhoring was taken by my inhouse stylist

mr.shaq allan
pout em lips yo...
not bad for a stylist who doesnt even own a camera
gonna racun him to buy one lah

...welcome to studio mudio!! our doors r always open for ya!

M's party

2009-03-11T14:30:00.010+08:00

happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you
happy birthday to emery
haaaaapy birthday to you....

wazaaaaaa....
so.... of late i've been posting many pics of my own family events
here's another series of kiddies bday parties,but at M's party
we were outside most of the time enjoying the delicious lamb
hosted by aunty ju n uncle reza..

groupbase caterers were deployed to cater for this event
thus making the food nothing less than yummy...

well of course the other reason why were sitting outside was because my little girl here is afraid of clowns.its something about clowns that makes her afraid of em.what could it possibly be?

so amongst those present was the usual suspects:

liza+aboy

ayu+reza

yasmin a.k.a. dot

eryse a.k.a. smira

esti a.k.a stok

of course the "soon to get married" couple
was also present with irdina being carried by her pak ngah

dila+irfan came all the way from kluang

what a splendid party!!!
it was great meeting up with everybody
plus the good was food!
(i know...!dont bother asking correcting it)

here's the rest of the scenes at the party

arina+irdina posing...

birthday golf tournament

2009-03-05T14:12:00.015+08:00

wazaaaaaa.....

golf...
any golfers out there?
i dont play golf but i do know the kick of it when u get that right swingggg....!
i'm no good at it
but i do shoot golf tournaments..
there's a lot of fun in it
the only thing i'm complaining is
the scorching heat from the sun whilst shooting this events..

SETH BAKARS BIRTHDAY GOLF TOURNAMENT

a quick breakfast to start the day at the coffeehouse

"catching up"

so the story goes..

it was my father in laws birthday

thats him in the picture above n i had the chance to shoot the tee-off that morning
on his birthday golf tournament held at
Glenmarie Golf and Country Resort recently.
he and his closest pals n family played that morning...

my mum inlaw played too
and
she also brought fashion into the green
way to go mama....!

i love the colour red!!

and not to forget
the co-organyzer
my bro inlaw in red too..hehe
n white belt!

so some of the closest friends of abah that i'm familiar are people like
Dr.Harun which i so happen managed to get a fantastic side profile of him at the green
clad in his new shoes so i heard n his cowboy style hat

and of course
abahs brothers was there to play as well
below is "wak pit" aka "the man"
he looks more like the incredible man if u ask me..hehehe
if tiger woods put on a little of weight he looks just like him
hhehehe....

posing with wakpit here is
dr.razak

another guy in red that morning...mr.haris

the birthday boy at his buggy

so ....before tee off
while some others practiced their swing

some had their own moments
like this picture here

wakja with his moment..hehehe

and some were just chatting away

and some just begun to notice the camera....hahahaha

nephew + uncle moment

and

some were more serious on getting down to business...hehehe

a quick family photo before tee off..

and a quick group photo minus the young boys

and we have TEE-OFF!!
ka-ching.....
the golfers takes their 1st swing of the day
beginning with the birthday boy

so while others were taking their best shot
brothers here had a little sibling time here
and i managed to get this shot of them
classic!

and off they go to the 1st hole...

next flight was none other then
big mac's big daddy
dato' bahari

mr.haron

mr haris

dr.razak

and wakpit himself..go tiger prawn !

the ladies flight
big mac's big momma was also playing.
a friend of mama,
who so happen turned out to be the winner of the tournament
here she is....

mama's golf portraiture..

so the ladies gets a go at it...

if there's one thing
that caught my attention that morning
was this pink ball brought by mama..
how pink could she get?
hahahaha

"wooooo that's a good shotlah..u go girl!"

and off they go...

the last flight for the tourney
was the young boys
aboy had his first go

then it was 'wakja'

mr zul

mr hisyam
the buaya himself was also present

as i was not provided with a marshall or a buggy to go around the 18hole course
i'll have to settle for just the tee-off shots

well thats all folks!

from glenmarie golf+country resort

studio lego

2009-03-04T11:06:00.003+08:00

wazaaaaa
everyday...
i will surf thru my favourite sites
on my bookmarked pages and
one of it is
the strobist site
i'm a huge fan of his work
its truly an amazing site and there's so much to learn from him

on one of his latest posting
was this awesome picture

a tribute to him as a strobist
done by true artist name
mike stimpson
he is the guy behind the
classic photos in legos

click on the link to check out the adorable photos he has of cute little legos
i've always enjoyed playing with legos
there's that little child in me that makes me go goo-goo ga-ga over it
i think i'd get so engrossed by it that i wont be doin anythin else until i've completed it
hehehe

nor's preggy portraiture

2009-03-01T01:26:00.004+08:00

wazaaaaaaaap
this is by far my most personal favourite preggy shot i've taken of me wife
finally got her to shoot at studio mudio
she absolutely glows during her pregnancy...
me love you loooooooong time..hehehe
xoxo

here's another one of my favourite
taken at her baby shower recently..

ciggy break

2009-02-27T18:46:00.006+08:00

wazaaaa.
i'm on a break
me smoking sign comes on..
this pic above was taken by mack himself with my sony a200 + boi's 70-300mm lense during his trip back to malaysia recently
i havent been looking at myself much lately
but i sure dont look like i'm growing any younger
a bit of photoshop to add more drama to this pic just for the fun of it
this shot was taken at studio mudio
where all the new things exciting is to begin
i'm also very excited and thriled for the birth of our latest edition to the family
arina's little sister
i've yet to come up with a name
i think as we get closer to the delivery i'll decide then
it wont be long now
anyways
the ciggy break was in between the shoot we had earlier for mack
here's some of the outcome of it

slumdog millionaire

2009-02-23T22:51:00.003+08:00

wazaaaaaap!
just watched this movie...
i was told by many that it was good.
i also heard so many good reviews about it i told myself i just had to watch it.
it was already in my hard disk but to my suprise my wife came home this evening with the dvd
thanks to aboy!
so we watched it before dinner....
it was like indian idol ya?

i have been to india many times before
everything about this movie was sureal!
i had such a good laugh when jamal became a tour guide at taj mahal..
here were some of the scenes from the epic

jamal answering the 10million rupees question....

the three musketeers...hahahaha

this has got to be the funniest part of the movie...

all for the sake of amitabh bachans signature....eeeeew!

the cinematography was second to perfect
and the photography would have been just as superb!
this was one of my fav pic from the movie

finally at the end of the movie u tell urself how lucky u r to have lived in malaysia n be very thankful to be fortunate.

"its all written"

arianie

2009-02-23T18:12:00.003+08:00

wazaaaaaaaaaaaa
last nite studio mudio had visitors..
my very own diva in da house..
arianie + kay
and captain zamri aka Jam.
thanks to kabir for dropping by with such short notice
the behind the scenes photos were lotsa fun dewd!
i'll post those up later..

but i'll leave u with a teaser shot of arianie here
*nak berangan jugak lah mcm ni masuk magazine GLaM!
uwah!

two is better than one

2009-02-23T17:54:00.004+08:00

wazaaaa
so..
''two is better than one"
how true is that...?
well maybe in some circumstances.... yes...
that would work well but not all though..
heck for this post however i've got two girls to shoot simultaneously
there r none other than the featured talents from my earlier post

asfara and anastassia

thanks guys!

here's more of them

asfaraa

2009-02-20T22:30:00.004+08:00

wazaaaa..
so as i was saying...
ana came by the shoot with faraa
faraa was also part of my crew whilst flying
but now she has ventured to another airlinelah..
red coror one.
here's a single shot of her.
*ahem* photoshop skill sudah terror skit lah..
hehehe.sendiri puji tak malu!
more of them coming up soon
stick around...