Non Wedding
escapism
K-E-R-J-A
Kebiasaannya, kerja yang sama dilakukan sekian lama lambat laun akan sampai ke satu tahap yang agak kronik juga. Hari2 mengadap benda yang sama dicampur dengan stress, kekurangan masa, pengurusan masa dan schedule, appointments sana sini pasti akan memualkan kita kadang kala. Cara apa yang baik untuk mengurangkan stress? Bercuti? Menonton wayang? Karaoke? Shopping? Dining? Macam2 cara yang boleh kita lakukan untuk menghilangkan stress.
Menjadi seorang jurugambar juga tidak lari dari masalah stress ini. Walaupun saya melakukan kerja yang amat saya minati iaitu “Wedding Photography”, ada ketikanya sampai juga tahap kronik dan mulalah saya mencari jalan mudah untuk keluar. Biasanya saya akan mengambil Day Off dari melakukan sebarang kerja berkaitan fotografi. Farmville dan Rollercoaster Kingdom menjadi pilihan hati. Selalu juga studio saya dijadikan padang bolasepak dimana saya bermain dengan anak kesayangan saya “Eva”. Dan DVD yang lama dipasang berulang kali sehinggakan kadangkalasaya dah boleh hafal skripnya.
Kali ini saya mengambil satu langkah lain. Stress release yang dah lama tak dapat saya lakukan.
“SHOOT WHATEVER”
Sudah bertahun rasanya saya tidak memberi ruang untuk diri mengambil gambar2 basic seperti pokok bunga, serangga, kucing, sunset, landscape dan sebagainya. Alhamdulillah hari ini saya telah ditemani oleh dua org rakan saya Hafiz dan Zul, kami keluar mencari sesuatu yang menarik untuk dirakam. Alhamdulillah, saya dapat merakamkan beberapa gambar yang agak menarik. Yang paling penting sekali adalah kepuasan dalam diri kerana akhirnya setelah bertahun lamanya saya dapat meluangkan sedikit masa untuk mengamati keindahan ciptaan tuhan dan merakamkannya melalui lensa kamera saya.
Saya harap selepas ini saya dapat mempunyai lebih masa untuk mengambil gambar2 basic seperti ini lagi sebagai ESCAPISM saya. Tak perlu membazir berkaraoke, menonton wayang ataupung bercuti. Stress dapat dikurangkan sekiranya kita dapat mengambil sedikit dari masa kita dan menikmati anugerah yang maha esa.. SubhanAllah..
We are now in Damansara
Alhamdulillah..
Setelah 3 bulan kami berhijrah ke Klang Valley ni, akhirnya kami dapat sebuah premis yang sesuai untuk kami bertapak.. Office baru kami kini terletak di Ara Damansara.
Kat bawah ni adalah google map kedudukan office baru kami.. Its an interactive map, kalau siapa2 yang tak biasa pakai boleh right click kat arrow hijau tu and pilih “direction to here”.. Senang kan? hehe..
View Shutterbugz Studio & Academy in a larger map
Danish’s Day Out
Danish’s Day Out is a complimentary gift from me to our most valued client; Zul & Ana..
Zul and Ana has been our most supportive client since my early days as a professional. Both of them had hired us for their engagement, wedding and birthday party. They even introduced us with some other clients as well. In Ana’s blog, she is very proud to showcase our works.
To show them how much we appreciate them, we offered their family for a free “Outdoor Family Portraiture” in Taiping Lake Gardens and Taiping’s famous Zoo.
I hope that I could maintain this kind of good relationship with all my clients.
Thank you very much Zul and Ana.. 
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3 things to consider
“Which photographer should I choose for my big day? It is the most important event in my life and I wish not to mess up my memories.. How do I decide?”
I believe ramai antara anda semua pasti memikirkan perkara yang sama seperti ungkapan di atas..
Semenjak dua menjak ini, perkhidmatan fotografi perkahwinan bagaikan dilanda tsunami.. Rata2 kita dapat melihat begitu banyak website2 dan blogsite yang menyediakan perkhidmatan fotografi perkahwinan..
Fenomena ini saya percaya akibat kemudahan mendapatkan kamera DSLR dengan harga yang mampu milik.. Boleh dikatakan setiap hari kita dapat melihat ada saja orang yang menggalas beg camera dan tidak kurang juga manusia2 yang menggalas camera di bahu mereka.. Begitu ramai sekali fotografer2 yang timbul sekarang ini..
Saya masih ingat ketika saya mula2 melibatkan diri saya dalam bidang ini.. Camera pertama saya pada waktu itu cuma berharga RM1,100 sahaja (which is wayyyyy cheaper than DSLR).. Tapi masa itu camera digital masih belum wujud.. Pada waktu itu AMAT SUSAH untuk kita bertemu dengan jurugambar2 lain.. Saya cuma dapat melihat jurugambar beraksi pada ketika terdapat event2 besar danjurugambar yang hadir cuma jurugambar press.. Hobbyist memang tak ada.. I was alone in my own world back then..
Fast forward ke tahun 2009, harga DSLR kini sudah turun pada average RM2000 untuk entry level kit set.. Harganya masih tinggi berbanding kit set analog saya dahulu tetapi ramai sungguh org membelinya dan mengusungnya kesana kemari.. Sekarang pada saya fotografi bukan lagi satu hobi tetapi kini ianya sudah menjadi trend.. Its a “Must Have” gadget for most people..
Apabila ini berlaku, ramai fotografer mempunyai tanggapan “I need to make some bucks to fund for my next camera gear.. I think wedding is the easiest way to do it..”
Haaaa.. This is the kind of mentality yang common pada KEBANYAKKAN jurugambar2 wedding sekarang ini.. Mereka tidak melakukannya kerana minat.. Bukan kerana tanggungjawab.. Bukan kerana mereka appreciate wedding anda.. Mereka cuma memberi perkhidmatan wedding untuk mengumpul duit bagi membeli equipment2 terbaru di pasaran.. There are no heart involved.. They are pure cold blooded bloodsucking opportunists.. Would you jeopardize the memories of the most important event of your life by giving them the task?
I am not saying that they are bad at photography, some of them are really2 good..
So how do you decide?
1. The Photographer
A photographer should present themselves neat and tidy at all times. Their image represents you since you were the one who chose them. The photographers should at all times projects themselves as professionals and know what they are doing without much (or any hiccups). The photographers should always watch their manners and respects your event. The photographer should always be responsible. (This is why we URGE everybody to come and meet us for consultations thus we do not practices sending out our quotations through emails or on the phone.)
2. The pictures
When we browse around looking for photographers, we will DEFINITELY be presented ONLY with their best shots. Some showcases only 1 best shot for that event and some can go up to 10. Only a few will actually show you the coverage they had for the WHOLE event. I myself practices showcasing the best images that I’ve shot the Whole event. Be wary of photographers who only showcases images during preparation/makeover and portraitures only. Shortlist photographers who showcases images during events such as berarak, merenjis, candids and such.. Outdoor portraitures, makeover photos and such are not that hard to do.. Its a piece of cake to get good images during the mentioned event.
3. The albums
Each photographers interprets your event differently. Some emphasizes on your events with lots of candid and story telling. Some emphasizes on portrait shots (which makes you always look good in the album). Some have the combination of both. And some have their own unique way. Find the photographer who can interpret what you want in your album and this can be achieved by having a good communication. ( again, this is why we urge people to meet us for consultations).
It is not easy to choose the “Right” photographer for you. Dont let your budget constraint you.. It should be your biggest investment during you wedding day.. Photographs worth more that your fresh flowers deco, more than the taste of the nasi minyak, more than your jimmy choo heels, tag heuer watches, paul smiths and hemes (which you bought for your hantaran)..
Please remember……….
“Wedding photography is actually an INVESTMENT”
Pameran Pengantin Ampang Point
Salam all..
I would like to inform my readers and fans that we will be participating in tis wedding expo at Ampang Point next week.
I had been invited by a friend of mine to help him out with his wedding boutique.. I will be joining QAREEZMA Boutique and brief his clients about photography..
As part of the promotion for the event, I am giving away 50% discounts for all of shutterbugz’s packages for clients who book us during the event (t&c applies).. Call me on my mobile and meet me at the expo to learn more on how you can get the 50% discounts from us..
Please refer to our rate from the menu “Wedding Packages” above and see how much money you would be able to save..
All readers are invited to come to book, to inquire, to say “Hi!”, to have a chat, or to ask for autographs (hehehe..) and for whatever reasons (good reasons of course)..
I really hope that I can meet all of my readers and fans during the expo..
p/s : Me and Yanty will be heading to JayBee in a few hours.. We will be extremely busy prior to the expo.. Tak dapat nak upload our latest work lagi.. Sedih.. Pray for us having a nice and safe trip k..
Bye all~
Photoshop Lightroom Seminar
Dear photographer friends..
One of my good buddy, Saudara Azhar Ariff akan mengadakan satu seminar mengenai Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
Kepada rakan2 photographer yang ada masalah dengan workflow, saya amat recommend anda untuk join class ni. Masalah paling besar dalam apa jua bisnes adalah pengurusan. Bukan sahaja pengurusan administration dan kewangan. Pegurusan gambar juga adalah satu masalah besar.
Beberapa software boleh digunakan untuk mengurus gambar² dan salah satunya adalah Adobe Photoshop LIghtroom. Lightroom merupakan satu perisian komputer yang sangat powerful. Anda boleh membuat apa sahaja dengan menggunakannya. Tidak perlu lagi menggunakan Adobe Bridge. Direct antara Lightroom dan Photoshop.
Kepada jurugambar2 yang mempunyai masalah dalam workflow anda yang secara tidak langsung menyebabkan album delivery anda delay terlalu lama, saya amat AMAT amat menyarankan anda untuk menyertai seminar dari saudara Azhar Ariff ini.
Sila lawati Personal Blog Azhar Ariff untuk lebih info.
Alhamdulillah
Alhamdulillah.. Tuhan yang maha kaya yang maha menentukan segala dan berkuasa ke atas segala rezeki di dunia dan akhirat..
Aku bersyukur.. Teramat bersyukur kepadanya..
Setelah masuk 3 tahun bergiat dalam bidang ini, saya dah melalui begitu banyak pengalaman pahit dan manis.. Jatuh dan bangun.. Gembira dan sedih.. Driven dan de-motivated.. Banyak betul ups n downs nya..
Bulan lepas merupakan satu bulan yang amat hampeh selama saya bergiat secara professional ini.. Designer a.k.a photographer harapan telah menghampakan saya sehingga ke tahap tertonggeng.. kekeke.. Setelah saya bagi training, support, peluang dan sebagainya, apa yang saya dapat cuma kekecewaan.. Reputasi yang dibina dengan begitu payah hancur luluh sebegitu sahaja..
Mana tak nya.. Album2 yang harus disiapkan tidak disiapkan SAMA SEKALI.. ZERO OUTPUT.. Gambar2 yang diambil hancur.. Kenapa gambar hancur? Kerana otak tidak fokus pada tanggungjawab.. Otak hanya mahu berfikir kearah keseronokkan.. Tatkala sedang shoot wedding, dalam kepala beliau (agaknya) hanya berfikir “Ishhhh.. Lambatnya event ni nak habis.. Cepat la sikit habis.. Aku nak pergi jumpa awek ni.. Rugi la aku jalan jauh2 camni tapi tak dapat jumpa cek mek..” sambil tekan shutter dengan malasnya..
SHALLOW!!! Itu yang diskripsi yang paling sesuai boleh saya berikan.. Shallow merangkumi pelbagai tafsiran negatif antaranya seperti berfikiran sempit, syok sendiri dan juga TIDAK BERTANGGUNGJAWAB.. As a photographer, memang tanggungjawab kita untuk sentiasa berikan 200% ketika tugasan wedding (malah apa2 event jua).. Wedding bukan satu event yang boleh diulang.. Ianya hanya sekali.. Akad nikah sekali, berarak sekali, bersanding sekali, bla bla blaaa.. We do not have the rights at all untuk rosakkan majlis client lebih2 lagi apabila kita diberi tugasan.. Kami di Shutterbugz percaya bahawa client memberi KEPERCAYAAN kepada kami untuk mengabadikan moment2 mereka adalah satu PENGHORMATAN dan bukan sekadar income.. Oleh kerana penghormatan yang diberikan itu, kami dengan berbesar hati akan menjalankan tugas pada kadar 200%.. All out and more.. Sekiranya ada jurugambar yang beranggapan bahawa jadi jurugambar perkahwinan hanyalah untuk mendapat side income dan menjadi kaya cepat, please get out of my face.. We are in a different path.. And to my ex-staff, I hope you understand why you’ve been kicked out.. Yes, I am harsh when it comes to reputation.. It is not easy to build one and you think you can take it away from me and get away with it? I am more than happy to let you go.. (sorry kepada readers.. Saya betul2 marah dengan dia ni.. and entry ni asalnya nak cerita pendek dah jadi panjang lebar.. hehe..) Anyways, gambar2 event client tu selamat juga kerana ada backup photographer yang ikut sekali masa tu.. Nasib baikkkk..
TAPI, setelah saya berjaya menapis semua aura2 negatif ini, saya telah diberikan Allah cahaya baru yang lebih bersinar..
Saya telah mendapat seorang designer baru yang sangat bagus.. Beliau masih lagi dalam training, tapi beliau faham konsep Honor dan Responsibility.. Walaupun editing beliau masih lagi slow, tapi beliau dengan gigih mempelajari segala selok belok photoshop dan amat teliti.. Ketelitian beliau sudahpun diterapkan didalam diri beliau sendiri even sebelum saya buat SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) yang strict.. InsyaAllah beliau tidak akan mempunyai masalah dengan SOP kami.. Fitri, keep it up!!!
Kemudian, seorang jurugambar baru juga telah muncul out of nowhere dan email kami dengan hasrat untuk menjadi junior kami.. Ujian pertama beliau telah PASS with B+.. (To Azizi : Yes.. Nikah haritu was a test for you..).. I gave him few more assignments and the feedback I received from clients was good.. Alhamdulillah, Azizi setuju untuk sign contract dengan Shutterbugz Studio.. Kini Shafeeq sudah mempunyai seorang “Sparring Partner”.. All four of them (Fitri, Joe, Shafeeq and Azizi) are great people and we are all are like one family.. We love and respect each other.. Yeap.. I love my staffs.. They are the best!!! (saya still boss korang.. so jangan perasan nak main gelak2 tepuk2 sukahati aaaa.. ) )
Apart from our internal issues, kami juga telah dapat pelbagai peluang perniagaan lagi yang lebih besar insyaAllah.. Dan semuanya masih lagi melibatkan photography.. We are here to stay insyaAllah..
Tambah lagi… Sifoo kami (Saiful Nang) dengan kerasnya push saya untuk menerajui Shutterbugz Studio ke new and further direction.. He opened my eyes and motivates me to reach out and shoot for the stars.. He guided me and showed me the way to be successful in photography.. I would like to thank him a Zillion kerana telah support kami and brought us to this height.. We are forever grateful and only Allah knows how we appreciate the things that you have taught us.. Thank you for all the opportunity and thank you for your guidance all these years..
All the gifts given to me are from Allah.. I am forever grateful to Allah..
ALHAMDULILLAH..
To all our clients, our fans and our stalkers (hehe..).. We have reset(ed) our ECU and cleared our RAM (memory).. We are going forward stronger than ever.. Please pray for our success and please keep on giving us your support.. We are nothing without you guys..
Rajin2 la promote kami ni k.. hehehe..
Till then.. Bye all~
Me!!!
Yeah.. Had been active with Facebook for quite a while now.. Along the way, ramai lah orang tag photos of me.. Seronok pulak rasanya.. Hahhaa.. anyways,, Entry kali ni adalah tentang gambar2 saya sendiri.. Saja je perasan lebey.. 
Thank you all for the piccas.. Appreciate it lots.. 
Cameron Highlands
Salam sejahtera.. (eceawahhh)
Leganya dapat balik ke Taiping.. Sesak2 hilang, hangat panas hilang, jem sana sini hilang, makanan mahal hilang.. Aman damai je kat sini.. Hehehe..
Seminggu berada di USJ memang sudah lebih dari cukup untuk membuatkan saya migrain.. No offence, but saya memang tak boleh duduk kat sana lama2..
Ramai orang tanya, “kenapa korang tak duduk KL je? Job korang kan banyak kat sini?”.. Jawapan saya mudah je.. “I am free to do what I love most”.. Apa yang saya suka?
1. Saya suka ambil gambar
2. Saya suka drive kereta saya
3. Saya suka travel
4. Saya suka jumpa orang
5. Saya suka Taiping
6. I love my job
Yes it is true that kalau saya berada di KL, insyaAllah perkhidmatan saya akan lebih membuahkan hasil.. Tapi kenapa saya still BELUM mahu pindah sana walaupun sudah mempunyai sebuah rumah di USJ..
Kembali kepada reason2 di atas.. I am a very free spirited man.. Dari kecil lagi saya sentiasa membuat haluan sendiri.. Saya tidak mengikut trend dan saya tidak terpengaruh dengan rakan sebaya.. Apa yang saya buat adalah atas pilihan sendiri..
Fotografi adalah pilihan saya kini.. Kenapa? kerana ianya memberikan kepuasan kepada saya.. Untuk sentiasa progress dan menghasilkan karya2 unik lain dari yang lain.. Saya pilih bidang ini kerana ianya memberikan freedom kepada saya dan ini memberikan saya ruang untuk sentiasa lebih maju dari hari ke hari.. Saya pilih untuk tinggal di Taiping kerana suasananya yang aman, yang relax, yang sejuk dan nyaman, kemudahan untuk bergerak dan ketiadaan perasaan sesak nafas.. Orang kata “comfort zone” jugak lah.. Saya sentiasa ditegur oleh mentor saya untuk keluar dari comfort zone and I do.. Kalau saya terlalu pentingkan comfort zone, saya akan berada di Kuala Lumpur 24-7.. Berada jauh dari kota metropolitan memerlukan effort yang lebih berbanding rakan2 seperjuangan yang berada di sana.. Saya harus sentiasa berulang alik Taiping-KL untuk pelbagai reason.. Saya harus berusaha untuk mendapatkan kepercayaan client bahawa “Jurugambar Kampung” juga setaraf dengan jurugambar KL, MALAH LEBIH HEBAT LAGI.. Saya terpaksa membuktikan professionalisme saya walaupun tidak mempunyai sebarang premis perniagaan di KL.. (saya masih tidak merasakan apa yang saya lakukan kini adalah sebuah perniagaan.. Tetapi itu adalah apa yang mahu dilihat oleh pelanggan.. proper business ethics).. Well, to put food on the table and to make ends meet, I have to become a proper enterpreneur walaupun saya prefer to be laid back and deliver top notch quality images and products.. You are the reason I am here promoting my service.. Lama kelamaan I am becoming to love doing photography as a business.. Who knows one day I might be moving to KL afterall.. The plans are there.. hehehe..
Well, berbalik kepada tajuk besar di atas.. Minggu lepas merupakan satu minggu yang cukup panas.. Bahangnya cukup membuatkan rumah bertukar menjadi sauna.. Tidur malam pun susah.. Saya membuat keputusan untuk bawak family naik bukit untuk satu malam.. Pikir punya pikir, we concluded that we should go to Cameron Highlands sebab ada better photographic opportunity and family oriented activity.. So, On Wednesday kami gerak ke Cameron and spent the night kat sana..
It was a good experience.. It was chilly, relaxing and refreshing.. Kami ambil hotel biasa2 je kat Brinchang.. Rosa apa ntah nama penuh dia (never really paid attention.. ).. Checked in pun dah lewat almost 6pm.. So, after check in kami just jalan2 around the town area and bought some small souvinirs.. Malam tu we had a special meal.. “Steamboat”.. The last time that we had one was when we were in Sabah for Tisya and Hizzol’s wedding.. The steamboat that night was okay but it was no where near the one we had in Sabah.. But the price was ok.. RM25/head.. Can’t complain much.. huhuhu.. Lepas makan, kitorang headed out again untuk beli air minum bekalan dalam bilik and then balik bilik and watched some movie..
The next morning, we had a very light breakfast and quickly made a move to one (of so many) strawberry farm.. There, they gave us a basket and pair of scissors so that we can “pick-our-own” fresh berries.. Masa ni memang best ambik gambar.. Loving the photo set.. Eva pulak punya suka la makan strawberry tu.. Tak ku sangka.. hahaha..
Lepas melawat farm tu, kami balik ke bilik untuk check out.. Settle semua benda and we went down untuk pergi ke “Cameron Valley” where the tea plantations are.. Baru je keluar dari basement parking tu, Eva dah terlelap.. Aiyakkkk.. Kesian kat dia, we decided untuk lepak kat Starbucks Tanah Rata kejap.. Kasik Eva tido and kami pun pulun guna free wi-fi kat situ.. Minum ice blended and makan Sheperd’s Pie.. Share dua orang (jimat sikit.. hihihi.. ).. Lebih kurang setengah jam camtu, Eva pun bangun.. Then kitorang sambung perjalanan.. Tapi kan, memang rekod lah Eva.. Selamba je tido terbongkang atas sofa Starbucks.. Styleeee lah Eva!!!
Kat Cameron Valley, kami turun sampai half way ke bawah.. Masuk celah2 ladang teh tu and shoot gambar banyak gilo.. This is one of the reason kenapa saya nak pergi Cameron.. It is because saya nak tambah collection stock photos untuk dijual later on.. Stock photos creates passive income for photographers..
Lepas puas tekan shutter sampai lenguh, kami pun teruskan perjalan turun bukit and headed home to Taiping.. Penat betul.. Sampai je tepeng terus lembik tak boleh buat apa.. Tengok TV kejap, then transfer gambar dari camera masuk ke PC.. Elok je habis transfer, saya terus landing atas sofa.. Pejam la mata kejap.. Bila celik je mata.. ALAMAKKKK!! dah pukul 9 pagi.. Kekeke.. Tido atas sofa aku malam tadi.. Aiyooooooo~
Habis cerita.. Moh tengok gambo..
Sampai je Cameron terus pekena teh..
Fresh tea tu Eva..
Tepi tingkap bilik hotel
Eva pun layan gak sekali
Seronok Eva dapat glove.. First glove ever for Eva.. hihihi..
Dinner time : Strawberry smoothies
Dinner time : Steamboat
Breakfast pulak : Teh lagi........... haha..
The strawberry farm
Pick the best yek dear..
Mana cukup tuuu.. Amik lagi....
Eva really enjoying her berries..
Kat Starbucks.. Tengok Eva tido camano.. huhuuu.. anak abohhh~
Kono cokik..
My precious..
Copyrighted
Ada copyrights jugak.. Jangan curik..
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Heading back to KL.. Againnnn..
It has only been 3 days that we are back home in Taiping.. But tomorrow we have to make a trip to KL again.. Friday evening we will be meeting with Maz and Fieza at Sunway Damansara for a consultation and we have another TBC appointment on Saturday.. Saturday morning I will be at Sunway Lagoon to cover an event.. Sunday I will be at Datarn Merdeka for an extreme sports competition..
The whole of next week we will be busy. We are assigned to shoot two buildings in Bukit Tungku and another one at MinDef Sg Besi.. We have to make it back to Taiping by Saturday as we have two events to cover on Saturday.. Morning session will be a portraiture session for Abu Yazid and Later in the afternoon we will be covering an engagement for Nadia (our cousin).
Anyways, since we will be staying in KL for a week (USJ to be precise), we would like to welcome anybody who wishes to meet us for Teh Tarik, Consultations, album viewing and anything else..
Hope to see you guys while we are in KL..
My number is >> 017.6364.916
Till then.. Bye~
-WanTai-
Devise Clothing's new lineup
Our sponsor “Devise Clothing” has announced their new lineup for 2009..
These new batch are better than any that they’ve produced before.. The quality of stitches and prints are amazing..
Devise Clothing has always been producing limited edition t shirts and they will not reprint the same thing for the next batch.. Most of their clients/buyers are followers or collectors..
Start your collection now and support our sponsor..
The photos below are of their 2 new tees..
p/s : Our junior photographer Shafeeq was appointed by Devise Clothing to shoot their new lineup and also their model.. Shafeeq had set up the lighting and backdrop and Ilyas (Devisefellow) were the man behind the lens.. Kudos guys~
history : Devise Clothing were initiated by Ilyas Zuhair in 2002. He presented me with the idea and we registered “Devise Clothing Enterprise” in 2004. In 2007 I’ve backed out from the management to focus on photography while Ilyas gets a new wingman “Zulkamal” and my presence are just in the background. Devise Clothing is all about passion, not money..
Bali part deux
Ok.. the previous entry ada byk gambar masa mula2 sampai.. So, skrg ni nak update sket aktiviti pertama kitorg.. Tapi saya nak minta maaf sikit sebab saya memang tak concentrate langsung nama2 tempat ni..
Kami sampai ke Kuta lebih kurang pukul 4 petang and terus je check in.. Hassle free.. Nama hotel ni pun saya tak ingat ape tapi dia memang betul2 sebelah HRC Bali.. Very pleasing and relaxing.. Penuh pokok2.. Saya akan upload gambar resort ni dalam entry lepas2 ni..
Masuk bilik kitorg rilek2 kejap urut2 kaki.. Lebih kurang 10 minit pastu ada orang datang hantar pineapple juice.. Memang bagus pun sebab masa tu panas sikit.. Kitorg minum kat luar bilik.. Keluar je dari bilik tengok2 KB tgh dok belek2 camera dia tengah jalan.. Dah tak sabar nak shoot sangat dah.. Kitorang pun (me n Yanty) sama2 naik kapla lah.. Masuk terus bilik and capai camera masing2.. Ambik la sikit portraiture sama sendiri kat depan bilik (which korang boleh tengok from the previous entry)..
Around pukul 5 petang kitorang mulakan aktiviti pertama di Bali.. Kami dibawa ke satu tempat ni untuk tengok “Kecak Dance”.. Kenapa nama dia “Kecak Dance”? Sebab diorg takde muzik.. Macam dikir barat lah.. Ada ramai orang penyanyi latar.. Dia dok sebut “Kecak kecak kecak kecak…” sampai sudah.. tapi ada rhythm lah.. And ada la sorang pak karut ni bercerita.. Diorang cakap cerita untuk kecak dance ni bertukar2.. Masa kitorang pegi, dia bercerita tentang monyet gatal.. (saya taktau cerita apa sebenarnya sebab tak baca pun text yang dia bagi.. Mata dok sibuk cari moment nak shoot and compo.. ) Tapi malang betul.. Saya fail la shoot masa tu.. Alasan patik >> “Gelap laaaaaaaaaaaaaa…” 
( .. Korang tengok la sendiri yek..
Lepas habis tengok Kecak Dance, kami beramai2 bergerak untuk dinner kat pantai apa ntah.. Makan tepi laut.. Bersusun je meja sepanjang2 pantai tu.. Tapi disebabkan makanan kat situ agak pricey and kitorang semua pun dah kenyang makan McD, hanya minuman sahaja yang di pesan.. hehehe.. Layan minum2 macam kat mamak..
Sambil2 minum2 borak2 tu, ada la satu band busking ni datang.. KB dgn Abg Din dok nyakat diorang suruh main lagu macam2.. Tapi paling terbayek diorang main lagu Hotel California lah.. Goreng sebijik beb.. Serious tak tipu.. MANTAP!!!..
Yang nak buat lagi mantap, kitorang juga dihiburkan oleh KB dan Abg Din (Putera Pawaka) dengan tarian yang agak horny.. Gay siot..Tapi sori lah gambar masa kat tepi pantai ni tak banyak ambil.. Penat sangat.. Yang ada gambar org bakar jagung je.. hehe..
Lepas habis lepak2 kat situ, kitorang bergerak balik ke Kuta dan sesi membeli belah dimulakan.. Menyesal rasanya tak bawak duit banyak.. Kami cuma bawak Rp2,000,000.00 sahaja (ecewahhhh.. milionairre siot! padahal RM600 je tu.. huhu..).. Kami cuma beli satu beg luggage LV, jam tangan Tag Heuer, topi bali untuk Eva n Yanty je.. Banyak ratus ribu gak abes.. hahahha.. rasa mcm kaya gila.. padahal beli barang ciplak.. haiyaaaaaaaa..
Lepas upacara shopping selesai, kami terus balik ke hotel and mandi.. Malam tu takde aktiviti.. Asalnya kami mcm nak pegi HRC, tapi dah penat sangat kitorg abaikan ajolah niat tu.. Tapiiiiiiiiii, si mamat Apis sorang ni tak puas hati n taknak rest.. Dia dengan penuh persistennye ajak kami ramai2 mandi kat swimming pool.. Gilo apo malam2 gelap2 nak mandi pool? Dia dok desak2 gak.. Kesian punya pasal, kitorg teman gak la dia pergi pool.. Cuma Apis dgn Fendy je yang mandi.. Saya, yanty n wife apis lepak baring2 tepi pool je.. si KB pulak dah hilang ke mana tatau la malam tu.. Jalan2 cari makan gamaknye.. Lepas habis teman Apis kat pool, kitorang balik ke bilik and terus padammmm..
End of day 1.. To be continued..
P/S : Sorry gambar masa kecak dance tu hancussss.. Gelap sangat.. Tapi taknak pakai flash.. So blasah je lahhhh.. hehehe.. Sila jgn komen gambar tak sharp yek..
- Kat mesia takde pun mende ni..
- Monyet ni eksyen betul.. Tak heran langsung org pegi dekat2 dengan dia.. Siap posing lagi tu bebbb~
- Kat seberang sana tu la tempat orang tengok Kecak Dance..
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Bali trip Part Uno
Hahahaha.. Dah balik opis.. Everything dah (almost) settle down.. Boleh la layan2 blog sket..
Mula2 sekali saya kasik taruk itu Chat Box jugaaa.. Saja layan borak2.. (Itupun kalau ada sesapa yang sudi nak borak lah.. hehee..)
Now, saya nak upload sikit gamba2 masa trip ke bali pada 31/3 dan 1/4 tempohari..
Yap.. It was a VERY short trip but it was jam packed.. The organizer utk trip ni was Didiz of fotokahwin.com.. Kitorg pergi beramai2.. There were me & Yanty, Didiz and his wifey, Abg Din (Putera Pawaka) and his wife, Hafiz of gambalawa.com and wifey, Fendi (didiz punya staff) and Maharaja Kukubesor.. Eh.. Kukubesi..
Let me start off the series with our departure..
Organizer tgh memberi ucapan sambil diganggu oleh KB
control hensem sambil tunggu flite (macam tunggu bas siot)
Adios Malaysia.. See you tomorrow~
Halo Bali.. Nice to meet you..
Hah.. sonang den.. Tak payah beli bunga kat Yanty..
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Beware : Cudas got issues
About less than 2 months ago I’ve bought a brand new Seagate Baracudda 1Tb SATA hardisk.. This new HDD has been the main storage for all of our work.. It has been connected to our intranet which all computers in our office could share this storage device.. I have to tell you (those who have not experienced the beauty of 1TB) that the amount of storage is simply HUGE!!!
I’ve made 3 partitions on the HDD named “store”, “work” and “backup”.. The “Store” has the biggest amount of space to put all our past work and personal stuffs.. So, since we have a huge space to put all our files, I’ve transferred all images from my HDD into this new HDD to free up as much space as I could (in hope that my OLD pc would be faster and it does).. All our latest work has also been transferred onto the HDD to the “work” and “backup” partitions.. And some of them has been burned on a DVD-R for archiving..
Since then, I have been doing some major editing to our photos including these architecture photos below.. All of the latest work is inside the HDD..
These architecture photos are not easy to process.. most of them are photomatix’s HDR..
How to create an HDR image? It is easy but time consuming..
1st, I have to shoot 3 RAW exposures for a single composition (can also be done using single RAW file by adjusting the exposures by +- 2 stops; similar to bracketing)..
Back in the office, I have to process these RAW files to get the results that I want ie; white balance, hue, saturation, tone, contrast, sharpness and few others. Then the 3 images is exported as TIFF(*.tiff). For the next step, I’ve used photomatix to create HDR images from the 3 exposures.. 1st I will drag the 3 files into photomatix which then will be combined into a single image.. Then I used the “Tone Mapping” function to get the proper result.. Next, the images will be processed by photomatix to generate the HDR image to a final state and then be saved as a JPEG file.. Final step will be to open the JPEG in Photoshop to be tweaked in order to achieve the final output.. Those are the steps required to create a single JPEG of an HDR image. (jangan pening kepala ye kepada sesiapa yang tak faham term2 photography ni.. abaikan aje). Anyways, can you imagine the amount of things to be done to create a single image?
I can only manage to create 10 to 12 HDR images a day and for the set below, I managed to complete around 60 images but I cant remember how long it took me..
Last week, after few days of outstation trip (againnn…) my PC behaves oddly.. It starts to become sluggish and hangs a few times. Each time the PC hangs I would use the “Panic Button” to restart. It was okay for the first day..
2nd day came and the sky came down on me.. Like the day before, I would restart the PC normally when the PC hangs.. But this time windows just wont load.. Few times and still no avail.. To not do anymore harm to the PC, I’ve run the Windows CD and perform a CHKDSK..
Hollaa.. My PC booted up again and I was able to use the PC again..
The next day, I’ve decided to update my portfolio in my facebook with the building photographs.. That was when I realized the misery that is coming my way.. All the partitions of the new HDD was gone.. What is left was an F:\ icon with only 32mb on it.. what happened to my 999gb worth of space? I’ve start to panic..
I then ran my hdd recovery software.. It would usually able to detect missing partitions or lost/deleted files.. But this time it had found nothing.. Even the missing partitions.. I’ve downloaded few other data recovery software (trial version) to detect the missing partitions but still to no avail.. This is the first time ever that I got panicked over computers.. I was too panic that (for the first time in such a loooooooong period of time) i gave up.. I didn’t actually mind the work since I still have the raw files backed up.. I really dont want to loose my family photos.. The photos of Eva from day 1 till present.. Everything sentimental was in the HDD..
I dont know what else to do.. I’ve started to browse for data recovery services in Malaysia.. No surprise that all the companies are in KL.. Well, the next day I’ve made a trip to KL to get my data recovered.. The 1st one is in Subang but they refused to do mine since they only entertain big companies and focusses on servers.. The 2nd centre was in Shah Alam but they stopped doing repairs.. So, I was left with only 1 specialist left to go which is MDR Solutions.. MDR is (as far as i know) the biggest data recovery company to entertain private and small time entepreneur like us..
Mr Yew was the person who entertained me. He lokked at the disk and grinned.. He said that this family of HDD is problematic.. They have a firmware issue which affected more than 50% of the series.. He told me that it would not be easy eventhough it was only a software issue (which I later agree after I browsed the net for info on the particular model/series).. We left the HDD with him and pray to Allah that it would not cost me a limb..
2 days later Mr Yew called me up and give me their evaluation and quotation.. Alhamdulillah.. The quote is still within my budget eventhough it is not anywhere near cheap.. Mr Yew added furthermore that he could not guarantee that he can recover all the datas.. He said that if they cant do it, they wont charge a single dime.. The quote does not bother me.. I just want the photos of my princess back.. I could not bear losing them photos..
I am now still waiting for good news from Mr Yew.. He said that he will get back to me on Tuesday.. I pray for him to deliver me good news.. Aminnn..
Anyways, I would like everyone to avoid buying the same HDD as mine and if you have already bought it, please backup all of your important files NOW..
The hardisk model is :
Seagate Baracudda 7200.11
Be awareeee~
Bangunan umno
Hye peeps.. It has been quite a while since I’ve last updated this blog of mine.. It has been a super busy and hectic period these past few months.. Outstation manjang tanpa henti.. Well.. It aint over yet.. Still kena ulang alik KL<>Taiping every week.. Sampai bila pun tak sure lah.. But, eventhough I am exhausted, I am not burnt out (at least not yet).. That is the best thing about this profession as a photographer.. We always deal with many sorts of different things and situations.. Meet new people.. Go to new places.. We could never get bored doing this.. Recently, we had been engaged by a local architect firm to document their buildings.. So far, we had just documented 2 of their buildings and will be shooting another next week.. But definitely I can’t use every building as my portfolio as some of the buildings are highly classified.. Anyways, I will membebel more around next week as I am “suppose” to have a few day’s break.. Hope I can update my blog often after this..
Cheers~
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