Latest Photos from my Street Photography…

Some of my new photos, I just love Kuala Lumpur at times, and these images speaks of it…Love em :

In front of Haniffa Supermarket, Masjid India

Old High Court

Old High Court

Lebuh Ampang

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Of death of a Superstar to URBANSCAPES 2009 and other stuff

Yes, its been a short while since I posted but yeah lots of things been going around yeah…Anyway first up is the tragic death of the world’s best entertainer of all time. Michael Joseph Jackson died on 25th July 09 at the age of 50. The man who created the “Moonwalk” was said to be rushed to the hospital after he passes in his house and had a cardiac arrest that killed him. He will be someone that we all cannot forget and his songs will live on in our hearts forever.

Michal Jackson The King of Pop

Cool shot of the King of Pop

All of us will miss him, that is for sure. Moving along last week the ultimate arts and music festival known as URBANSCAPES 2009. I was there and I was excited as my photos were part of an installation with the KL FLickr group that featured 24 different people with different jobs in KL. So, I shot a shisha guy and also an artist. Here are some shots from the project:

Dr Choong the artist

Dr Choong concerntrating on his work

Applying color on the silk screen

Wonder of Colors

For more pictures from the set, click HERE

And during URBANSCAPES, I did a series of pictures of people wearing my aviator glasses. And I was pretty happy with the outcome, here are some shots:

Girl 1

Cool T-Shirt

Girl 3

Excellent Jacket

This is some pictures from the series. To check the others, click HERE

And the previous week, some shots from my street photography stuff. Taken at Masjid India:

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Well, that is all for now, and more big updates coming soon…till then

~Later Days

Steve McCurry in Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

Yup that is right, the man himself was here in Kuala Lumpur and indeed it was a good experience of him sharing his thoughts on photography and challenges he faced till now as a photographer.

A small write up on McCurry from Wikipedia states this :

McCurry began studying film history cinematography and filmmaking at Penn State in 1968, but ended up getting a degree in theater arts and graduating cum laude in 1974. He became very interested in photography when he started taking pictures for the Penn State newspaper called The Daily Collegian.

His photojournalism career began with his coverage of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. McCurry disguised himself in native dress and hid his film by sewing it into his clothes. His images were among the first of the conflict and were widely published. His coverage won the Robert Capa Gold Medal for Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad.

McCurry’s most recognized photo is that of “Afghan Girl,” a previously unidentified Afghan refugee. The image itself was named as “the most recognized photograph” in the history of the National Geographic magazine and her face became famous as the cover photograph on the June 1985 issue. The photo has also been widely used on Amnesty International brochures, posters, and calendars. The identity of the “Afghan Girl” remained unknown for over 15 years until McCurry and a National Geographic team located the woman, Sharbat Gula, in 2002.

When I asked him on the topic of culture and how he perceives culture, he said that photography has always been a way of him trying to show the world of the things that he adore and wants others to experience from his travels. The human emotions are the main gist of his photography usually and he adds by saying that he usually carries up to 5 lenses but only sticks with a 24mm wide angle lens for all the pictures that he take.

Thus, seeing this man really inspired me and to listen from him on photography. And he is also one of the renowned photographers who is attached with Magnum Photos and this agency was started by the best in the world, people like Robert Capa and Henri Cartier Bresson also to greats like David Seymour.

So, people who dont know about him and his pictures, please do check out his pictrues at his website. Besides here are the two out of 6 pictures that I took of him during the talk at the Annexe Gallery:

Steve McCurry

Steve McCurry

Well, thats all for now and I cant wait for the weekend as I need to shoot for the 24 Hour KL project !

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A Night out at Bukit Bintang

I was out with my gf last weekend around the Bukit Bintang vicinity and I took some pictures of the area during the night, it was something cool I did after a while of not taking pictures, since leaving Ecaz Studios. Anyway here are just four shots that are my favorites from that night:

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So, that is for now, I  cant wait for tonite’s talk with Steve McCurry talk at the Annexe Gallery. Anyway for more pictures from this series, you can check em out at my FB page, CLICK

~Later DAYS~

Of New Beginnings and an Updated Blog Post !

Phewwwww, finaly some time off to update this page which has been quite dormant in a while, well the first thing is I have changed my job and currently working at The Star Publication as a Special Writer in the Advertising Department. 3 weeks has passed and I have met loads of people and they are all very cool…

Besides, my dad is doing well now as he was in the hospital for some heart complication. Anyway I have not been taking many pictures for a while now, thus that is also one of the reason why I have not been blogging, once I have done so, you all shall see more updates yeah.

Anyway only one picture today, this was taken in Terengganu, I was there for a wedding shoot and this is the only picture I took when I was there, but I totaly love it to the max and I hope you enjoy it too….

A typical Malay restaurant in Terengganu where they have the sun roof...the light just comes in very natural...

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Will be back….

Yes people, yes I know I have been dormant in a while but I promise I will be back with new and cool stuff….been really busy with things recently….

Of Birthdays, Work and One Street Photo…

Well, I am finally 27 this year, May 11 marked the day I turned a year older and I had a good time with some friends. My sayang got me a Lowerpro camera bag and I can fit all my stuff into it and have to save up to buy me a better camera next as that is the plan. Thank you sayang for the bag and it is an encouragment for me to pursue on my photography.

The past 27 years has been a tremendous journey for me I would say as there has been ups and downs in life. In many areas I have faced challenges and learn new things and trying to improve my strengths and working on overcoming my weakness in me.  At this juncture I want to thank God for preserving my life and my parents who have raised me up for who I am now, I wont be half of what I am now if its not for them, I trully love you mom and dad. My sister who can be bit in her own world at times yet love you too…Not to forget my girlfriend, Eliza, you rock girl…thank you for being in my life….Lastly all my buddies ( you know who you are) thanks for being part of my life. Every single one of you guys and gals have been an awesome support to me.

Anyway here I am posting a picture of me when I was 1 and looking back at this picture, I think I looked like a Malay boy….

Me when I was 1

And yes of course working life has taken its toll on me but I want to thank god for my new job at The Star publication as a supplement writer. It was just timely as I was wanting for a new place to work as working at Ecaz Studios has taken its toll on me, the place is nice, the people are cool but its just too much that I can handle it as I need to execute so many events back to back that at times just dont make sense and I cant show my other capabilities in working here. So, I will be leaving to the new place end of this month on the 25th and the last event I am doing is on some Mother’s Day thingy at all the Isetan outlets and early this month we had an event at the KL Convention Center with Roland music which showcases their new range of products. The cool part was I met a famous drummer from Japan who is the man behind the “Metal Gear Solid” music. His name is Masaking and I was privilleged to meet him and also there were other performances and one girl modelling there…Here are some shots :

Masaking and Moi !

Masaking working on the Roland electronic drums

White Percussion Unit performer

Gruavenue...

Girl modelling...

Anyway that was the event I manage to finish even though it was a last minute thing that my boss forgot to tell me but it ended well, besides my last street photo was taken at the Bangsar nite market, here it is :

Man sleeping in front of the Asam Laksa, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur

Well, that is all for now, I wish I had more time to write and give updates, and yes that will happen yeah…till then..

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After a Long time….

Yes, it has been a while once again, so many things has been happening since I came back from Jakarta since my last post. I have been shooting less and its killing me….anyway these are the few things that has been happening in my world of photography. I shot my friend’s engagement at Parit Buntar and it was a good time shooting there :

Nagen & Parimala

Nagen & Parimala

Nagen & Parimala

And then my friend Mursi was privileged to go to the Naza Italia showroom and he took pictures of the Ferrari’s that were there and this picture I asked him and I edited them :

Ferrari Scuderia

Ferrari Scuderia

Next up are pictures I took of my girlfriend when we visited KLPAC last week and these are the one of the best shots I have taken of her…:

Eliza

Eliza

Eliza

Eliza

And finally it was an awesome sight as I was this goats grazing plants as I was on the way back home and I used my camera phone to take the pictures and this how it looks :

Kambing Jalanan !

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Of Java Jazz Fest Festival 2009 and updates !

Oh my god, its been a while….Yes, finally I had some time after all the roadshows and events that has been happening at my workplace, I wonder at times what are the reason behind the road shows anyway but yet I am working just enough to milk the cash and finding for better offers that comes along the way.

Anyway after the pictures from the previous post that showcases some pictures of my old film picture, I was there for the Java Jazz Festival 09 (JJF) and the pictures I took from the shows turned out pretty OK but as I said I was there to enjoy the music and it was indeed an awesome time to shoot pictures for the show…Here are some of them :

Jason Mraz

Jason Mraz

Glenn Fredly

Matt Bianco

Matt Bianco

SOIL & PIMP

SOIL & PIMP

Grant Anthony

These are some of my favorites shot I took during the JJF 09….besides I have been really reading up and practicing my street photography and also my portrait taking, and I am hoping that I will excel in this line…just wish and pray that everything will be awesome !

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“Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution. “ – Ansel Adams

Of Pictures on Film and Jakarta….

Yes, I will be leaving to Jakarta,  Indonesia tomorrow and will be back on Monday. It also a time for me to have a short break and to spend time with my girlfriend, besides I am goin there for the Java Jazz Festival 2009 and will be witnessing some of the best Jazz musicians from around the world performing there….So, I will be maybe updating some posts from there if I have the time or not till I am back to KL….

Well, other than that I managed to scan my old film rolls, all 13 of them and there many nice shots that I really like, but these are some I have uploaded on Flickr and these are pictures of my friends from KL Flickr :

Aishah

Aishah

Ena

Visithira

Sophie...

~Later Days~