Hi everyone, so this is a video of me and my buddy arriving in Lofoten, shooting sunrise near Reine village and hiking up to Reinebringen mountain in Norway back in 2016.
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I’ve been dealing with burnout lately. I don’t feel like doing anything when it comes to photography. The month of November was really hectic with work and it adds up to the burnout that I’m dealing with. I tried to edit some photos but it’s not working and it is depressing. I’m not in control of how things are carried out. So I turned to the internet on how to overcome the problem.
I’m beginning to rethink the purpose of why I do photography. The answer to this is I love being out with the nature but now, I’m not going out anywhere. I spend most of my week at work and then on weekend just resting and do absolutely nothing at home. I started to feel the pressure of not creating and post anything. It felt like my followers are anticipating something great from me and I’m letting them down.
I’m taking a step at a time now, I don’t want to push myself too hard. I have to set a clear mind that I’m doing this not to impress people, but to inspire them. Photography supposes to be fun. I made tons of friends with photography and surprisingly, I also losses some of them along the way without any reason. Well, people do come and go.
I hope to start inspires people again with my photography and I’m hoping for a better year ahead of me. I have a bunch of unfinished tasks related to photography and I hope I can complete them before the end of this year. Until my next post, wassalam.
Hi everyone! Recently I’ve been interviewed by Aperture and DSLR Magazine Malaysia regarding my experience shooting with the new Sony A7RII. The interview has now published in both magazine – December 2015 issue. Here’s a snapshot of it!
Hi everyone! So you probably know I just returned from a photo trip in Bali, Indonesia couple of weeks ago. During the trip, I’ve been using my tripod on various condition from saltwater, dust, submerged in mud, waterfall and etc.
Thus, after returning from the trip, giving a thorough cleaning to my tripod is necessary to ensure a longer lifetime and maintain the performance. And cleaning Really Right Stuff tripod is made easy by following tutorial on their Youtube channel!
So here you go, cleaned and clear. Looks as good as new!
My tripod setup:
Until my next post, cheers!
Being a landscape photographer, I used to sacrifice my bed time to chase the best light during sunrise. During my Autumn trip to South Island, New Zealand, I woke up at 4 in the morning and drove for about 30 minutes on a very tight and zig-zag road. Waking up at 4 in the morning and then continue driving can make you feel dizzy because your body is restarting. So it still need some time to reboot completely hence the dizziness. But everything was fine, we manage to arrive to the location safely. Arriving to the location, it was dark, gloomy and very foggy.
It’s very frustrating but being a landscape photographer also taught me to be very patience. I waited for almost 2 hours for the fog to clear up but the light was still not that great. And I just continue shooting and enjoying the morning breeze when suddenly a rainbow started to form just below the mountains in the back. I think it was a double-rainbow but only one had a strong glow.
The rainbow lasted for about 15-20 minutes before disappearing and the weather continues to get better. I couldn’t stop myself for a quick self-portrait with the willow trees! 🙂
Everyone seems to have a really good time despite the bad start. Here’s a series of our selfies from that morning.
The weather continues to get better and better. Here’s an image of sun shining through the famous Red hut in Glenorchy.
Check out my final images from this location here —> New-Zealand-Autumn-2015. Hope you guys enjoy reading this behind the scene story. Feel free to share and spread the love!
Until my next post then… 🙂
Hi everyone, I’m participating in Explore The Elements Photo Blogging Contest! Come and join me for the chance to win £5,000 travel fund and many more exciting prizes!
Explore The Elements Photo Blogging Contest
Welcome to the Thomas Cook Explore the Elements photo blogging competition. It’s all about capturing and expressing the four elements through travel photography.
We’re looking for bloggers to publish photographs they’ve taken which best represent one of the four elements. All the categories are open to your interpretation, so you can be free to take a picture of anything you feel showcases your chosen element.
Once the competition has finished our panel of leading travel experts will come together to select the best photos. Each judge will preside over one category picking a winner from each before they collectively choose an overall winner.
The four individual category winners will receive a MacBook Air, a Fujifilm X-T1 camera, or an iPhone 6 with Bose noise cancelling headphones, depending on their personal choice. The overall winner will be awarded an amazing £5,000 travel fund. Keep up with the conversation using the official hashtag #ExploreTheElements – http://www.thomascook.com/blog/holiday-competitions-deals/explore-the-elements/
Earth
Beautiful Sunrise over majestic Mt. Rinjani || Lombok, Indonesia
Water
Self-Portrait at Mangku Sakti Waterfall || Lombok, Indonesia
Fire
Fiery Sunset over Dead Trees || Pantai Kelanang, Malaysia
Air
Crescent Moon and Sunset over Caldera De Taburiente || Canary Islands of La Palma, Spain
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My Travel Blogger/Photographer Nominations are:
- Kamrul Mansor – Photographer/Timelapser at kamrularifin.com
- Terence Lee – Photographer at terenceleezy.com
- Francesco Gola – Photographer at francescogola.net
- Beboy Photographies – Photographer/Blogger at beboyphoto.com
- Helminadia Ranford – Photographer/Blogger at helminadia.com
Good luck guys! 🙂
Hi everyone! So on this post I would like to share on behind the scenes of my Mangku Sakti Waterfall shooting. This waterfall is located near Sembalun village in Lombok tengah.
By far, this is the hardest place to reached during my Lombok trip. We had to go 3km off-road in a non-4wd vehicle and at about 2km we had a punctured tire, so we have to continue to walk the remaining 1km and believe me, it’s not an easy walk either!
After about 45 minutes of trekking up and down the hill, we reached the entrance to the waterfall. From there, it’s another 20 minutes of trekking to reached the waterfall! *Sigh*
Well, this is what we do, what we love to do as a landscape photographer. The harder it gets to reached to a location, the more excites we got! Although its pretty tiring! Lol.. :p
Here’s the final image….
Until my next post then..Assalamualaikum 🙂
Hi everyone! On this post I’m going to share how important it is to clean up your photo to make it look more neat and professional.
As a landscape photographer, I often visit a place that have a beautiful views. But sometimes, the place is filled with dirty things like thrash, even your friends tripod leg. Lol! 😛
So, there are few ways you can removed these unwanted things. First you can do so during the shoot itself, but then you will get your hands dirty. Obviously you do not wish to get infected with bacteria by touching dirty things out there. Second option is you can removed it in Photoshop like I did, using the ‘Content-Aware’ tool. It’s easy to use but you have to do it gently and with patience otherwise you will get a bad result.
Here is the result for my ‘cleaning stage’. It looks more clean and neat right?! Happy trying guys!
Don’t forget to follow my Instagram for more behind the scenes of my landscape photography adventure!
Hi everyone! Just to share a short video from my Lombok trip earlier this year. I think I might need a newer GoPro Hero4(updated, bought a newer hero4 black edition). My Hero3 Black Edition is literally dying with the condition! 😛
Check out photos from this trip here:
Hey, everyone! I’m so happy to finally got my hands on these! A brand new F-Stop Loka along with few accessories. I’m in love with the colour!
I’ve been wanting to get this camera backpack since last year, but it was out of stock for a long time. Hence, I contacted F-Stop to ask for my name to be put on the request list. And 7 days later, I received an email from them that says a bunch of items that I interested has been restock in their US warehouse.
So, here’s what I bought:
3. The Navin
Total damage left a big hole in my pocket! -.-‘ Anyway, can’t wait to get on adventures with this bag!
Until my next post then.. 🙂
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