After a gruelling after a night full mode wake up…I’ve received a wake up call … “Ni bila nak balik rumah.. ni?” walah weiii… I forgot to tell the people at home lah.. haiyyaa..the henpon batteries really at the ‘nazak‘ state…how would I be thinking right at that minutes … no charger…guys I’m using Nokia …N series halamak … no charger in site?…most of them using Sony Ericsson n Motorola…ermm can I and my gadgets stay fit and healthy for another 7-8 hours??? my DSLR batteries…just gone out while we were waiting for the sun to rise … nah…not really … it just ran out when we were capturing the light trail… so I did borrowed Saupix batteries … so nice when you have a friend that like to help out…so …after the sunrise…we all went back to Stador house … I actually realize that Diana just missing from the scene … so she went home … hahaha … didn’t notice though… me … I need one clean bath and a nice hot cup of “Teh Tarik gelas besar … In Penang we call it Teh Tarik Komtar” why? … Please come to Penang and call me … hihihi how? … just know me first la… I don’t talk to stranger … that’s what my mom used to tell me … so as she said … no stranger going to be entertain by me, unless know me first la …I’m gentle and friendly … hua hua hua, eh …see Off Topic again …. “balik ke pangkal jalan”

After a nice hot bath … no la…just kidding…after a nice clean up bath … we all set for breakfast and I got my cup of Teh Tarik as I mention Gelas Besar … and a slice of Roti Canai … I dunno how to tell you…if you guys from Malaysia … I guess most of you familiar with this dish… typical Malaysian … in the morning Teh Tarik + Roti Canai. Then… KEK LOK SI (this how you type it and pronounce it by spelling it…I did mention this because sooooooo many guys spell it the wrong way off course)

Before we climb the stairs and torturing our feet

I didn’t really had pictures from this trip … so most of the pictures HERE will be from other of my friends la … maybe from Mikgami,Saupix,Stador or even Diana (she just open her Flickr Account) … (the reason why I put their pictures … and some of mine … because the 1st reason would be … I ‘malas ‘ to upload my pictures 2nd reason … you can visit our Flickr … so … we begin with a picture from Diana

market below the Kek Lok Si Temple

On the other hand tu tajuknya ....

Alamak … before ter forget … nak kenalkan jejaka yg menunggu matahari kecuali si Princess yg dah balik …This one from Stador

Between the tired guys and the enthusiasm in some of their faces

OK …. back to the Kek Lok Si Temple visti … ermm this pict from Mikagami

A couple went in the Temple for blessings ...

The person capturing this image...really like Kure-kure aka Tortoise not Turtle

And this one buah tangan dari Saupix

The front Lion Guardian of Kek Lok Si

A visitor beginning to pray and bid for forgiveness or 'else'

some from me … Kyzer

This was took as I saw somebody passby the rune stone ...

This was taken in a loose situation but I just crop it to

nothing to be told actually because we went to Kek Lok Si … and capture a few piccas there, so that’s all lew … so I just put a few photos from my friends … but Stador…he only put a single photos that link to Kek Lok Si … but a model of Diana …just click to their link that I provided lah…if you guys want to enjoy their pictures/photos …  remember to click the So&SO link … so oklah… this post deem to be the shortest ok … we end the visti with a lunch at Kapitan Briyani Claypot…end of the story

P/S~ be sure to ‘usha2′ their photos in their flickr…and mine also … letak le a few comments as you wish

Ok let just continue this post…the previous post was the story about the dinner being held in Naza Hotel…most of us enjoy that moment with some chitty chatty of course…a few of them i’ve met before…so after the dinner what were we doing… 1st of all we had a TT at Subaidah Nasi Kandar … ermm I was joined by Stador,Mikagami,Saupix,Abg Fir,Diana (Princess),Daiyo and NasirZain(TokAyah)…just having some rejuvenate drink after a long day. We hang out for quite some times…as I recall that night was raining heavily.

The Raindrops bounce on a source of light

The bouncing part of the light was captured by our very own sifoo saupix… I was looking at this light too (but I didn’t had the tenacity to snap it…but then, somebody had the will to snap it…(^_^) so I’m happy to upload it) … this happen when we TT that night. We ‘lepaking’ until 2 hours maybe… first it just 6 of us…then daiyo n tokayah join the lepak…after that TT…Stador had this crazy idea of…non-sleep activity…light trail…errmm never thought of that in the middle of morning…yala … almost 3am that time…so we all went to a flyover which situated in a quite unpopulated area…not kinda place i want to be at that particular time…(my idea of light trail supposed to be in an area with building lights, more dramatics) but the idea quite nice and i didn’t have anything to do at that particular time….

Nice Idea of fusing the light trail with other subject

Mine … light trail… the shutter speed being uphold too long in bulb mode … so the light seems to be un connected …

simple...the light really let me down...because I left this shutter open too long..

So…because of somebody make use of my tripod…so I need to use most of my experience in placing my DSLR at a specific place … but a decent light trail what … just less dramatic as I eventually hoping something ‘more’…because of that … i just mess around with some light paint…not really paint, but bouncing would do.

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after this … we all moved to…Sungai Penang…actually the time about 4/++ am … the reason actually to catch up with the sunrise…but sunrise here not really fascinate me as the sunset… so… let see what i’ve caught before the first light appeared …

This really caught my attention...light blueish sky and awesome reflection (my eye lah...dunno you guys) I like this ...

So…when the light came out…here what I got …after I ‘tertido’ sekejap …

When the light out...entertain us... eh ter smell like teen spirit plaks

so… that’s wrap up this post le kot…next post or … last post of the 36 hours of my Photography would be our visit to the Kek Lok Si Temple … the participants would be me,Stador,Mikagami,Saupix and Diana … and the event when we are the first batch ‘merasmikan’ the Northern Clan FMDC T-Shirt in public ..

FMDC Northern Clan after a gruelling overnight stay up

hihihi … to be continued

So…Lemme continue with the story at the Dinner (FMDC Dinner)…so many going on and yet I’ve managed to snap a few photos and guess what…most of it were really under a harsh flash situation…I still need to work my touch on low light and flash during night even plus open space…I’ve been told by a few guys how to do…but yet it still came out poorly…but let start the story…(warning … i didn’t really have quality photos to share in this post because of my lack in night shootout) …after a chitty chatty TT with the TALK participants and also Abg Zainal himself at the nearby Subaidah Nasi Kandar … I and my Japanese Jambi (this supposed to be Mikagami) friend decided to solat and change our outfit at Penang Floating Mosque…so, we went there …after solat, I took an advantage to ‘clean-up’ myself…and wearing our ‘Raya’ outfit…it just to enjoy the night in our outfit… so…off we went to the Naza Hotel after changing.

a few of the friend wearing baju melayu met at the lobby of the hotel… seems they were really cherish that moment.That guy, the one hugging that greenish guy was Mr Black or so called Panglima Hitam…that greenish guy…his the Jambi Japanese … Mikagami in person

really boring faces…nah, actually his been finding it hard to swallow malaysian food…hua hua hua …. no lah..this guy just like to pose his face differently. and how bout this guy ?

This Guy can smell the cameras that aiming for his pose

on top of just eating and chatting…we also being entertain by a few of our own talented photographers fellow cum singer…they’ve prove to be quite passionate in singing the songs.

Our very own entertainer

Two nad a half couple were here also…Nae & Tasha and the baby she’s having

Nak kamera aku?...takleh...aku sayang kamera ni macam bini aku jugak (Tasha memerhati dgn muka cuak)

So let me introduce myself, the pirincess herself NurDiana and the Mahakarya Saufi

Young and energetic fellow

So… the dinner seems to be quite entertaining where we had a couple of chitty chatty both with some new friends that we just met in the cyber world and we get to know them better and in person …. that’s another part of the report… and there’s still to go…to be continue …

P/s- the pictures were just thumbnail…next time to view it full please do click ur right mouse and choose view image .. thank you

Ask any hobbyist or serious amateur photographer what their long term goals would be in photography, and more often than not, they’d want to either earn some regular income from photography, or live the exciting life of a wire photographer, working for a large international News Agency.

Well, here in our own backyard, we have a person who has done exactly that! Zainal Abdul Halim (picture above) makes a living working as a photojournalist for Reuters. He is now based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Zainal Abd Halim a self-taught photographer with vast experience who achieved success purely by learning on his own through trial and error. After years of hard work, his photos are now published by various newspaper and magazines worldwide. He had been assigned to cover Afghanistan war and Olympics for Reuters. Zainal will be sharing and presenting on the topic of ‘Photojournalism’.

Source : Zainal Abdul Halim Official Website & FMDC

Yuran pendaftaran Photojournalism Talk yg dikenakan sekarang (RM65/head) adalah tertakluk kepada MINIMUM perserta seramai 20 orang sahaja . Sekiranya jumlah penyertaan yang lebih diperolehi maka harga yuran tersebut akan berkurangan menjadi seperti berikut :

Minimum 20 orang : RM65/head
Minimum 30 orang : RM50/head
Minimum 40 orang : RM45/head
Minimum 50 orang : RM40/head

Yuran yang dikenakan adalah bagi menampung kos makan tengahari peserta + kos bilik ceramah + kos perjalanan dan penginapan saudara Zainal
Sekiranya penganjur mendapat penyertaan mencapai lebih 20 orang makan duit lebihan anda akan dipulangkan semasa pendaftaran nanti so jom ramai-ramai mendaftar , akan kurangkan lagi kos .
Untuk pengetahuan , program ini telah diusahakan sejak awal tahun 2008 namun tidak berkesempatan kerana jadual saudara Zainal yang terlalu ketat , sekarang beliau agak free dan kita berkesempatan untuk bertemu dah berkongsi pengalaman bersama beliau , jadi jangan lepaskan peluang anda !
Program Photojournalism Talk yang hampir sama telah dijalankan di Kuala Lumpur sebelum ini dan mendapat sambutan hangat hampir 80 orang peserta serta komen positif , kali ini kami bawakan ke utara .

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