My new man..

I gotta a gift from heaven. Yes, I'm talking about that cute lil kitty - Lolly. Lolly was one of the good thing that came into my life this month. And No, I am not blogging about her today. I am talking about the white box with a red circle on it. A "man" that stole my heart and been on my dream-list this year. A man..frotto. Whats the big deal? Some other people might be lucky enough to get things as they wish. But i have been procrastinating it after one sad stories to another. Sad broken tripod stories.. thats it. I guess its time to stop the episode.


So I went to J One and met Jason. He recommended me 488RC2 series with 360 rotation ballhead.
There goes my $640. Just for a tripod. Some might call it insane. But I know how much it worths.

galfriend moments

yes, i'm a sucker for japanese food. Mrs L and I decided to berbuka puasa at sakae sushi. A place used to be our catching-up spot. We just love the ambience. Mrs L and I had so much things to catch up. I'm glad i'm still able to hang out with her once in a while. Being a wife shouldn't stop one to see her girlfriends. It feels good. And it felt even better when the food arrived. It left us with a moment of silence.

I had the soft shell crab for starter (a must have!) and a bento for main dish (which i forgot to capture it. was too hungry at that time.). The mouth watering teriyaki oyster with garlic rice Mrs L had was a worth menu to try. Macchaa ice-cream (green tea) was a good closing. yyyyyyyyyuuuuuuuuuummmmyyyyy!!

behind the scene.

Its 2 months before the scheduled day of my exhibition. I've been sketching up ideas and concept for my series. Yes its going to be a series. But the subject will not be disclosed as for now. Brainstorming is what i have been doing. And preparing 10 masterpiece in less than 2 months is ain't easy. Been cracking up my head day and night and it even haunts me to sleep. But somehow the adrenaline rush is a good sign. I am excited and nervous at the same time. And what worries me now is i have not started shooting. The idea pours like rain, but to get the subject ready isn't my control. Only if i could make them come to me and my shutter will start working.

Today, another lady the last chosen ones was in The Sun - Juliet Lai. And it made us 4. (i wish i could call it the Fantastic 4.. but i guess i'd rather have a different name.. hahah. sounds very perasan!). Its going to be the very first exhibition for all of us. Everything is still new. Yet we already exhibit our stuffs online, but this is somehow different.

I will just go with the flow and be myself. I am not trying to impress anyone because what i am going to exhibit is something that portrays my interest, passion and niche. To convey a message in a piece of image is very personal to me, very individual and takes emotions and feelings to be involved around it.

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here's are basically what happened when 4 photographers are being shot. He (the photographer who is supposed to shoot us) end up mentioning "since all of you are photographers, why don't you guys shoot each other?" and i end up shooting juliet and majidah. Han shot me! My kebaya went up and i looked horrible squatting to get the right shot. (no i won't post the pic here)

Guess what?? its waaaay wayyy harder to keep the photographers still in front the glass. We were laughing, giggling and making weird pose.

my photo flew to france

I came back from the bank and saw something jolting out from my home mailbox. A big brown envelope with unfamiliar writing and unfamiliar stamp on it. A mail from france.





Yes, this photo i used to shoot sometime ago was featured in a french instrument magazine called "Rythmes & Sons". Forget about reading it because i don't understand a word. But what i understand is © Nur Fatini Zulnaidi printed by the picture. wink wink...

here's a link to my gong photo.

my love, my baby you.

Letting go the one you love is the hardest sacrifice among all. But it may be the best decision to make. It hurts when you are embraced with the memory lane. A year full of good/sad/adventure/ moments together makes me realized how much he has done to me. I will always love you, I will always remember you. If situation permits, we are definitely gonna see each other again... my heart, my soul.. 18-200 VR.

... any takers out there? i'm leaving him for a 17-55 f2.8. Email me for details! hurry. serious buyer only!

The Sun shines on me

The Sun And Me, originally uploaded by marshma11ow.

I think i have a reason to feel good this morning. The Sun shines on me today.
Doing what i love the most. And I am finally free from any strings. I am free. Even though it sucks every juice out. But i appreciate and treasure this blood and sweat.

I chose to shut my ears, close one eye and pursue what i love. Doing it for fun is so much different from doing it for money. But the buck you earn out of doing what you love its priceless. Not much to make you rich, but the experience and satisfaction is indescribable.

I put my heart and soul into it. And beginning to love it each day...

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click here for the sun online (the url valids today only). Or you can download large size by clicking here.

the musician.

tribute to a friend. a very talented artist + musician.

ekaputra prasetya abdul jabar. (sorry i blew it)

vintage volvo

persetankan late submission for theme "50".

shot taken at client's resident in serendah.

sahur bloggy - day 4

I installed Adobe Lightroom yesterday. Been wanting this software for some time. Loading and editing photos in bulk of multiple clients is such a pain in the *** if you don't use the correct workflow. And my butt was in pain downloading, sitting for hours loading files. Not forgetting, flooding my mac with redundant copies. Hardisk becomes overloaded due to cross applications usage. I'm not going techies here, but i think lightroom has the features i'm looking for. It makes my life easier and handling files is faster compared to my traditional workflow.

Lightroom brightens my world! It makes me awake since sahur!

read more about the software here.

client.bestfriend.sister.

thank you for the opportunity to capture your big day.
you are a sister, friend and also a client!

"semoga berbahagia ke anak cicit!"

view photos here

The Gift II

And this is the real gift for me. 3 weeks ago, it was dusk and drizzling. I just got home from work and stepped out of my car and this poor lil kitty running and curling around my legs. Poor kitty. She was cold and hungry.

It was semi dark and i thought she was cute so i picked her and stroke this lil fluffy until i realized her body was full with mytes and mange. Then i put her down and went inside. She followed me and kept meowing maybe asking for food and shelter. Out of sympathy, i fed her and let her eat at the porch. I did not have any cat food at the time so i mixed fish and some rice. She didn't want to eat it at first so i just left her outside.(maybe this ain't no ordinary kampung cat!) Half an hour later i peeped through the window and the plate was empty but she wasn't there. She must be really hungry.

The next morning before i went to work, i saw that happy tummy slept at the corner and when she saw me, she keeps meowing and curling around me. I guessed she might have been abandoned by her owner. This is no ordinary stray. I was already late to work but who cares, i need to feed this fluffy thing so i went to the grocery nearby and bought a cat food.

At that moment i realized this is where she wants to be and destined to meet her new guardian here at my place and i decided to treat her disease and adopt this poor lil kitty. Its Ramadhan and its the best time to make good deeds not only to human, but.. cats too!

Now its been 3 weeks having her with me. Feeding Iams is never a mistake, she's soft, healthy and the veterinar keeps her mange at bay. Mytes and mange is dissapearing. She's now one happy healthy persian you can never imagine was once an abandoned diseased kittty.

Presenting.. loly!

sahur bloggy - day 1

Its 5.32am and i am waiting for subuh. Today is my first sahur for this year.. It is so pieceful and calm at this hour.. I can hear nothing but the sound of my airond and my keypad while i'm typing this.

Had a stiff neck when i woke up yesterday. I wasn't expecting its gonna prolong to today. It got worsen when my mom woke me up this morning for sahur. Erkh i hope it gets better after swallowing 2 tablets of panadol.

The azan has just aired. And i always wonder why each time azan, my neighborhood dogs howl? and they keep silent again after azan ends like now.. whenever i think of it on normal days especially during maghrib, my hair stands and it gives me an eerie feeling.. but they say syaitan and evlils are chained during ramadhan, so my eerie perception changed. I guess the dogs are just distracted with the loud speakers.. They are trained that way to secure the house.. ahhhh... lets forget about it.

I'm gonna pray and sleep this stiff neck off. I'd like to wish all of the muslims out there "Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan Al-Mubarak" and thank you for all the smses and wishes!

ps: come to think of it.. why do they howl instead of bark?

the gift.

the gift., originally uploaded by marshma11ow.

oops! no, not mine.
this cute lil baby girl was my Aqiqah client last saturday. More photos here

putrajaya at night

putrajaya at night, originally uploaded by marshma11ow.

shot taken after the grand finale of the MIFC. I'm too shy to load my crappy fireworks photos, so this is the after effect of the night. Looking good with the blue laser light, while i was enjoying the night breeze.

I kinda love KL (minus the heavy traffic after that!)