Anis + Faizal { Engagement }

Its the first assignment after i resigned from the company. Damn I missed shooting and not worrying about waking up early on monday. Oh by the way, I'm back to to the stage.. Camera, lights.. Action!

Anis is a friend of an old client who is also referred by an older client :) She is also the cousin of my old client, haha. . Here i am saying, wherever i am on another assignment, there's always a bump into familiar faces. KL is not big anyway :)

I just love everything about the event, from the dress to the food. The dress is simple but gorgeous.. I just love how soothing the color is! To Anis and Faizal, congratulation for stepping into another phase.. You are 1 step away into becoming a man and wife..

YB Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed

Talented designer

beautiful details

Another beautiful creation by Rizman Ruzaini ..
Beautiful bride : khadijah, bangi golf resort.

annoyingly sweet.

I was not in a good mood the whole week. Work in the office sucks. I am on 2 jobs at the moment and it makes me a grumpy lady. But a girl needs to feed herself. One bad thing after another happened. The decision I made for coming back to office work did not turn out as expected. Being grumpy and stressful for a day is acceptable, but wen it occurs on daily basis you'll become insane! Mood swings turn me into an emo bitch! Yeah, i hate myself for being one. Nuff of office work, on the other hand I was cameraless for weeks. Weeks ago, the camera failed on me. Yeah, it sucks. Its even worse when you had to borrow one from your generous shutter buddies for an assignment. I'm not a huge fan of using other people's property when it comes to my assignment. Thanks to mac for loaning me one..

I have a wedding assignment in Penang that week but i'm not gonna blog it in this post but read on..

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I was at the airport with mr bf waiting for boarding. I wasn't in a mood to think about how my shooting will turn out later with a loaned camera. I usually don't talk that much when I'm in a bad mood. We sit at the departure hall. I remained silent, he talked like burung murai bombarded me with technical questions about camera. I answered one or two emotionless. I got pretty annoyed with it and grabbed the camera trying to divert my attention to the camera menu instead of answering mr bf's techy questions. He still talks and talks like no one's business. I picked the camera and peeped through the viewfinder, acting like i was busy testing the camera. He couldn't stop talking and i wasn't paying attention at all to what he said. "Ish mamat ni takleh stop bercakap ke?? arghh!!"

Suddenly he stopped talking .. "at last... reti pun dia ni stop membebel.. phew.." I sighed in relief and seconds later something blocked my viewfinder and disturbed my focusing.. "okkay, what's next?????!!! saja nak buat aku marah tau!" i was about to burst in anger.. but..

Wanna know what's blocking the view?????

keep guessing..

okay.. only if my face was captured at that time.. my jaw almost dropped, i was choking air and speechless at the same time. No words could ever describe how i felt at that time.

suddenly he broke the silent... and asked me a simple english word. I remained speechless for a moment trying to answer in a simplest word possible but failed to utter it. I did wish i learned sign language at that time...

I can only afford to smile and nod..

Like a romantic chic flick scene, surrounded by strangers at the airport he slip the ring into my finger.. my eyes teared in joy.. and guilt at the same time! guilt BIG time, i tell you!

The ring was one size bigger and I decided not to wear it on my finger but somewhere closer to my heart..

I get the trick why he was being supper annoying.
Thank you mr bf! You are uberly irritatingly sweet!!

A definitely a day to remember..

from Penang with joy..

After ais kacang, laksa penang, cucur udang, mi kuah, nasi minyak, rojak buah and list goes on, we headed across the bridge hoping it won’t rain for the outdoor portrait. The couple was in a good mood, accompanied by bunch of girls. Our first pit stop was the old buildings near standard chartered bank. Shima insisted to have her photos in front of the standard chartered bank, a special pose tribute to her boss. Boss, give her a break .. The couple needs their honeymoon, first.

To the lovely couple and lovely gals, enjoy the photos, am sure if we were there a bit earlier more crazy ideas would come out as Hussien was just about to warm his engine.

Achtung baby!

The June issue of FACES magazine is finally out! I haven't got the chance to go to the mag store and get a copy myself. Here is what i get from the photographer. To Peter and crew, thanks for the fun session. You are the bapak ayam, you are the man! To the makeup crew, thanks for making me look prettier than any other days.. you guys are awesome.

And last but not least, to FACES magazine, thanks for featuring me and the rest of the gorgeous photographers.

Now, i want to go to the mag store and grab a copy!

I do..

I was once said, "being a wedding photographer, how would i look myself in a wedding gown? It must be funny to finally be in it!"

i wouldn't imagine myself to be in it this soon until someone called me to actually feature me in a magazine with 9 other female wedding photographer. I was ok with that idea until he mentioned to me about the theme and concept. "Yes, fatini you have to be in a wedding gown with a camera in your hands". My jaw dropped for seconds. I was thrilled, nervous and excited at the same time. Well you don't encounter people coming to you saying hey, i'd like to feature you in a magazine as "top 10 female photographer in malaysia" everyday. This chance might come only once in a lifetime. At that time i realized i just have to say.. "I do"

It was short noticed, the photoshoot was held a week after. The best thing was i get the chance to choose the gown myself and the best person to bring over is my bff. We had a great time in the fitting room trying. I remembered trying almost all on the shelf that i can fit. Damn you need to be skinny to be a bride. I think i manage to fit only 8-10 out of 20 dresses. Damn you fats! Contemplating 2 dresses in mind. I need to shed off few pounds to fit in the first one, well who wants to look fat in her wedding gown right? Its really beautiful with multiple layers. You do feel like a bride but its not easy to walk in it. The second one is an elegant skinny flair dress which looks more comfortable on me. Very naive, innocent and humble. I think that is more me. Innocent? Not really, but humble yes. So i opted for the second one. Wedding gowns are from "That Special Occasion". Thanks to Kris and crew for the awesome dresses and entertaining my silly requests.

Here are some syok sendiri poses! The selection :


The next is the photoshoot and to have more fun!