11/365 | MEMORABILIA

11/365 | MEMORABILIA, originally uploaded by marshma11ow.

reminiscing old memories with an old toy. polaroid rawks!

10/365 | GOING NANAS

10/365 | GOING NANAS, originally uploaded by marshma11ow.

known as a good mood food. Satisfy sugar cravings for its natural sweetness. A great source of post-exercise snack. It gives you the energy you need. So, have you have your dose of bananas today?

tips: To ripen a banana faster, it should be put in a brown paper bag with an apple or tomato overnight.

9/365 | ENVY

9/365 | ENVY, originally uploaded by marshma11ow.

ok, looks like everyone is getting themselves into full frame. one after another. when is my turn?? don't leave me alone!! I hate you full frame buddies!!!

8/365 | STREET CAT

8/365 | STREET CAT, originally uploaded by marshma11ow.

There's a lot of cats around my neighborhood. I love to make cat counts during my morning jog. Some belongs to neighbors and most just strays. But surprisingly enough, the stray looks like other local strays but with longer hair.. talking about persion who escapes late night mating with strays.. they do produce good breeds too!

7/365 | LAUNDRY DAY

7/365 | LAUNDRY DAY, originally uploaded by marshma11ow.

Mom was away for few days to the hometown. Erm, apparently she'll be back today. I think its critical for me to do the laundry today before someone lectures about the 2010 laundry act. lol.

Its laundry time!!

6/365 | EVER.AFTER

6/365 | EVER.AFTER, originally uploaded by marshma11ow.

An outdoor wedding assignment over the weekend.
Location : Taman Botani, Putrajaya

5/365 | INNOCENCE

5/365 | INNOCENCE, originally uploaded by marshma11ow.

A random kid photo during my job assignment.. Kids are just naturally beautiful no matter how they are. Do you buy this? well i guess i do..

4/365 | GO HOME

4/365 | GO HOME, originally uploaded by marshma11ow.

It is Friday. The most awaited day by most people especially to those who works in the office.

Some look forward to it to party, some goes home to the family and start planning for weekends.. It means nothing to me. Its just like any other day. Am i gonna look forward to friday soon? will it change? depends.

3/365 | TRAPPED

3/365 | TRAPPED, originally uploaded by marshma11ow.

This squirrel must be scared outa shit but pretending cool. one hairy monster was watching (my cat, lolly) and i was just ready with my camera silently waiting for the right moment to snap. He looked in style planning his strategy. The front door was shut and there's no way out unless he passed us through and jump to the backdoor. This is one hella brave one. He jumped and run as fast as he can to the back door even lolly neither i could catch him. bravo!

2/365 | EMPTY.VAGUE

Yes, the mood is still unstable. Things are still messy in my head. Everything seems unclear at the moment. Life is empty and no promise if tomorrow would be better.

This my 2nd crappy shot for the project.

1/365 | WALKING AWAY

i have always wanted to join the project365. A pool joined by flickr group members who are committed enough to post one photo a day to the pool. I have already registered in 2008 if i'm not mistaken but i wasn't discipline enough to shoot and upload everyday without fail. Hence, the project was a failure for me. This guy has inspired me again to rejoin the group. You can check his 365 journey here.

I have not uploaded images as much as i used to in flickr. Had my own sets of viewer before.. (yeah during the glorious years. lol) but that was back then. My flickr page is dull and lifeless now.

When your hobby becomes your fulltime job, you lost that sense of simplicity of life where simple big deal shots don't matter anymore. This is the lackness that i'm trying to gain back.. i want to shoot something that might not look important and make it important, in other word, start appreciating them again and start shooting crappy things again! i miss that a lot.

Lolly (my pussy) is not the greatest subject to shoot. She's lazy, not coorperating, dull and boring. I knew i couldn't get any decent shot of her. The moment i put her in frame, she walks away and left me out of focus. here's my first crappy shot of the day.. lets pray i will shoot something better tomorrow.

becoming a foodie?

I love to eat. But I don't have time to cook. I'm always keen in doing a simple cooking with beautiful garnish.

This is something I'm looking forward to do. Food photography. It looks easy, but its so damn tricky. To make food looks tempting is not as easy as pressing the shutter. But i took the challenge this time. Thanks to Attick Multimedia for giving me the opportunity.

We planned to hold it in a studio at first, but apparently we had to change location as my client told me the food needs to be cook and prepared. The photoshoot took place at my client's resident finally.

Again, i have expected the long hour and the tricky part. Photographing food is very technical. You have to consider the ambiance, considering for natural or artificial lighting and everything is manual. I know there's a lot more to learn.. I'm a newbie in this area but I'm loving it. This is something i want to do again and again. Not forgetting, we get to eat the food too! :)

Tresspassers will be prosecuted.

Male cats love coming over and check on lolly. I always chase them before they got the chance to pass by the gate! LOL. Stray cats don't dare to enter when i'm around. I don't like seeing them coming and loitering on our grass and leave some smelly 'gift' on it.

I hope this is not a sign of a possessive parent to be. No i'm not. I love freedom. As much as i don't like to be controlled by my parents, I hope i can be a good parents someday without over controlling my kids.

ok i guess i have to try to be a bit lenient to lolly. She needs friends too. Talking about parenthood, well i'm not a master of it. Not yet, atleast.

Milk, anyone?

I was testing the lastolite kit i borrowed from a friend. I must say i LOVE this item. I HEART it! Its definitely gonna be on my next item in the list. Surprisingly enough, whats into lolly? She's been kind enough to sit motionless without scratching her butt (thats what she always do!) for more than 5 mins! Thats a great achievement. Good job lolly!

Fresh Milk. Good for kitty, good for you.

need a haircut, anyone?

ahhhhh.. Have not been writing as frequent as i wished to! First of all, Happy 2010, Happy Birthday to me.. Happy Thaipusam, Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Valentines Day!

I will try to write as much as i can this year.. sigh. I know again another weak vow. I hate to use the word 'busy' again, but most of the thing that contributed to that word resides here.

Some of you might know that i do have a cat. This lil comot darling of mine is getting less and less attention from the boss these days. If she can talk she'd have yelled and shouted how desperately she needs a shower.

Okay, after procrastinating more than a month, i gave my cat a shower and a new haircut. The bushy tail really needs a trim as she loves wagging especially to my face. Okay, not so hygiene there. Here it comes, an inhouse expert who hardly takes care of her own locks.

My kitty and her new look.

Coffeetable book anyone?

I've always wanted to create a coffeetable book for myself, as in for my own keep. I want to document my travelogue and my personal masterpieces in a book. Again being a great and successful procrastinator makes its just a word year after year.

This time, i get the chance to test how the photos look in a form of a book. I was on an assignment and required to document an event for Malakoff in a coffeetable book form. I was skeptic at first. The template i downloaded wasn't convincing enough because i don't get to see the outcome like how i see in photoshop. Well we will never know until we try. Everything is done online, from the payment method to the process of uploading the photos. They can even deliver it to you at your doorstep, of course with an additional charges. But i decided to selfpick. Not being a cheapskate, but i'd love to meet the person i'm dealing with and look for some other samples too.

I was quite surprised with the outcome! It turned out so profesionally. Even though the people incharged of assigning me this job didn't give any feedbacks or comments as i wished (i even asked) for, but i think i know i did a good job. The printing company contacted me via email and ask me if they can use the cover page i did for Malakoff for their official website in the ideas section. It was delightful for me. Thanks to mom's backyard and her brilliant plant.

Sometimes, we just need to think outside of the box and create something a lil bit more creative regardless with a very limited resources.

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i need sugar!

I was stressed out with work and its hard keeping people around you happy. Overloading datelines and dealing with client's requests sometimes drives me nuts! It drains me out totally. But i know at the end of the day, seeing the smile upon their face is the biggest reward could possibly be.

Hang on clients.. your albums will be ready soon! In a mean time, a shot of this boost my energy and keep me sane to think creatively. Thanks Mr Haagy!

the morning sweat.

My nike ipod sensor is running low in batt.. again. I wonder why the lifespan is too short considering i'm not a heavy runner as i used to. Me testing the new sportypal on my iphone..

Thaipusam 2010

The first time i shot Thaipusam was about 3 years ago. At that time, i told myself its not gonna be anymore of it. The fact of the massive crowd and the bad traffic makes me think twice about going.

This year, i just knew i need to do it again. My shutterbug buddies did think of going but most did not keen enough when it comes to rise early and fighting for a parking. Fine, I decided a night before to do it no matter what even if i had to go alone. I think i need to get my adrenaline rush and fall in love with photography again. Being tied with wedding shoots and back to back shooting assignments makes me like a machine. I need to get my groove back before i become a trigger happy shooter. LOL.

Was accompanied by a non-photog friend who don't mind experiencing the culture. Its not something that easy to capture a good scene whilst having to fight for air. I was squeezing myself among thousands of devotees, photographers and tourists around the world who were there to witness the ritual offerings to lord murugan.

I did not regret doing this, again.

ayu (in english it means "beauty")

My August client, Ayu & Aziz. I wasn’t able to handle this client as i have another shooting in Penang on the same day. Thanks to Nadia for the brilliant pictures.

photos by nadia, edit by me :)