• Art,  Assignment,  Malaysia,  Photojournalism,  Portrait,  Portraiture

    Steve McCurry Masterclass Workshops

    Mentioning Steve McCurry and most photographers will immediately refer him to the famous Afghan Girl name Sharbat Gula who grace the National Geographic Magazine cover in 1985. It is an iconic image until this day. Most people especially photographers knows about the story and about how after seventeen years Steve McCurry manage to trace her again. I was very lucky to have the opportunity to attend his class, Steve McCurry Masterclass – Photography Workshop organize by Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia in association with Epson Malaysia on 8th January 2010. I don’t want to write a long story here, just wanted to share something that I learn from his workshops. One…

  • Art,  Expression,  Face,  Life,  Malaysia,  People,  Portrait,  Portraiture,  Uncategorized,  Workshops Photoshop

    Curiosity of a Child

    A Child Can Ask Questions That a Wise Man Cannot Answer. ( Anonymous ) Just a quick hit and run post today, but those quote are really true, sometimes you get dumbfounded by their question, the y are curious, they are hungry to know more, there is something that we can learn from a child, a gift of curiosity. I think we can go so far if we have a high level of curiosity in our life, wanted to know more, wanted to learn more, never get satisfied with what we have done, with what we already have and the other thing is children find joy in everyday life, there…

  • Art,  Black and White,  Emotion,  Expression,  Face,  Malaysia,  Photoshop,  Portrait,  Portraiture

    Words That Kept Me Going | A Letter From Grandma

    I got this email in November 28 2008, from Kathryn B. Foytack | Thomasville, Georgia, USA To this days I still felt so touch by her observation, thank you for your kind words, I really don’t know what to say. You give me so much inspiration and really kept me going. Here is her original email to me without any alteration, I did asking her permission prior to sharing it here in my Blog. I so admire the quality of your photos of your beautiful son.  The new one of him running with his head down is just too perfect…so like a little boy.  The ones where his mom is…