I am taking a break from wedding photos for a while right now since February & March is a very hectic months for wedding photographers throughout Malaysia. This is because these two months are filled with several public holidays as well as school break, so their respective family members and relatives can travel to make it to the ceremonies and have ample time to relax in the process.
As for myself, I am having quite a busy February & March taking pictures, attending weddings and designing albums, so before the storms hit the shore, I’d better take some cover and write an article about something else first.




This entry is about a recent photography workshop organized by team ShutterSpeak at Hotel Puri, Melaka. The main reason for me to attend such workshop is to polish my skill in composition and style, and also to learn more about photography in general and to get to know other participants among others. The workshop was held for 3 days including theory and practical work.


The first session on Friday night was about the team’s history, their recent works and also introduction session from each participant. We were briefed basically about design, composition and some camera technical stuff.
The second day was the practical training, which was divided into two sessions. The morning session was the street photography whereas the subject is the lovely couple of Sofea and Faisal (Alex Mahone Shisha). We were brought along the famous streets of Malacca for the photoshoot session from 9am till 12pm. Then we had a lunch break before we continue to the second session.

The second session started at around 2pm till 5pm within the gorgeous hotel compound of Hotel Puri. The hotel is one of the few boutique hotels in Malaysia where the landscape and architecture blends perfectly to compliment each other. Being in Malacca, the famous Baba & Nyonya cultural & historical values can be seen and feel around the hotel, as you can see in the pictures below.

The night session was about photo critique and we were told to select our top 10 shots from both sessions today. The photos here are my best 10 photos of the day that I managed to capture, and I really believe these shots were possible because Sofea & Faisal was a real handful in front of the camera. I can still remember most of the guys don’t say too much when photographing because they are just so natural in front of the camera and they seems to feel what the photographers wanted to show in each shot.
The third and the final day were about post- processing technique, software selection and basically how to design a custom album like they do. We then finished the session at around 1pm and the workshop is officially concluded.
The entire workshop’s programs were conducted by Zaidan, Suhaimi, Mhisyam and Ariff Bani of team ShutterSpeak who were great individuals to have known and the knowledge we shared throughout the workshop was one to cherish. For me personally, the workshop did give me what I wanted from a photography workshop and I can say that their objective has been met as well as mine’s.


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