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On your Instagram page, Were you involved in any What’s an advice you
we noticed you have a photography projects would give to aspiring
certain style you’re going whether as a freelancer or photographers?
for why did you pick this for work?
style of photography The advice I got when I was
specifically? Not really. I think my style of aspiring to be a photographer was
photography is not very well ‘buy a good camera and you’ll
Initially, when I started editing, recognised in Malaysia. As get good pictures’ or ‘if you have
the money, invest it in something
I thought what you need in a far as travel companies and expensive’, I think all of that is
picture is a whole lot of color and agencies are concerned, they untrue.
contrast. Looking at Instagram’s want something bright or
interface and the way the grid from different angles. The only As an aspiring photographer, you
scrolls, I thought, if I were to opportunity I’ve ever gotten first need to know your gear, you
include a lot of color and contrast was when Penang Tourism need to know what you’re putting
in my pictures, it would actually approached me. your money into. You do not
be nice.
They asked me to sell my pictures need to buy the most expensive
I decided that I wanted three to them, like the Penang bridge equipment and you do not need
to give the gear all the credit.
different colours so I went with and whatever that I’ve shot with
orange, yellow and blue. That’s the my drone. A few travel companies Basically, a good picture comes
way I edited my pictures in the have asked me to sell my pictures from a good photographer, not
beginning. Then I realized I need to them too but they’ve never from a good camera. You can
to switch up my style a little bit. actually hired me or wanted buy the cheapest of cameras, and
to collaborate with me to do you can still shoot great pictures
I started to look at a lot of German a project. I’ve had a company because a great picture basically
photographers and their photos from overseas who requested to depends on the person that is
of Malaysia. When a foreigner collaborate but of course because behind the lens, not in front of the
comes to Malaysia and takes of the pandemic, I’m unable to lens.
travel photos, it’s very different. join in.
I started going for that kind You need to build on perspective,
of editing. I didn’t go for any If you could travel on skills. Try to do something
workshops or anything like that. anywhere around the other people are not doing all the
I started off with all this contrast, world right now, where and time. That means if you have 10
the saturated colors, and slowly what sort of photo would people going to one location, you
going into moody, grainy, and you like to snap? must get something the other 9
faded. I would say I’m still figuring did not get that’s what I would call
out my niche in photography, a productive shoot. If you come
I don’t have one particular way Definitely Iceland’s Eye of back with the same content and
of editing and the editing really the World! I think not a lot of all of you post the same thing on
Malaysians have been there. The
20 differs with the shots that I’m content that I could come back Instagram, it doesn’t make you 21
actually taking.
unique, it lacks a lot of originality.
with, with the perspective I could
I’m really looking forward to shoot, I think it would just blow Don’t shoot the way other people
switching up my style this minds. I really think that Iceland are shooting, always come up
year, because it’s a very steep has a lot to offer to photographers. with your own set of ideas, your
learning curve when it comes to own set of angles and never buy
photography. Otherwise, I’d like to travel
to Indonesia. If I’m going to presets. Presets are basically pre-
Indonesia, it will definitely be to edit editing tools with its own
hunt for waterfalls. I love shooting settings that you can just buy
waterfalls using the drone and and apply to your picture. This is
handheld camera. The hikes actually a very bad start to your
will be long, and you’ll need to learning curve.
camp, the weather is going to be
freezing, it’s definitely going to be
an uncomfortable journey.