Soraya's Affairs with Imaging Selfs

Soraya herself is an artist in her own right – a photo-grapher – with a penchant for depicting images that are unseen to the average person’s eye. Recently, her collection named ‘Imaging Selfs,’ was exhibited at Kuala Lumpur City Centre’s Petronas Gallery in November 2008, lasting all the way to mid-January 2009.Soraya’s work represents long working relationships that sometimes stem from or develop into friendships. She believes that to photograph a person, she has to get to know him or her personally. Especially with limelight personalities, she takes her time to digest their non-starlet lives – the way they behave as the average human being would do – what their roles are as a spouse, parent or chid.A photograph depicting the country’s favourite pop icon, Datuk Siti Nurhaliza, outplaced Siti from her comfort zone on stage entertaining an audience. Instead, she was photographed as a demure Malay woman in traditional baju kurung garb with her hair covered in a light shawl. Apparently, Siti is lost in thought in a world beyond a glass door while a forgotten book is cradled in her palms. The sincerity of the picture is easily translated from her successful stardom and adoration of her fans.In another picture, national poet-writer Datuk A Samad Said is seen seated on a naked floor under a dim light. He is engaged deeply in a sketch of a possible kuda kepang. Samad’s natural demeanour speaks of the simple comforts and pleasures in his life that gel with his passion and interest..

Photo Shoot Tips

how to look your best

Wardrobe:

Plan carefully to represent the desired casting for your shot. It should be appropriate for yur age range.

Clothes:

Clothes should compliment, not compete. Simple is best. Avoid patterns, stripes, dots, checks, paisley, floral prints, Hawaiian shirts, logos. Avoid oversized clothes and big shoulder pads. Select fabrics that move well and drape gracefully rather than stiff fabrics like linens. Make sure your clothes are in good condition because the camera see's everything. Your clothes should fit well and make you feel good.

Colors:

Colors are important. Learn the skill of converting color in your mind's eye into black and white and shades of gray. Pastels like pale yellow will photograph white. Dark colors like navy will photograph black. Medium shades of color will photograph gray. Avoid white completely. Only wear black for theatrical shots as it has a more dramatic look. Contrast clothing to your hair color.

Accessories:

Keep it to a minimum. Avoid hats, hair ornaments, and sparkly or costume jewelry unless it is for a character shot. Women's could select classic and conservative jewelry for a business look.

Professionalism:

Be sure to get plenty of rest the night before. Allow enough time to get to your photo shoot so you are not rushed or late! It is important for you to be calm, positive, and comfortable.

How To Do A Photo Shoot Tips

After a bunch of false starts and scheduling issues, I finally had my photo shoot at a local restaurant to shoot the new chefs menu items. First tip, get the client to choose a time that works for them and stick to it. The rescheduling has taken weeks and numerous trips up there for the shoot to be completed.

Tip number two... if you are shooting a place of business, if at all possible do it before or after business hours. The hassle of getting there early or working later are more than made up for by not having their customers offering their sage advice or asking questions. I ended up having the session while their dinner service was going on. One I felt like a schmuck for being in the way of folks trying to enjoy their meal, and two, the people eating just couldn't get it through their head that I really didn't want them in the photos. I had models there already. Probably a good third of the time was spent answering questions about why I was not using Sony, or why I used digital and film or why I used studio lights, etc.

I had models there for shots of people eating. Even though they were provided by the restaurant, I had them sign model releases. I probably didn't have to, but you never know if they will get fired next week or quit, and I didn't want to take the chance that that may jam up using the images for ads and such. In regards to models, practice with someone that will be a guinea pig for you, in telling models what to do and how you want them posed. It sounds lame, but if you practice before hand you will have an idea of the poses you will want for the shot, and you instructions to them will be more precise. I lucked out with the models and they were great, very natural looking.

All in all it was a really good first experience. The restaurant is pleased. They bought some images outright and others they will use as they need them. So I got paid for the time it took for me to go up there, for the photos they bought outright, and will be paid each time they use the other images, depending on what they use them for. The plan is to rotate through the other images for each ad depending on ad size, which menu they are promoting, special events, etc.

PhotographyTips.com is for everyone with an interest in photography. It is intended to help beginners get started in photography, and become so good at it that they turn into advanced amateurs. But, accomplished photographers will also find useful tips and hints here. Our primary objective is to help people like you to take better photographs.

DATING A PHOTOGRAPHERThe aperature closed and snapped open again. What am I doing here anyway? The familiar clicks were composed, as always, by my thumb advancing the film. This isn't where i'm supposed to be. The button resisted against my index finger, indicating the end of the film. Subconciously my fingers twisted the ilm back to its beginning. I don't deserve this. What did I do to deserve this? I turned out the light and pryed the top off of the film. I'm just sick of it here. I securely clipped the film onto the reel and began to carefully roll it, watching for mishaps with my fingertips. Maybe if I saw Linda again. Te film ended and I paused before dropping it into the canister. No. My nose no longer reacts to the fumes of the chemicals that spill over my fingers. My heart sinks with my body into the crusted stained chair next to the sink. This is what it's become. A remote control rests on a table next to me. Beside it, a book and some paper. My face turns back to the ground. The canister gently shook in my hand, just like every time before. I no longer needed the timer, the book, the television. Why am I doing this again? My mind turned black. The familiar process I performed in this small room continued in silence, uninterrupteed, it was always the same. My mind turned back on as I untwisted the film from the reel. Holding it up to the light, my eyes danced over the captured moments that haunted my heart so silently. His hand on my thigh, his messy hair's silhouette in the light of dawn, the flickering candle's light whipping across the sweat-glossed skin of his chest. Why is this happening? His smile carried enough power to add color to this black and white film of mine. The look of bliss on his face, on my face, in our hands as they held eachother tightly. I cut the film into 5-framed strips. Why haven't I said anything? I slid the strip into the machine and twisted the know butil the forms were identifyable. I don't think I'll ever be able to change. The light turned on, the timer rolled, and the light went off. I pulled the paper from under the projector and set it into the developer. My eyes swelled as the picture emerged in the dark liquid below. Resisting my urge to fix the image's contrast, I dropped the picture into the fixer. Someday this will stop. While drying the picture, I put the rest of the film into my purse. Once the image was dried I took a deep breathe and exited that room that felt so welcome. As silently as possible, I set the picture on the pillow next to his resting body. His beautifully carved muscles twitched as he actively saved the world in his dream. I bit my lip and turned toward the door. The image rested, as they all did, with silent misery on the pillow. They see the pictures, their confusion leads them to apologies, it's always so hard at this time, but it's always the same. How can any be the one if they're all the same? This will be the same again. I wish it didn't hurt so bad. I took my bags and left his home. My destination unknown, I drove away from the rising sun. It struck me like lightning, this feeling of hurt. A hurt so bad, my leg no longer had the strength to hold the gas pedal down. I pulled my car uneasily into the motel parking lot. I can't do this anymore. I leaned my head back against the seat and closed my weary eyes. When will this change? I drifted into the world of sleep and sunk right back into that welcoming bed of his. I sat up, unsure of what I was doing there. I studied his face. His eyes were wide open and staring near me. I slowly reached my hand toward his cheek but he slid past me to the pillow. He held my picture and expressionlessly moved his eyes over it. His body lay limp on the bed behind me, twisted in bedsheets, weak from exhaustion. I stood in front of him, watching his reflection in the mirror. Tears streamed beautifully down my cheeks as my finger held down the button on the camera. This picture was one of the better ones. His mouth slightly curled to the right and he reached underneath the pillow once cratered by his head. Out he pulled another picture. A picture similar to mine but with him in the mirror. His was in color. I kind of liked it better that way. He grinned slightly and slid my photo over his. Why didn't I see that he was it? I outstretched my arm once more, straining to hold him close. He got out of bed and walked away from me, leaving me there, darkening the scene, reminding me that I was asleep. I awoke to the gentle sound of raindrops on my windshield as the clouds grew darker. I wonder if he's still there. That's what I get for dating a photographer.

Led Zeppelin...
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Businessmanconfidential No.2 Issue December 2007 Steven Lyon: the Lucky man This American Photographer is someone we all wis we could be. He started as a model thanks to a street crossing with Andy Warhol. Steven Lyon changes his mind and decides to move to Paris to become a Photographer. He tells us about his aspirations of being an actor and describes the story of his life as being a “ Lucky man”.

Majlis Pelancaran “Beli Buku ITNM & Menangi Hadiah Bernilai RM100,000”

Peraduan dan kuiz sudah kerap dianjurkan oleh pelbagai syarikat yang bertujuan untuk mempromosikan produk dan perkhidmatan mereka. Namun jarang atau tidak pernah peraduan mahupun kuiz dianjurkan oleh syarikat penerbitan buku. Hal ini berlaku kerana kebanyakan penerbit buku kurang yakin dengan penganjuran peraduan yang dijangka kurang menerima sambutan.
Walaupun industri penerbitan di Malaysia dianggap sebagai Industri Kecil Sederhana (IKS), Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia (ITNM) berhasrat mengubah semua paradigma ini dengan menganjurkan Peraduan “Beli Buku ITNM & Menangi Hadiah Bernilai RM100,000”. Peraduan ini dianjurkan sempena penyertaan ITNM dalam Pesta Buku Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (PBAKL) 2009 yang akan berlangsung pada 17 sehingga 26 April 2009.
Majlis pelancaran peraduan ini telah berlangsung di Pulitzer Corner, MPH cawangan Mid Valley Megamall pada 22 Mac 2009. Y.B. Dato’ Saifuddin Abdullah, Timbalan Menteri Pembangunan Usahawan dan Koperasi telah sudi melancarkan peraduan yang menawarkan kereta Perodua MyVi sebagai hadiah utama.
Majlis dimulakan dengan bacaan doa memohon keberkatan dalam penganjuran peraduan ini. Kemudian Pengarah Urusan ITNM, Encik Mohd Khair Ngadiron berucap mengalu-alukan kesudian Dato’ Saifuddin melancarkan peraduan “Beli Buku ITNM & Menangi Hadiah Bernilai RM100,000”. Dalam ucapannya juga, Encik Mohd Khair memberikan penerangan rasional penganjuran peraduan yang mendapat tajaan Perodua Sdn. Bhd. dan AmBank Group. Beliau menganggap peraduan ini sebagai penghargaan dan insentif kepada pembaca yang berusaha membudayakan intelektual dengan membaca semua buku terbitan ITNM.
Dalam ucapan pelancaran pula, Dato’ Saifuddin memuji usaha ITNM menganjurkan peraduan ini yang dianggap sebagai langkah bagi memugar kembali industri penerbitan ke tahap yang sewajarnya. Beliau turut menyarankan supaya semua penerbit buku mencari idea untuk memasarkan produk itu dengan sebaiknya. Salah satu langkah yang dicadangkan oleh beliau adalah menggabungkan buku dengan filem, animasi, komik, permainan video, selain dijenamakan dalam bentuk produk permainan.
Sebelum majlis bersurai, semua pengedar dan kedai buku mengadakan sesi ramah mesra bersama Dato’ Saifuddin yang merupakan seorang daripada tonggak dalam pembangunan industri buku. Peraduan ini mendapat kerjasama Majlis Buku Kebangsaan Malaysia dan Majlis Industri Buku Malaysia. Ia turut dijayakan oleh lebih 30 kedai buku di seluruh Malaysia yang memainkan peranan untuk mengedarkan borang peraduan.

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Suria KLCC is Malaysia's premier shopping destination located at Kuala Lumpur prestigious commercial address, the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC). It offers an array of goods and services to please and pamper the needs of shoppers; from fashion, entertainment, arts & culture to local delicacies and international gourmets.
Set in the heart of Kuala Lumpur's Golden Triangle, Suria KLCC is surrounded by hotels, office buildings, a scenic park and dancing fountains, promising hours of leisurely pleasure. From whichever entrance you take, the excitement hits you the minute you step into the sensational splendour and diversity of the centre.
There is always something for everyone to savour at Suria KLCC:
6 levels of retail outlets with each level of a distinctive character and style.
Anchor tenants are Isetan, Parkson Grand, Tanjong Golden Village and Signatures Level 2 Food Court. Other key tenants include Marks & Spencer and Rasa Food Arena. Including destination shop such as Pucuk Rebung and Aseana which are located exclusively at Suria KLCC.
Shopping, restaurants, cafes, entertainment, leisure, home decor, a concert hall, an art gallery and a science discovery centre.
Customer-friendly facilities which include well-trained customer service staff, taxi, and bus stops, ample parking bays, a post office which opens throughout weekends, a Bureau de Change, a cobbler, a locksmith, florist and ATM centres.All this within one location.

Jonathan Singer was born in New York City in 1948. He attended the MOMA school for talented artists as a child andlater attended the McBurney Prep School where he studied, photography, art, and art history. After graduating he attended Southampton college, in Long Island, New York where he took art and photography workshops including one with the late Willem DeKooning. In the Fall of 1966 Jonathan met for the first time a professor at Southampton college that would turn his life around. It was the late Ilya Bolotowsky, Neoplastic painter. He became Jonathan's teacher, mentor and long time friend. This relationship lasted until the Ilya's death in 1981. Bolotowsky taught Singer the true essence of art and while he also studied the teachings of famous black and white photographers such as Ansel Adams and Walker Evans. Over the years Singer honed his skills with the brush, canvas and camera and had photographic works published in numerous magazines and had two one man art and photography exhibitions. He considers his work with graffiti & spraycan art as having a two-fold purpose; as a documentary that captures the history of these important urban masterpieces (before they deteriorate with time) and as a promoter of the art form and artists who otherwise may have never been recognized outside the urban community. Using the Giclee method of printing, Jonathan Singer is the only person today who has presented this art form photographically, as "fine art" showing that it is capable of holding its own against any other art movement and by doing such, has now become the personal photographer for many "graf" writers, artists and crews in New

Jimi Hendrix
At The Brink Of A New World By Joy Overbeck The late Sixties was an era of wildly charged possibility, when an entire generation felt it stood open mouthed at the brink of a new world. It was if they had invented a fresh creation, or re-invented it, as only those who know the passionate, beating heart of life could understand it. And the keepers of that heart's pulsing rhythm were the music grates, the icons: Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, the Doors, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton. Ron Raffaelli spent magical days and nights in the company of these legends, photographing them for the album covers and posters that proclaimed their faces and their music to the young people of the world. As a friend, he caught the performers in their private moments of play and doubt. He also immortalized their very public triumphs, those electrifying nights when they were carried away on the roar of thousands of fans. As Raffaelli became more and more a part of this white-hot inner circle, he found that he was profoundly changed. It all started with a bizarre interview. A 22-year-old recent graduate of the Art Center College of Design, Raffaelli was summoned to a Beverly Hills estate to interview for a photography job with a musician he had never heard of. The photographer was ushered into a darkened bedroom, where through the smoky light he saw a figure seated on the floor. The form, washed in crimson light by a dim red light bulb draped with iridescent scarves, was Jimi Hendrix. He motioned for Raffaelli's portfolio. Without a word, he paged for a scant few seconds through Raffaelli's work, then handed back the book. Driving back to the studio, Raffaelli dismissed the experience as a waste of time. But a couple of weeks later, Hendrix's tour manager called and told him to catch the next flight to Hawaii. Jimi had chosen Raffaelli as his personal photographer, and the star would begin his first American tour in Honolulu. In 1968, Hendrix was a virtual unknown in this country after completing his unprecedented musical conquest of Great Britain. As the musician and the photographer became close, one night Hendrix told Raffaelli that they had also been friends in past lives. Jimi advised his friends to use his camera lens as a brush, painting the world around him the way he saw it. Mr. Raffaelli is now an Internationally known and respected graphic artist. Raffaelli has had six books published in addition to hundreds of magazine layouts and covers. He is still an active professional artist and photographer. In October of 1968 I took a long limousine ride from Hollywood to Bakersfield with Jimi, Noel and Mitch. That nights concert was to be held at the Bakersfield Civic Auditorium. The sound crew arrived early that afternoon and set up the stage for that evenings performance. We arrived about thirty minutes before show time and the concert began right on time at 8 PM. sharp. This photo was taken just after Jimi had finished playing his opening song "The Star Spangled Banner." The stage was surrounded by local police and auditorium security. Hendrix had a reputation for giving an explosive performance and the authorities were afraid of audience out of control. That evenings performance was spectacular and as the concert neared its end the audience were out of their seats and cheering. As I had seen Jimi do so many times before at the end of his last song he turned around and was about to punch the neck of his guitar through a live amplified speaker to create his famous electronic distortion that always ended his performance. Just as Jimi was about to do this the power was cut and the stage went totally dark. For Jimi this was like having sex without a climax. I followed Jimi backstage to the office of the auditorium's manager. His name was Richard and he admitted that he had cut the power because he was afraid that Jimi and the audience might damage the stage. Jimi went ballistic and reached across the desk and pulled this 4' 6" manager off his feet, over the top of his desk and began to hake him violently. I stepped in and pulled them apart, telling Jimi that it was not worth getting arrested because of this idiot. Richard then took a swing at me and I pushed him onto the ground just as the police entered the room. We were both arrested and taken to the police station. Jimi demanded his legal right to a phone call, the police officer said "Oh you want to call your attorney" Jimi said "No… I want to call the press and I have only one thing to say… RIOT!" Immediately we were put into our limousine and driven out of town with a police escort. 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