I’ve always wanted to do an outdoor shoot at one of the UPM’s fields. The greenery is awsome and it looks more like a country side, rather than a cow field beside a highway. Some people even believe that this session was shot outside of Malaysia.

Khairul and Zaimie brought me to this place. I feel kinda stupid for not exploring the place before, since i live only 10 mins from the location. But i’m glad they showed me the way and i’ll be back to explore this place. I think it has a lot of potential.

The photos turned out good. The sky was vey pleasing on the day and also the light is magnificent. Natural light always rock my world. hehe. So enjoy the pics!

Signing off

Fairuz Ismail
Lead Photographer
www.avicennastudio.com
a founding member of click couture - professional wedding photographers

Signing off

Fairuz Ismail
Lead Photographer
www.avicennastudio.com
a founding member of click couture - professional wedding photographers

After settling down at dali’s place, we went for a stroll at the city of manchester. While dali had to go to work, we went window shopping and walked around town. Dali told us to meet him at his workplace, Ning Restaurant a malay thai cuisine. We had a phad thai and nasi with ayam masak merah. Frankly speaking, it was the worst ayam masak merah i had ever tasted in my entire life! It was not even an ayam masak merah, more like ayam dipped in a red water. Tasteless and suck big time. I pity those mat sallehs who ate at the restaurant. But we appreciate dali’s gesture to buy us dinner. Thanks man… After he finnished work he came to me and said “sape soh ko makan ayam masak merah? dah la mende tu tak sedap.. haha”… demmit

The next day we went to old trafford, the home of world’s famous football club Manchester United (yuck) and to the City of Manchester Stadium, home of Man City. I did hope bumping into robinho, but it didn’t happen.. hehe. We procced to the coach station 30 minutes before our bus leaves, wishing we’d have more time to spend at Manchester. It’s a lovely city, pity us for not having enough time to explore it all.. But anyways, we have to go to london..

London here we come!

We set our foot on UK soil at 2.30 pm on 15th Oct after a tiring 6 hours transit in dubai. First destination, Liverpool! Home of LIverpool FC and the beatles,  which makes a perfect destination since im a die hard liverpool fan and wifey is a huge fan of the beatles. After leaving Heathrow airport by the new train system to london, we made our way to Victoria Coach Station to take our bus to Liverpool. It will be another 5 and a half hours travelling, on top of the 20 hours that we had been through so far. We slept during most of the journey and safely arrived at Liverpool at 11.30 where a friend of mine, Dodi came and pick us up. We will be staying at his place for 2 nights during our stay at the merseyside.

Next day, first thing in mind was Anfield. Can’t believe i’m goin to visit a football club that i have supported during my entire life, watched most of the live matches on TV, stayed up late to see the miracle of istanbul. Speechless… Im kinda bumped not being able to go for the stadium tour, they are fully booked until the next week. What to do, i just have to settle for the museum tour then, maybe next time

Had a few goosebumps while visiting the museum, seeing all the rich history of club. The istanbul video was played quite number of times just to remind the fans how magical and special that night was to the football club. After the museum tour, headed down to the LFC store to but some souvenirs. I wished that i could buy the whole store but wifey said no… hehe

After anfield we headed to Albert Dock, where the beatles main museum tour is located. It is called The Beatles Story. WIfey got really excited and i had no clue whatsoever as my knowledge on the beatles are very limited. Ok i know a few of their hit songs, but that’s it. The museum tour was really an eye opener for me into the beatles’ world. Quite exciting i would say. Then we went to The Cavern, a club where The Beatles first performed.

The next day we didn’t do much. We walked around town, taking photos, window shopping, enjoying liverpool’s autumn breeze. Later at noon, Dali came all the way from Manchester to pick us up at Dodi’s place. Goodbye Liverpool, hello Manchester…

I was tagged by apis and azizil, whom i met through photoschool forum, just to try them out and measure their capablilities. Maybe if they’re good, i’ll hire them to be my jr photographer. hmm we’ll see.

This particular picture was taken with another picture in mind. 3 of bride’s best friends, including Fadia, lifting up the bride which was taken on Eleena’s wedding back in 2005. 3 years down the road, it’s Fadia’s turn to be lifted..

To Naim and Fadia, Selamat Pengantin Baru to both of you.. Hope u enjoy your pics..

Signing off

Fairuz Ismail
Lead Photographer
www.avicennastudio.com
a founding member of click couture - professional wedding photographers

Nurul getting ready...

Final check, lipstick.. Done!

And the arrival of the other party…

Signing off

Fairuz Ismail
Lead Photographer
Avicenna Studio

To all muslims

Happy eid mubarak and maaf zahir batin. Have a safe journey during this festive season.

Fairuz Ismail

When it comes to camera, I’m not the type of guy who went berserk everytime a new camera being introduced into the market. Well, yes i’m a professional wedding photographer, but im happy old camera ( a nikon D80) and I see no point of upgrading. I better off buying a new lens, a quality glass. Lenses tend to stay over the years but camera body gets obsolete every 2 years. For my job, i’m happy with my D80. It delivers what i want perfectly…

But suddenly I crave for more power which my trusted D80 can’t deliver anymore. I’m not keen to upgrade to a new camera just because D300 has 2 megapixels more than D80. I don’t care about the megapixels. What i want now is a faster burst rate and a better high ISO performance, since most of my work is done around a low light environment. I wish i could have the D3 and crank the ISO to 6400 and still not worry about the noise. But a D300 would suffice, even D700 is still out of reach for me. Maybe next upgrade

Leo feels good in my hand. Sturdy and tough, maybe a battery grip will make it a bit better. Burst rate is superb, just what I needed. Took it for a ride, test out the ISO performance and Leo didn’t dissapoint me at all. At ISO1600, the pics are marvellous. Very little noise and even at 3200 sometimes the noise is not quite visible at first glance. Very impressive.

D300 is a very nice camera, it delivers what I expected. Kudos to nikon for delivering this superb camera.

45 minutes until iftar…

Tagged by xumb. Demmit!

Tag Rawak Campur Pasembur.

1) Apa anda buat 5 tahun dahulu?

Hmm baru grad. Kerja kat Explorium Sdn Bhd, skang dah bankrap. Started dating with my current wife, Lucy. Best tu tenet kat air pancut kat KLCC.. hahaha. Mulakan hidup sebagai blogger as scravius. Dulu time kerja suka curik tulang, sbb tu bleh jadi blogger berjaya yg terampil. Dok ofis, tak YM, blog. Tu la je keje. Then kat situ la aku blajar fotografi ngan colleague.

2) 2 perkara/habit yang tidak diketahui/ganjil tentang diri anda.

Saya suka makan bontot ayam.. Nyam2

I was a fan of 4u2c and KRU… I admit!!!!

3) 3 tabiat buruk anda masa sekolah.

Suka lari dr ustaz. Sbb rambut panjang dan ikal mayang, ustaz pun suke aa. Mmg femes dulu aku lari dr ustaz sampai cikgu kelas pun cakap “fairuz, ustaz nk sampai dah tu, apa lg.. lari aa”. Cool Siot cikgu aku…

Seluar londeh sapai leh sapu koridor skolah (xumb pun same je!). Boxer mmg femes takyah nk cakap aa..

Kalau cikgu pompuan, yg tak pakai tudung pastu pakai butang baju kurung tak kancing.. hmm pikir sendiri aa apa aku buat. Jahat siot..Pervert gile..