azim.zainudin photography™

07-26-10

nik + wanie

hey yo ppl!!!
im not sure why 2010 i started to get jobs from terengganu. alhamdulillah rezeki!
tp yg pelik kenapa baru tahun ni… hehe… (bagus gk sbb bole balik kampung halaman) maybe baru start musim member2 sekolah kawen kot. ;p
this time i present to u… nik n wanie!
they used to be my schoolmate. kedua dua mereka adalah pengawas! wanie penah 1 kelas ngn aku dulu.
kelas time bila jgn tanyer lah aku pun dah lupa haha.
jgn main2 dia ni antara student paling cute. org kuat komuniti kelas bahasa jepun.
nik plak dulu dikenali sbg seorang pengawas yg kool! skarang dah jadi doktor beb!
sape sangka they are together now! wohooo.
trillion thx to both of them kerana memberi kepercayaan kepada azimzainudin.com to cover for majlis bertandang. seronok dpt jumpa rakan2 lama serta cikgu2.
i choose chinatown sbg tempat outdoor portraiture mereka sbb tempat tu ada keunikan yg tersendiri.
bosan la asyik2 masjid kristal je jadi mangsa…haha
i had fun shooting them… wanie suka gile tempat tu… dia ckp dia mcm bole phm apa yg tulis2 kt kedai tu sbb mcm sama ngn bahasa jepun. lol.

as usual…simple pose…playing with the background colors…. wide n 85 shot makes me really didnt want to stop!
hope u guyz like it. till next time.

regards,
azim.zainudin

07-09-10

hiring!

regards,
team azimzainudin.com

07-09-10

raieza + ehsan (part 1)

1st of all… so sorry sgt to ija n ehsan sbb lambat upload kejadah ni.
lately mmg malas sungguh aku nk upload gmbr2 wedding…
smpi ada org tanyer saya ni dah x amek gambo wedding ke? asyik gambar2 travel je… haha…
soalan tu mmg susah nk jwb… lol

ok berbalik pada cerita… walaupun baru kenal ngn mereka berdua…thru azman (thx beb!)
i must say that dorg adalah the most cool pengantin yg saya pernah shoot sepanjang tahun ni!
kalo ada award dari pihak kami… of kos award tu dah dpt kat depa berdua!
akad nikah berlangsung di rumah ija…the 1st reception pula dekat anjung felda (assisted by mr khaled) n majlis bertandang di negeri sembilan (assisted by mr eman ismail).

reception di anjung felda sangat mencabar… lighting yg susah membuatkan saya berpeluh2 sepanjang masa!
more pics coming up soon! (tp dah xnk janji bila haha nnt mungkir janji susah plak)

regards, azim.zainudin

07-07-10

alya + faris

at last… after almost a year got engaged… they are finally called husband and wife.
mereka kedua2 adalah sahabat karib saya sewaktu kami sama2 menuntut di universiti teknologi petronas.
i still remember how faris used to tackle alya in his own way! wohoooo!
we (matahari clan) used to called faris and alya as papa n mama….hahaha! dun asked why… lol

congrates to both of them… its been a pleasure to covered their both event…!

regards,
azim.zainudin

**pssstttt…. we are seriously looking for a part time / fulltime photo retoucher and designer.
interested please do send ur simple resume with all of ur portfolio to azim.zainudin@gmaildotcom.

05-21-10

sarah + syed – love in perth

greetings from perth, western australia! 1st of all a big thanks to syed and sarah for the ‘osem’ hospitality in perth. this is my 1st visit to the ‘land below under’.
no need to talk much, of course it was awesome! ok, for the photoshoot… the location was in margaret river. it is about 4hours drive from perth.
why margaret river? because margaret river is a world famous for its premium wine, waves and walking. The stunning wineries in autumn, the best beaches for surfing and awesome walking tour to the deep jungle. we didnt havve much time to cover all the places in margaret river, but we manage to cover some of the most beautiful wineries in that area.
here some of the final product, more to come, i just cannot choose which one to share with all of u because…it was ‘a lot’!!!!

05-03-10

next!

alhamdulillah. the deal has been confirmed.
will be in perth for another assignment.
hope everything will go smooth as planned.
im off for a week. perth here i come!!!

regards, azim.zainudin.

04-22-10

photo documentary – Life behind the great Angkor

Located between rice paddies and flanking the Siem Reap River, the small provincial capital of Siem Reap serves as the gateway to the millennium old temple ruins of the Khmer Empire, Angkor Wat. Been a tourist destination for over 100 years, the town is actually the result of a conglomeration of several small villages built around several pagodas and subsequently united under the French and Siem Reap’s architecture reflects their influence.
Angkor is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Stretching over some 400 km2, including forested area, Angkor Archaeological Park contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century. They include the famous Temple of Angkor Wat and, at Angkor Thom, the Bayon Temple with its countless sculptural decorations.
The population of Cambodia today is about 10 million. About 10% are in Siem Reap. 90-95 percent of the people are Khmer ethnic. The remaining 5-10 percent include Chinese-Khmers, Khmer Islam or Chams, ethnic hill-tribe people, known as the Khmer Loeu, and Vietnamese.
Siem Reap is not just about the templs of Angkor. The beauty of the temples is unquestionable. As my journey this time i decided to documented about Khmer people. Although there are millions of tourist coming from all over the world, they still have their own unique life… life behind the great Angkor.

Shom, 28 years old have been living here at Bayon since he was born. He became a monk and help the lead monk, (picture of an old monk) 83 yrs old, to take care of the temple in Bayon area. Locals from all over Cambodia come to them because they provide traditional medicine to the patients.

This 2 young Khmer girls always wanted to go to school, but their family cannot afford it. Everyday they will help their parents to run the business selling Cambodian home made clothing to the tourist in Bayon area.

A group of young beautiful Khmer girls working as a full time traditional model in Angkor Wat. If the tourist want to take pictures with them, they will charged a small fee.

Garbage collector at the top of Angkor Wat. The poor life makes them do everything to get money to survive. Can u imagine how much they earn in 1 day, but still they are happy with their life…

The old market in Siem Reap always busy all day long. U can find a lot of things here, from the unique traditional Cambodian food to the high quality of home made jewelry.

Major of locals in countryside of Cambodia used to be in paddy production. In april, normally locals in Siem Reap will look for other things to do. Many of them will go fishing as the big famous Ton Le Sap is not far away from here. Some of them will do the fruit plantation. I manage to found a small community that still can plant the paddy although it is in the dry season. The source of water is very limited in this season but still, they got to do something for a living.

regards,
azim.zainudin.

04-08-10

yazid + norfatiha

yazid n fatiha. the photoshoot was suppose to be had 1 week after their 2nd reception. but somehow they got some emergency n we postpone 2 weeks after that. oh, fyi their 1st reception in cheras was covered by mr yemz n cak, while their 2nd reception by mr m.k. assisted by mr faiz wazir, the portraiture took place in kl bird park. yeahhh… new place… new environment. it was awesome! the wheather, the people, surrounding… everything were perfect on that day! why kl bird park? the location was choosed by fatiha herself, as she works there. we easily can enter the park and the best part is we manage to go in the area that cannot be entered by normal visitor. hoho!
me and faiz enjoy shooting them very much!

**i will not be around for about a week. next travel plan is already confirmed and i’m off in 3days. hope everything will go normally as planned. i hope so! 6 destination – 2 country – thousands of shot – excited!!!

regards,
azim.zainudin

04-07-10

soraya + azry

hey. its been a while since i left ipoh. seriously i miss ipoh. awesome town with awesome people!
last end of januray i manage to cover a lovely reception of azry and soraya.
Both of them working in kl. soraya is a software engineer! fuh!
nikah and simple family reception was held at soraya’s family house in ipoh. the event did end a bit early and we decided to go to ipoh town for simple outdoor portraiture.
assist by naqi from mnkcreative, we did found a few awesome places for portraiture. no gunung lang, no kellies castle. those place is already common for me to do an outdoor portraiture. =) although i’ve never do any jobs there. just go for sight seeing. hehe.

***psstttt, after raya 2010 slot are now open for booking. please do call to book ur slot!

regards,
azimzainudin.

04-01-10

photo documentary – Ayutthaya

The ancient city of ayutthaya , formally designated Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya was the Thai capital city for 417 years ago! Now it is one of the most thailand’s major tourist attractions from all over the world. It is relatively straddling the chao phraya river, the nation’s principal waterway and the province is extremely important as it was the main Siamese capital for 4 centuries!
It is located 76km north of bangkok and boasts numerous magnificent ruins from its days as the capital. All of the ancient ruins and art works can be seen in the city was founded in 1350 by King U-Thong when the Thais were forced southwards by northern neighbours.

The most interesting facts that i found while i’m there was ayutthaya have been ruled by 33 kings during the period when it was capital! fuh! after that, the city was sacked by the Burmese in 1767. Now, ayutthaya was declared as a UNESCO’s world heritage site since 1991.

-sources from ayutthaya provincial administration organization-

The journey to here was awesome!!! There are many ways to get u to here, by train, bus or car. we managed to get a train from hua lamphong railway station (bkk). the journey by local train was 3 hours. u can see a lot of nice view of thailand from the train.
if u guyz are planning to go here, my tips is simple. u need to spend at least 1 day 1 night so that u can cover all ayutthaya province. there a some cheap guesthouse near the ayutthaya railway station. there, u can hire any tuk2 or taxi to get u to cover all of the place in ayutthaya. (please bargain so that u can save!) or u can rent a bike, if u know the way. seriously this place was very big and u can easily get lost. It will take u at least 10/15 minutes to reach from one place to another place by tuk2 or car. theres a lot of interesting place and things to see here. if u are coming to bangkok, this is one of the must go destination although it is quite far from bangkok. lol
oh… not to forget, if u got more time and budget, u can try ayutthaya elephant ride – according to lonely planet.

till next time.