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| Tuesday, 12-Feb-2008 12:53 |
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+ u know u did something right when... +
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no word can describe the feelling when a previous customer called us up again for another important function in the family and here they are, managed to be captured, happily looking at the peeks of the day..
really made my day! hehehe
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| Wednesday, 30-Jan-2008 15:49 |
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+ now you see it BORING, now u DON'T! +
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+ hahaha.. +
+ saja je while uploading nasrul & lubna's peeks, i came across these 2. the top one shows the old, mundane shot of the bride & groom and the latter, after just a little persuasion ( hehehehe ), with good cooperation, WALLA! a more fun & interesting shot! try it out!  +
ps : the top one saja je di off-colourkan mcm tu.. kekekek
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| Tuesday, 29-Jan-2008 19:10 |
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+ azril @ cherating pt one +
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a couple of weeks ago, effa had to attend a team building course in cherating, pahang. for the first time, for 3 days straight, papa took care of azril alone from sun up to sun down! hehehe.. really had lots of fun and father & son quality time! yeay!!!
wish i could had more time like this again.. hehehe
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| Sunday, 27-Jan-2008 04:47 |
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+ time sure flies when you are having fun! +
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We’re almost reaching the end of January 2008. Phew! Time does fly isn't it! I still remember when i was in form one up north in Perak, school holidays is the most awaited time of the year. Being in a residential school, we were given train concession tickets and these trips back home will always felt like forever. Amusingly, without you realizing it, the school holidays are over and back on the train you’ll be, heading back to school. It’s really startling when you don’t feel the time passes by when you enjoy something that you do and feel totally opposite when you’re in a mess. 2007 I might say is a good mix of both. Hehehe
When I started doing wedding photography, I was just looking for doing something that I enjoy and earning extra pocket money in the process . I sold off my prosumer digital camera, Minolta Dimage 7 ( back in 2003-4, it was one of the most revolutionary digital camera.. heheh ) and bought a Nikon D70, hoping to jump on the bandwagon of wedding photography. I came to know about Dennis Reggie’s style of photojournalism and quickly fallen in love with his style. A true inspiration he was, and thanks to the God Almighty, I landed my first high profile job that suddenly made my name quite well known ( rasanya kot... ). It was the wedding of Aidid Marcello & Norzie Pak Wan Chek  . Owed them my career!
After the wedding, people started to know me as Azminnur. Hahaha. Its not even my real name! I actually combined my name; Azmin & my wife’s, NURzaida hence the Azminnur. But till today, people still knows me as Azminnur. Oh well.. at LEAST they know or heard about me. Ke ke ke…
As business getting better, alhamdulillah money is not my priority anymore ( but still very very important to us! ). But it was more towards the prosperity of the business yang baru setahun jagung. Starting from a room next to my bedroom, then moved to an apartment opposite to my apartment and now, we’re based in a double-storey house in USJ 9. Not quite yet a big achievement that I can be proud of but we are working towards a greater height.
I did a lot of thinking when I was about to resign from UPM as an Industrial Design tutor. At last, between a job’s stability and satisfaction that I had to choose, I chose the latter. It was in June 2006 when finally I tendered my resignation and since then, I never looked back again. Hehehe.. Having a family to take care of and a baby under way, it was a big and tough decision for me to make.
I chose the name Pretty Peektures to replace Azminnur Photography because I would like all the images for my clients to be very very pretty and most importantly, the pics shall be taken without the client realizing it, hence the ‘peek’. We're not the type of photographers who dictates the actions of the bride & groom and we absolutely do not ask our clients or our clients & their friends to do "sekarang semua buat candid!!!" or "freestyle semua!!!". . candids should be candids. pull stop.
A client of mine recently asked me whose wedding that we have done; making us qualified to be one of the photographers they should consider when it comes to selecting one for their big day. She asked, who are the VIPs we have covered?
For me personally, each time I pack my gear and head towards a wedding, I would set in my mind that they are indeed VIPs. After all, we call them Raja Sehari right? As it is a once in a lifetime event, I know the importance of the event and they should be treated as a VVVIP.
Some of the celebrities that we have covered among others are Aishah Sinclair, Dr Fazley, Noorkhirah, Ida Moin, Siti Nurdiana, Zunar ( cartoonist ), Lah V.E. and this year, there will be a few more insyaallah joining our Wall of Fame . We covered weddings week in, week out, with their guests ranging from cabinet ministers to Sultans. And with the experience we have, Insyaallah it wouldn’t be a problem for us to cover any weddings regardless of the scale.
This 2008, Pretty Peektures shall embark on a new journey, diversifying into several areas. We have identified event photography, modern portraiture, bridal make-up and kids photography and in each of these areas, we would like to start carving our name. Just watch out for announcements on this fotopages ok! Soon Pretty Peektures will have four new family members! Huray!
It is my hope 2008 will be an excellent year for Pretty Peektures and manage to achieve many things that we have planned. Should you have any comments, ideas or suggestions, please feel free to forward them to azmin(at)prettypeektures.com or Yahoo ID : mrikan ok!
Last but not least, millions & millions & millions thank you to my dearest wife, Effa for all the support she has given me throughout the years! Thanks Yang!
And oh.. I'm surely hope this year time would fly too.. and fast! +
+ cheers! +
+ m i n +
creative director / lead photographer
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| Thursday, 17-Jan-2008 07:07 |
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+ chat with MIN ! +
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+ i would like to connect with my customers better. i would like to discuss more with fellow photographers or photography enthusiasts but lacks the time for TT. i would like to hear any complaints / gossips / dissatisfaction regarding our services from anyone out there in order to improve ourselves. +
+ these are among my New Year resolution i've made. in order to achieve them? well, with the limited time i have every day, i think online communication is the way to go. heheheh. anyway, every day from 11pm to 1am i usually still awake replying emails, editing peeks or designing something, so i thought why not i spare some time to entertain anyone who would like to chat with me? after all, i dont have to start my car, hit the nearest mamak ( or not so near ) and spend time with just a few! hehehe +
+ so i hope should you would like to chat with me, please feel free to buzz me at my YM id: mrikan or sometimes pretty peektures' YM id: pretty_peektures. +
+ let's chat away! +
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| Wednesday, 16-Jan-2008 22:48 |
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+ 4 weeks late +
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+ dah more than a month since i last updated this page. hmmm.. rasanya nak start balik updating lah. actually there's a good reason why i was quite quiet for the past 1 month but due to some other reasons, i might as well just keep it to myself & my family and to a handful of people who knew why and just keep on going with life.. heheh +
+ this pic during the recent raya korban was taken in perlis, my wife's family hometown up north in perlis. arau to be exact. 2 cows were slaughtered that day. yours truly was assigned to one of the cows ( well, this one! hehehe ) and for the first time, i got the first-hand experience of doing korban. ( eventhough i arrived late! hahaha ) +
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| Monday, 10-Dec-2007 21:14 |
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+ hot mama ber-art-clubbing + heheheh
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+ last month, our friend jue & irwan came back for a short holiday from dublin, ireland.. it was at their place me & effa crashed last time when we were in dublin last year ( tQ tQ tQ guys! ) and recently before they fly back, they managed to spend a couple of hours ber-art-clubbing! yeayy!! +
+ don't remember which one are they? OK, click here! hehehehe. remember them now? heheheh +
+ it was fun shooting this family, especially when doing haikal & azril's shots... jenuh nak buat diorang duduk senyap even just for a few secs! phew! these few peeks are for "hot mamas" entry, featuring wifey, effa & jue. soon, there will be the "hot & handsome juniors" and lastly but not least, the " hot hubbies!" wakakakak ( yeahh riteee!!! ) +
+ anyway, happy viewing folks! more shots can be viewed HERE ! +
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| Thursday, 6-Dec-2007 18:12 |
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+ azril's first besday bash! part 2 +
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+ and these peeks pulak were taken by none other than PP's senior, senior, senior photographer, Johan! kekeke... ( dont ask me why there's '3' senior... ).. +
+ thanks bro! +
+ more photos by johan can be viewed here! +
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| Thursday, 6-Dec-2007 05:40 |
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+ azril's first besday bash! +
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( besday card designed by papa.. hahah )
+ after days ( if not weeks! ) of preparation, finally its the time me & effa were waiting for! azril's first birthday bash! +
+ azril's birthday fell on 27th november but since 27th november was on tuesday, we had to delay the party till saturday, 1st of december. papa had to turn down several jobs so that azril's party can go on WITH papa! huray! hehehehe +
+ we planned it to be just a small function and it was a small function indeed. kekeke.. attended by azril's aunties, uncles, cousins & papa's friends & clients, azril got so many presents mama & papa had to hide some of them from azril to avoid our house changed to a toys'r'us in a blink of an eye. thank u all for the wonderful presents!!! +
+ here are some peeks taken by shidy & rashid on that day... happy viewing! +
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| Wednesday, 28-Nov-2007 18:45 |
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+ congratulations amin faizal aka pejal!!! +
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+ hehehe.. actually the ceremony was held right after raya. in fact this was the first assignment for me after the long break during puasa. phew! pejal i know is a very soft spoken person, cool and i think among our team of peektugraphers, the quietest! some of our clients ada yg wondering, did he really took the shot or did he not? should i wait for him to kira or he already kira senyap-senyap and snapped?
akakaka.. rest assured, his voice might be non-existence but his eyes and shutter-triggering fingers are totally opposite! not to mention the ever flowing creativity! hehehe. some of his work can be seen at http://pejals.fotopages.com +
+ congrats pejal & lien !! and soon, welcome to the club! +
+ m i n +
photo shot by me, edited by mr pengantin-to-be.. hehehe
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