DISAGREE To Prevent The Earth From Moving With You!
Posted by Cherita Pictures | Filed under Event Photography, General
It took yearssssssss for Disagree band To Prevent The Earth From Moving With You. Whaaa..? Prevent what from what? That’s right. Disagree has officially launch their new album (that’s quite a long title to remember in full, but anyway, who dares to Disagree…? 
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Hits such as ‘Crumbs’ from their first album ‘At The End of The Day’ (2004), substantiate their recognition in the Malaysian English music scene. Yours truly was perhaps among thousands of others out there who never thought that Disagree was a local band when listening to their song and hearing the band name for the first time. Aha! This is it! This is something that we should have more in the industry.
Since their 1st album was launched and after several years of promotions and touring, Disagree is now up again with a new direction.
Today, on 30th June 2009, Disagree officially hit the scene again with their 2nd album. We were at Hard Rock Cafe for the Press Conference.The band performed 6 songs from their latest album, including The One, Haley and Osaka. Here’s some photos from their showcase. Hey, if you wud like to read more about the press conference or the album itself, don’t forget to drop by at Aziel’s blog, she’ll surely write more than what you can get here
(you might need to keep checking her blog, coz she needs like 4 non-sleep days to finish 1 blog entry. Hahaha..kidding
) .
Last but not least, thank you to Fat Boys, for inviting us as one of the media representative. To Disagree band, good luck guys! To our beloved readers, go checkout their website and listen to their 1st single - Osaka. We cant stop listening to their new songs, they’re awesome. Seriously!
Tags: band, disagree, music, press conference
Pesta Malam Indonesia 3
Posted by Aziel Azhar | Filed under Event Photography
Both Fadhil and Aziel were invited as a media representative to witness the last Pesta Malam Indonesia 3 which was held in Car Park A, Stadium Bukit Jalil. Here are some photos from the concert :
Had enough of it? No? I thought so 
. To view more photos, visit Fadhil’s Flickr or Aziel’s Flickr.
Tags: concert, pesta malam indonesia 3, pesta malam photos
Rocket & Noreen : The Album
Posted by Cherita Pictures | Filed under Album, Wedding
We will update on the full album as soon as we deliver the album to the couple. For now, here’s a ‘teaser’ (ya, ya…. again…. 
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Sneak preview of Rocket & Connie’s wedding portraiture shots
Posted by Aziel Azhar | Filed under Contemporary potraiture, Wedding
We love teaser! And we love to tease our viewer with a sneak preview of our shots, especially wedding shots (I know some of you have been hoping to catch a glimpse at this couple’s wedding shots by now… ) Here’s a shot from a portraiture session for Inspector Fazree (a.k.a. Rocket) and Noreen (a.k.a. Connie). This police officer must have been a rockstar for being known as ‘Rocket’ . Even his wife calls him by that name.
A short story behind the portraiture session - after we wrapped up the session and about to make a move from the location, Rocket realised that he left his car key at one of our shooting locations that evening. Fadhil and Rocket went back to the location but they didn’t find the keys. So, Noreen and I stayed back while Fadhil drove Rocket back to his house to check on a spare key. In between the search and attempts to ‘break-in’ the car, I stayed with Connie, chatting, while answering some questions from passers-by, somewhat like this :
Question 1 : “Are you from production house?”
Question2 : ” Are you really married or a model?”
Question 3 : ” Ini betul-betul kawin ke tipu-tipu?”
Lebih kurang macam tu lah soalan-soalan yang kami jawab dengan jawapan standard : ” Kawin betul-betul…” dengan senyum … Macam mana mereka tak tanya macam tu, the bride was sitting on a 2-steps ladder, dengan pedang yang berkilat (dalam sarungnya, of course, dan ya, sarungnya berkilat), dan berkaki ayam . Agak confusing, kan? Plus, did I mention that Noreen does look like a model in a few shots taken that day? (I bet you get even more excited to see the final images while reading this, huh..? hihihihih..
) Anyway, Rocket and Noreen, you guys memang rock! .
Do check out this page again, to catch the final images in their web gallery pretty soon
. Or even better, subscribe to our next update through email , so that you won’t miss it!
Owh, here’s another one .
Tags: malay, photography, Wedding
Chris and Juliana turned 2!
Posted by Cherita Pictures | Filed under Event Photography
We haven’t been writing in the blog lately, since Aziel and Fadhil has got their very own separate blog now (in case you don’t know or would like to know, Fadhil’s at www.belajarkamera.com , Aziel’s at azielazhar.cheritapictures.com ). However, we will still continue updating this blog from time to time with our current updates, as frequent as possible.
This time, we bring to you a few shots from a recent birthday party. Chris and Juliana are twins and this is the second time that we were given the opportunity to photograph their birthday celebration. The kids are gorgeous! Last year, when they celebrated their 1st birthday, it was a lot easier to capture them together in photos. This year they’ve grown 1 year older so you can imagine how children at this age could be so active and always eager to explore their surroundings
. Wow, what a challenge and it was fun! More photos can be found at their gallery .
Aziel is walking away from Cherita Pictures…!
Posted by Cherita Pictures | Filed under Promotions, Toughts Sharing
After all these days of Aziel being here in Cherita Pictures, in many different language/style possible, Aziel now thinks it’s about time for her to move on. She now prefers to setup her own space, and pay a visit to Cherita Pictures once in a while… 
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HAH! Wait a minute! Isn’t she the one writing this entry as the web admin? Hahahahaa…. Gotcha!
No, lah. Actually, Aziel got herself a new ‘home’, so she wont be bugging Cherita Picture’s home to rant about herself . She also welcomes all CP viewers/readers/visitors to drop by her new home at the address below (owh, you may just click on the image, it’s http://azielazhar.cheritapictures.com , by the way. )
Do drop by and say hi. WARNING : You might need a bucket near you, just in case you need to throw up while reading her blog. Owh, no, nothing freaky there, it’s just Aziel ranting everthing about herself, to much than she already / normally does… .
So, not to worry, people. Aziel will always be here with Cherita Pictures, and always at your service!
Miss Me??
Posted by Aziel Azhar | Filed under Toughts Sharing
I have not been ’seen’ on the net as often as I used to, but that does not mean I’m not here. Been busy with a thing or two, lately. While Fadhil is now officially a blogger at BelajarKamera , yours truely is busy with..ehmm..hummm.. (let me think)… 
.. Owh..! I’ve been busy with my new ‘Chinta’. Please, please, please wish me luck with my new Chinta (love), and hopefully one fine day I’ll be able to introduce you to my new love . Not now, perhaps in months to come…
Alright, l’ll let you catch a glimpse of my chinta….
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Belajar Kamera? Kenali Kamera?
Posted by Aziel Azhar | Filed under Promotions, Toughts Sharing
Dear friends, visitors and readers.
Selalu juga saya encounter situasi di mana ada kawan-kawan saya yang mempunyai kamera (jenis point and shoot (P&S)) yang tak pernah tau kameranya boleh menghasilkan gambar hitam putih walaupun dah bertahun memiliki kamera tu. Ada juga yang tak tau kenapa kadang-kadang kualiti gambar mereka tak konsisten atau kadang-kadang kabur. Bila saya tanya,
Kenapa gambar kamu jadi macam tu?
rata-rata jawapan yang hampir sama saya dapat dari mereka adalah
Alaaaa…kamera aku bukan macam kamera kau…..
Tak kurang juga yang menjawab
Tu lah, mesti kena beli satu SLR jugak kan? Nak beli jugak lah.
Bila saya mintak untuk tengok kamera mereka, baru saya tau kenapa masalah tu timbul. Rupa-rupanya mereka tak tau mode apa atau setting apa yang harus dan boleh mereka pakai untuk kamera tu. Main belasah je… .
Boleh saya katakan bahawa tanggapan kononnya “..kalau guna DSLR mesti gambar aku cantik” adalah agak kurang berasas. Ada beberapa teman pernah meminta pandangan saya tentang kamera DSLR apa yang terbaik untuk dibeli, sebab dia memang suka bergambar dan ambil gambar dan ketika itu memiliki kamera yang tak kurang hebatnya (bukan SLR). To my surprise, dengan kamera yang sebegitu bagus (atau sesetengah mungkin kata, boleh tahan) dan penggunaan yang sangat kerap, tuan punyanya tidak aware yang kamera tu mempunyai function yang agak similar dengan DSLR.
Jadi, apa yang saya nak katakan di sini, kadang-kadang salah tanggapan ini akan menyebabkan kita membuat keputusan yang kurang bijak untuk upgrade kepada kamera lain, dan secara tak langsung mungkin mendatangkan kerugian kepada poket kita. Sebenarnya, kamera apa pun yang kita gunakan, Insya Allah, boleh dapat gambar yang cantik kalau kita tau untuk gunakan dengan betul. ‘Mega pixel’ yang ‘bermega-mega’ belum boleh menjamin ‘kecantikan’ gambar kita. Macam jugak kalau memilih/membeli baju. Kita tengok orang lain pakai cantik, tak semestinya kita pakai boleh jadi cantik jugak, kalau kita tak kenal tubuh sendiri dan kesesuaiannya dengan tubuh kita. Beli baju mahal pun, belum tentu kita nampak cantik memakainya, kalau kita tak tau nak menggayakannya. Kan?
Tambah lagi, zaman sekarang, DSLR bukan lagi satu aset mewah yang hanya mampu dimiliki oleh golongan bekerja. Budak sekolah pun sekarang dah ada DSLR tau… Mungkinkah agaknya fenomena ni timbul daripada tanggapan yang kurang tepat tadi tu? Dan akhirnya, ‘gambar-gambar cantik’ yang dihasilkan dari DSLR tu, ‘dimasak’ semasak-masaknya dalam Photoshop (atau software editing yang lain), tanpa mengetahui apakah prinsip-prinsip asas dalam menentukan/menilai gambar yang bagus/cantik/betul/elok.
Ye, betul digital images PERLU post-processing (atau orang panggil ‘Photochopping’), tapi perlu tau setakat mana yang dikatakan perlu, terlebih, atau terkurang. Oh, by the way, digital images memang perlu post processing ye, saya tak setuju dengan pendapat yang kata “kalau edit gambar, maknanya gambar kau tak bagus”, sebab, even masa era SLR (filem) sekali pun, all the pros yang ada darkroom mereka sendiri pun buat touch-up/post-processing. Cuma yang perlu kita tau sekarang adalah, macam saya cakap tadi - apa yang perlu, apa yang terlebih dan apa yang terkurang.
Jadi, Cherita Pictures rasa, inilah masanya kami menyumbang apa yang kami mampu, kepada masyarakat, khususnya bagi golongan yang suka bergambar dan banyak ambil gambar. We are happy to bring to you sebuah weblog yang ditujukan khas untuk sesiapa saja yang memiliki kamera, tak kira kamera jenis apa yang anda gunakan. Kamera murah ke, kamera mahal ke, camera phone ke, - inilah weblog yang diharap akan dapat membantu kita semua untuk lebih mengenali fungsi-fungsi yang ada pada kamera anda dan membolehkan anda betul-betul ‘master’ dengan penggunaan kamera anda.
Memperkenalkan…..
Dengan adanya www.belajarkamera.com , kami harap dapat menambah lagi jumlah rujukan dalam bahasa Melayu (rojak ) untuk semua golongan pemilik/pengguna kamera, tak kira apa jenis sekali pun. BelajarKamera akan dikendalikan oleh Fadhil (wahhh, Fadhil nak mula rajin tulis blog sekarang! ), dan mungkin dari semasa ke semasa kami akan jemput beberapa guest writer untuk turut sama menyumbang artikel tentang serba sedikit ilmu yang mereka ada, untuk kita semua manfaatkan.
Jangan risau, Fadhil dah janji dia akan cuba sebaik mungkin untuk gunakan bahasa yang mudah difahami, supaya sesiapa saja, walaupun tidak pernah memegang SLR sekali pun, akan dapat memahami artikel-artikel yang kami kongsikan die BelajarKamera. Seperti yang saya katakan tadi, BelajarKamera adalah untuk semua. Rugi kalau kita memiliki kamera, tapi tak tau langsung apa kegunaan fungsi-fungsi dalam kamera tu, kan?
Untuk masa-masa akan datang, kalau saya rasa saya rajin , mungkin saya juga akan menulis dalam BelajarKamera sekali sekala. Tapi nak share pasal apa, ek? Aaaaa…. mungkin serba sedikit teknik post-processing…? How does that sound to you?
Tags: bahasa melayu, belajar, fotografi, kamera, learn in Malay, photography, tutorial
Time and tide waits for no man
Posted by Aziel Azhar | Filed under General, Wedding
Pejam, celik, pejam, celik….dah masuk bulan April 2009, 1st quarter of the year dah berlalu (tapi tak banyak pulak blog post saya, kan? Tak berkadar terus pulak dengan pertambahan waktu, berkadar songsang nampaknya…hihihihi. ) Sebenarnya saya pun agak kepelikan dengan diri sendiri, sebab saya selalunya ada banyak benda nak dicakapkan, ada banyak bahan nak ditulis (dalam blog-blog saya yang lain. Oopppsss, di mana ya?). Tapi agaknya, sebab blog ini diasaskan untuk Cherita Pictures, jadi lebih sukalah kiranya saya ‘memblog’ dengan hanya gambar-gambar dan yang berkaitan dengannya. Nanti kalau saya dah mula bercerita panjang lebih-lebih dalam blog ni, lari konsep pulak, kan?
Apa pun, kalau boleh, memang banyak perkara yang nak kami kongsikan dalam ‘weblog’ ni, tentang perancangan-perancangan kami untuk masa depan, tapi tak nak pulak nanti bunyinya macam nak pukul canang sekampung… hihihihi…. Jadi, buat masa ni, biar saya peramkan dulu apa yang tengah bertindan-tindan dalam otak saya sekarang ni, nanti bila dah siap/jadi, baru kita kupas satu persatu. Tak gitu, kawan-kawan?
Lagipun, ‘time and tide waits for no man’. Takut nanti, saya banyak bercakap kat sini, nanti tak terbuat pulak benda-benda lain… Kadang-kadang ada jugak kawan-kawan yang bertanya “Apa benda yang kau sibukkan sangat tu, busy betul, mengalahkan orang bisnes juta-juta”… hihihihih… Bisnes kami memang lah belum (atau tak) juta-juta, but time is always changing, so kita pun kenalah change jugak kalau tak nak ketinggalan. Jadi, sorry lah, kawan-kawan. Mungkin memang betul saya dah makin kurang meluangkan masa dengan kawan-kawan, samada di alam cyber mahupun di alam nyata. Tapi saya ada kat sini. Fadhil pun ada (cuma dia memang sangaaatttt lah jarangnya menulis dalam blog ni… ). After all, ada orang kata “friends are like stars - not always seen, but always there”. Setuju sangat!!..
Ok, enough with my rantings, let me share with you some photos dari majlis perkahwinan Boy(Rashidi) dan Lya. Some photos can also be found in Fadhil’s Flickr. Gotta go now!
I purposely under expose-kan gambar ni, sebab nak concentrate pada wajah pengantin saja. I love this one. Don’t know if you’ll like it, tho….
Saya sangat jeles dengan kening dia (refer juga gambar di atas). Cuma perlu pengemasan sikit-sikit je, beautifully shaped. Angkat kening sikit je (gambar di bawah), dah terus nampak macam ZZ. I like..!(Harus diingat, penulis blog ini adalah seorang wanita )
Puan Lya kita ni ada sepupu and makcik (ye, makcik) yang sporting belaka dan suka ‘cari kamera’. Masa ni (gambar di bawah) subang Lya terjatuh dan salah seorang sepupunya tolong pasangkan, tapi yang lain ‘berusaha’ sama tolong Lya pakai subang….
Dan Kini Hanya Ada Aku Dan Dirimu….
Posted by Aziel Azhar | Filed under Toughts Sharing, Wedding
Pernah tak anda terbawa-bawa menyanyi-nyanyi lagu tertentu tanpa disedari? Seolah-olah lagu tu terlekat kat belakang otak anda, jadi walaupun setakat humming je pun, tak disedari anda mengulang-ulang lagu yang sama. Saya selalu macam tu!
Kadang-kadang, ada lagu-lagu tertentu yang tak pernah saya suka/minat, tapi disebabkan tadi terdengar dalam kereta, lepas keluar kereta je saya terbawa-bawa humming lagu tu, kadang-kadang tak perasan. Paling tak best, bila lagu tu memang lagu yang paling saya tak suka (atas sebab-sebab tertentu), jadi bila saya tersedar yang saya ‘ter’menyanyi lagu tu, rasa macam nak tampar diri sendiri… hahahaha…
Tapi, walaupun saya suka menyanyi (sama ada secara ‘kecil-kecilan’ atau ‘besar-besaran’, ), kelemahan nombor satu saya adalah mengingat tajuk lagu. I have problems with names, serious problem (mungkin sebab tu saya tak suka subjek Sejarah masa sekolah dulu ). Kadang-kadang, bila terjumpa kenalan yang dah lama tak jumpa, saya ingat muka dia, and ingat semua cerita-cerita dengan dia, tapi tak ingat nama dia… Ok, that’s it, a confession from me (to all those out there yang maybe perasan muka saya berkerut bila jumpa mereka after so long, now you know why, my brain was working soooooooo hard to find your name in my data bank.) Big time! Ampun…….
Anyway, kali ni saya ada satu ‘lagu baru’ yang sedang melekat kat belakang otak saya for time being. It’s “Aku dan Dirimu” from Bunga Citra Lestrari and Ari Lasso. Tapi, bukan sebab saya dengar lagu ni masa tengah memandu, tapi sebab I was doing a montage for this couple : Boy & Lya . By the way, congratulations Boy & Lya. The best part of their wedding event was when the bride & groom kena dera menari /joget lambak. Family kepada pengantin lelaki pun join sekali, not forgetting some personal request untuk menari lagu dangdut… haaaa.. But that was not until the second wedding reception, which is kat rumah pengantin lelaki. So, montage kat bawah ni tak ada lah gambar-gambar joget lambak tu, just gambar-gambar from majlis nikah and berinai kat rumah pengantin perempuan. hihihihihi….
p.s : Tak taulah lagu apa pulak yang gonna take over after this…
Tags: cherita pictures, malay, nikah, photography, reception, solemny, Wedding
