Qatar – Musuem of Islamic Art

i got a major pending upload.. erk.. i will try to upload as soon as all the images finished post processing..

Site camp..

last friday afternoon don’t know what to do.. took my camera & my laptop & take some photos of view of my site camp.. enjoy..

in my room.. just a small room.. for temporary only

me in my room

at the desk

the walkway in my cabin

me in the computer internet room

the computer cabin

Qatar Airwaysin action shooting the planesunset

me in my room

at the desk

the walkway in my cabin

my room no.

the cabin

workers playing the volley ball

the site camp

me in the computer internet room

the computer cabin

Qatar Airways

in action shooting the plane

sunset

Why wedding photography is expensive

It’s a good article to explain why wedding photography is expensive.. Just read on k..

Taken from this Link > http://www.caughtonfilmphoto.com/costofphotography.html
(This article has been very well received by the photography community, and is now referred to by countless Photography websites, blogs and forums (such as LDPT, ILP and DWF) around the world).

In this digital age where everyone has digital cameras, scanners and home “photo printers”, when people upload their photos to a local drug store website and pick them up a few hours later, we hear this all the time – How in the world do Professional Photographers charge $55 for an 8×10 when they cost just $1.50 at the drug store?

Here’s why.

Simply put, you’re not just paying for the actual photograph; you’re paying for time and expertise. First, let’s look at the actual time involved. If you don’t read this entire page, at least read this first part.

For a two hour portrait session:

- one hour of travel to and from the session
- two hours of shooting
- 30 minutes of setup, preparation, talking to the client etc.
- 30 minutes to load the photos onto a computer (2 – 4 Gb of data)
- 30 minutes to back up the files on an external drive
- 3 – 4 hours of Photoshop time including cropping, contrast, color, sharpening, saving a copy for print and a copy for the internet and backing up the edited photographs
- 2 – 3 hours to talk to the client, answer questions, receive their order and payment, order their prints, receive and verify prints, package prints, schedule shipment and drop package off at Fed Ex.
- For local customers, we also print a set of all of their photos, and meet them at our studio to review the photos and place their order. Meeting and travel time averages 2 hours.

You can see how one two hour session easily turns into more than ten hours of work from start to finish. So when you see a Photographer charging a $200 session fee for a two hour photo shoot, you are not paying them $100 / hour.

For an eight hour wedding:

- I won’t bore you with the details, but an eight hour wedding typically amounts to at least two to three full 40 hour work weeks worth of time. Again, if they are charging you $4,000 for an eight hour wedding, you are not paying them $500 / hour.

Now for the expertise.

Shooting professional photography is a skill, acquired through years of experience. Even though a quality camera now costs under $2,000 taking professional portraits involves much more than a nice camera.

Most Professional Photographers take years to go from buying their first decent camera to making money with their photography. In addition to learning how to use the camera itself, there is a mountain of other equipment involved, as well as numerous software programs used to edit and print photographs, run a website etc.

And let’s not forget that you actually have to have people skills, be able to communicate, make people comfortable in front of the camera – and posing people to make them look their best in a photograph is a skill all by itself.

Think of it this way – the next time you pay $X to get your hair done, a pair of scissors only costs $1.50. But you gladly pay a lot more to hire a Professional.

What about the cheap studios at the mall?

Please don’t compare us to the chain store studios. But if you must, consider all of the time and work that we put into our photographs, compared to what they do. Good luck getting a two hour photo shoots at a chain store. Not to mention they won’t come to the beach! And of course, look at our work compared to theirs. You get what you pay for.

The truth is, most of the mall and chain store studios lose money. In fact, in 2007 Wal-Mart closed 500 of their portrait studios because of the financial drain they were putting on the company. What the chain stores bet on is that you’ll come in for some quick and cheap photos, and while you’re there, you’ll also spend $200 on other things. They don’t have to make money, they are just there to get you in the door.

Conclusion

We hope that those who have taken the time to read this page will have a better understanding of why professional photographs cost so much more than the ones that you get from your local drug store.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Shawn, Pamela & Gavin Richter
Caught on Film Photography

Tercipta Untukku

Menatap indahnya senyuman diwajahmu
Membuatku terdiam dan terpaku
Mengerti akan hadirnya citra terindah
Bila kau peluk mesra tubuhku

Banyak kata yang tak mampu
Kuungkapkan kepada dirimu…

Aku ingin engkau selalu
Hadir dan temani aku
Di setiap langkah yang menyakiniku
Kau tercipta untukku
Sepanjang hidupku

Aku ingin engkau selalu
Hadir dan temani aku
Di setiap langkah yang menyakiniku
Kau tercipta untukku

Pasti waktu akan mampu
Memanggil seluruh ragaku
Ku ingin kau tahu ku selalu milikmu
Yang mencintaimu
Sepanjang hidupku..

by Ungu

Doha, State of Qatar

me in sillouhette with the sunset of doha

yeah.. its time for me any my nikon to go shooting.. a beautiful sunset scenery at al-corniche.. with me in sillouhette..

 

a credit goes to bro radi & family for being such a nice family & give me the oppurtinity to know Doha better.

enjoy some of the photos taken during my weekends in bro radi house & places of doha

 

souq irani at dusk

souq irani at dusk

a worker roast a big fish in the oven

roasted fish

awal marrah b el aesh

the only malaysian restaurant in Doha at souq irani

dates

villagio

inside villagio

 

the torch tower of doha asian game

 

its me infront of the tower

 

my 1st Doha outing

yup its my 1st doha outing day.. as usual, its summer for sure its hot here.. i think the temperature easily around 40deg cel. 3pm i took a transport from the site camp & goes towards city centre.. actually i didn’t know anything about doha. this is my first time being outside malaysia & working. its a bit lonely feeling. so back to what had happens.. i think inside the bus, i’m the only malaysian, others are filipines and a japanese guy. i just sit in the bus until its last stop. this might be the city centre. hmm.. my 1st intention here its to get me a local cellphone number.. maxis has cost me a lot coz of the roaming service.. each sms they will charge u RM2 and RM4.90 for every minutes calls being made or receive.. so it is better for me to get one of the local number..

while i was wondering around after get off the bus, been asking the filipino guy where is the pickup point then a problem arise.. i cant enter to the city centre complex. they had a rule here, that friday is a family day. so every person without a family cant enter to the complex. this is crazy and i only get friday off here.. how do i want to enter to the complex without a family.. u know what.. family means u got to have female companions.. but at last after hang out infront of the complex abount one hour then i manage to enter. “alhamdulillah” thanks to allah.. i bought the prepaid number and its cost me QAR200 for it named HALA provided only by Qtel (the only telecommunication provider)

other than that, no much different in malaysia.. i will tell later about doha and its surrounding..

A new beginning

a new beginning

what happens next it is up to the God.. whatever it is, we can still try our best then “tawakal” & pray to Allah