I received a number of sms’es and emails last week about my blog being suspended. Gasp! Friends thought I was a scatterbrain and forgot to pay my annual hosting fees and some thought I was going through some upgrade.

Thanks for the concerned sms’es and emails, fret not, for Mike Tee of Density was just migrating the server (yes, he just had to do it on a Friday evening when everyone’s bored shitless in the office and chooses to blog hop instead of do actual work).

Everything’s back to normal and I just got back from a wonderful weekend of shooting in KK - Friday till Sun was packed with awesome, awesome shoots which I can’t wait to blog about. Hope y’all had as good a weekend as I did!

Will be back in a jiffy with a ‘proper’ post Woot!

Yes, I know I’m supposed to be posting up the pics from the 2 awesome wedding receptions which I shot recently, but I’m having a hard time picking my fave pics for the blog slideshows :p Eeks! I so so am gonna finalise my selection by next week!

In the meantime, I’ll just share some fun shots I took earlier today during an impromptu photo outing I had with my young friends - Sherrie, Bang Qin and Nee On

Yes, the above shot is not sharp, but I likeeee! ;p

We decided to go for a pre-Merdeka photo outing after I finished a couple portraiture session in the morning. Initially we were a bit peeved off because it started raining right when we decided to go.

But glory be, the rain stopped while we were deciding whether or not to just go on with the outing

The weather turned out to be absolutely glorious - sunny day, blue skies (I’m serious - blue, pure blue with no haze!) and ridiculously gorgeous lighting. We were all gushing over the flares that we got from the sun. It was every photographer’s wet dream I tell you!

We took the LRT to Pasar Seni and checked out The Annexe where they had the Rantai-art Merdeka Exhibition. I bought some crafts from the Gerai OA and also an awesome print of a kitten shot (the pussy pic in the pic below :D) by a fantabulous flickr photographer Futuna. Check out her cool shots on the link ya

We then walked on to Padang Merdeka where we refined the art of loitering (kutu lepak siot ;p) and I took shots of the young ones while they took shots of goodness knows what :p

Nice arrr pose like tourists? LOL!

Yes, as you can see from the pics, I’m not much of a street photographer. I’ve got this thing about shooting strangers, it feels like I’m invading their privacy (I shy worrrr :p) So most of my shots were of the young ones. Hehehe…

I admit that I am one of the lucky ones who get to do what I love for a loving, but going out for a casual photo outing where no one had any expectations of me actually revved me up to look at things in a fresher way. Funny eh?

On another note, as cliche as it sounds, despite whatever’s happening to the current state of the Govt (banning Malaysiakini? think we idiots arrr??), I still love Malaysia - for all it’s faults, there’s just too many great things about the country for me to even think about migrating elsewhere.

Okay lah, enough of my rambling ons. I won’t be working on Sunday (I’m going climbing! Wheeeee!) so I just wanted to wish y’all a Happy National Day and ‘Selamat Berpuasa’ to my Muslim friends & clients.

Have an awesome long weekend ahead wherever you may be

Above shot by Nee On

Will be back next week with the promised blog posts Woot!

Just a quick post to let you know that I’ll be posting pics, from 2 awesome Malay wedding receptions I shot recently, within the next 2 days *fingers crossed*.

Am super excited about blogging them up cause both these couples are absolutely fun, fun, fun!

Aaaaannndddd, here’s a behind the scenes shot from one of the receptions. Hehe..much thanks to Wawa for the pic

Have an awesome week ahead peeps!

Had the pleasure of meeting the Bulseco’s for a portrait session during their holiday in KL earlier this week. Allison contacted me via email two days before they arrived in KL and luckily enough, I was free on that day.

The family of four were staying at the Ritz Carlton Residence and we had the session where they stayed. Here are some of my favourite shots

The beautiful couple

Look at Kalen’s eyes! Aren’t they gorgeous

Baby Cona just turned 10 weeks on the day of the shoot and he is soooo adorable. He didn’t make a fuss at all throughout the entire session. As a matter of fact, all the babies I’ve shot so far has been simply wonderful! Lucky me

Ok here comes a cliche shot, but I kinda like it ;p ‘Old Skool from Totally Rad Actions’ used for the below.


It was time for Kalen’s nap when we wrapped up the session. Just in time!

Edwin and Allison, thanks again for having me capture your family portraits for you. It was a pleasure to meet you (albeit briefly ;p)!

Hope you had fun in KL, have a safe trip to Perth

Thanks to a referral from Ariff, I had the pleasure of shooting Nana 3 days before she was due to give birth.

Yes, you read it right. Only 3 days before she was due! Thank goodness she didn’t go into contractions when we were shooting, otherwise I would’ve shot her lil baby’s entire birth process ;p

The session was an absolute breeze to shoot cause not only is Nana absolutely beautiful, she’s a natural and very comfortable in front of the camera.

For soon-to-be mama’s who are considering a maternity session, I so so recommend that you get it done. When else would you get to show off your lovely baby bump? I love, love shooting pregnant woman who are absolutely confident about their figure. You are carrying a miracle and I seriously think that deserves to be documented

Okay, okay. Enough of me babbling on. Here are some of my favourite shots from the maternity session.

Isn’t she gorgeous?


Towards the end of our session, her older son got home from kindy and we managed to get some pics of mother and son. Though the following 2 shots are similar, I couldn’t pick a favourite so I’m posting up both.

Earlier today (well technically yesterday), I popped by to Nana’s place to visit the latest addition to the family. Lil Suleiman is sooo cuteee. At 10 days young, he’s a quiet lil baby and didn’t even squek when he was shifted around when I was shooting him.

Here are some of my fave shots from the session.

Awwww…his lil feet are soooo cuteeee.

Ok, ok. This shot is a bit blurry but I love, love both their expression here.

Now everyone say along with me, “Awwwwwwww……”

Nana, thank you so much for inviting me into your home and for trusting me to shoot something so personal.

It was a pleasure to meet your sons as well. They’re both soooo adorable and they’re gonna grow up to be handsome young men. Too bad they’re waaaaaay too young to be my toy boys. Wahahaaha…I kid, I kiiiid.

See you soon

I’ll be in Bangkok from September 11 till 15 for a portraiture session and also holiday.

Pics above were shot by Chai Yen when we (including Steph!) were in Ayuthaya  like what, 3 years ago? I posted this up cos I’m vain loh. Abaden? ;p

If anyone happens to be there and wants to have a portraiture session at either Bangkok or Ayuthaya, feel free to drop me an email at info(at)anna-rina(dot)com. There won’t be additional charges for flight (d-uh!) and rates will be the same as in Malaysia.

At the same time, I’ve added a new section in this blog where for the convenience of prospective customers, my booked dates will be noted down (so that it’s easier for you to check when I’m free :D). It’s been up since a week ago but I forgot to mention it. Eeeps! My bad, my bad.

Will be posting up pictures from an awesome maternity & newborn shoot in a short while so keep your eyes peeled

Have a super duper week ahead! Woot!

Nadesh is Eon’s (one of my ‘munyit’ best friends ;p) cousin. He was my senior back in high school so it came as a surprise when a couple of months ago he contacted me saying that he was going to get married. “Nadesh mau kahwin?! Ah, betul bah?”.

Having known him as a joker all these years it came as a surprise (and relief! haahah!) that he had found the love of his life and was more than ready to settle down. Woot!

I met him and his (then) fiance Nina a few months prior to their big day. And I was blown away by how hot Nina was. I think one of the first things I said to Nad was, “Dapat juga ko hot chick as your wife”. Kekekekeke…I think Nad must’ve wanted to give me a slap when I said that. Wahahahah!

After months of preparation, yesterday was their solemnisation ceremony. Although Eon couldn’t attend due to work commitments, the rest of the cousins were there and it was awesome to be amongst fellow Sabahans. Bah, berabis la aku ber-dogo (eh betul ka spelling tu? :p).

Nina looked absolutely gorgeous despite the fact that she didn’t get much sleep the night before (as almost all brides who are nervous about their big day!).

Here are some shots from the day. Mind you, I do shoot the standard classic family and newlyweds portraits but I just prefer showing the funny ones on my blog cause well, that’s what really happened on that day

While getting ready, Nina was all smiles. Dayum, she was absolutely glowing throughout the whole day!

Oooo…somebody was nervous Nadesh checking his hands to make sure that they’ve stopped shaking.

Sealing the ‘deal’. Woot!

Laughter was aplenty throughout the whole ceremony.

Nadesh’s cute parents.

Nadesh’s self-proclaimed cam-whore cousins. Was taking their group shots to the extent where one of the aunties said to me, “No need to layan them so much”. LOL!

When we were taking some casual portraits outside, I asked Nadesh to carry Nina for one of the shots. You can take a wild guess whether or not the attempt was succesful :p Hehehe…

I’ll be shooting their dinner reception later this evening and having just finalised the slideshow for their dinner, I decided to post it up here before I head off to Shah Alam.

The song for the slideshow was selected by the newlyweds and I must say that while it might be a bit goeey for some, I absolutely love, love this mushy Malay song by Andra & The Backbone. So befitting for the both of them!

Nadesh and Nina, as cliche as this may sound, I think you’re both ’sempurna’ for each other and here’s wishing you many great times and laughter ahead! Nanti Raya I’ll go visit you to get my duit Raya ok? Kekekeke…

Wokay, have to leave the house now. See ya both later!

I was pleasantly surprised when I saw Joey’s garden. The landscaping was the perfect backdrop for our portraiture session

We started off the session at her house first with pictures of her own family as well as her two dogs and thereafter we headed over to her parents house to shoot with the rest of her family.

Oookay, a lil someone was getting a lil bored after the first 10 mins

The men in the family

The ladies

Having a laugh at the pool

Mr Sze was twirling Mrs Sze around towards the end of the shoot. They’re so cute!

I had so much fun shooting all of you that day. Thanks for being so accommodating and I hope y’all like the pics.

See ya soon!

Chak’s been wanting to get family portraits done for his family for quite sometime. Due to conflicting schedules we’ve been ding donging back and forth on the dates and one fine weekend, it was finally confirmed that the shoot was to be done

We headed off to Rawang where his maternal grandparents were and had a short and sweet portrait session for his immediate family as well as aunts and uncles.

Here are some of my favourite pictures from the session

Chak wanted to replicate a really old family photo which was taken right in front of this very house eons ago. Hence a standard family shot was taken despite all the distractions (fan, bike, etc). ;p

LOL! Pose specially requested by Chak!

My all time favourite photo of Chak’s maternal grandparents. They’re 70+ and 80 already but the most loving grandparents I’ve seen in a long while. I wish all my couples will have a relationship like this as they grow older

Thank you again for the home cooked lunch! It was absolutely scrumptious Woot!

I recently had the pleasure of shooting Neyna before she was due to give birth. Ibraheem was game enough to join us for the quick maternity session and here are some of my favourite shots from the session.

Neyna and Ibraheem, thanks again for the session and I can’t wait to meet your baby girl soon Woot!

See you soon!