bintang // november '13

"I did not expect to be me for an entire lifetime" - Don Nace

Spent the entire day testing my Speedlites out. Mucking around with positionion and such - as you do. Came out with this, not too shabby I reckon

naveed // on the line

Meet my Zayn Malik look alike. I assure you there will be more photos of this one later on this year :)

sumaiya // trashed

This is one of the most stereotypical locations, but it is really hard to find access to. Train tracks. We almost killed ourselves trying to do this. Psych. We really didn't. Some of the train lines are closed here in Adelaide so we managed to sneak to one on an overcast and pretty cold day. A bit disappointed and the lack of graffiti in the tunnel, but it was okay.

We tried the grunge look. Not sure if it worked, and to be honest we didn't really know what we were doing. But it was fun. And got a few good shots :)

priom // suit and tie

Spent an hour mucking around with an umbrella flash with my friend Priom. And this is what came out of it all :)

nawshaba & aniya // may '13

A day away to the Barossa Valley with these two. 

aaliyah // birthday

My birthday gift to this adorable 3 year old - without whom my day goes incomplete. :)

shahbag // february '13

I was lucky enough to be in Bangladesh when the Shahbag Protest started. Although I am going to abstain from voicing my opinions, I must say it is every photographers dream to be able to visit such a politically electric movement. Since I was on a holiday I didn't have the ideal gear on me and I didn't get to spend much quality time there. Nevertheless, here's what I got:

chacha // february '13

A rickshaw driver I met at the Korail Slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

Once I showed him this photograph, he flashed me his teeth, all four of them. 

This is probably one of my favour photograph's I have ever taken.

[Flickr link]

OneBillionRising // february 14th 2013

On the 14th of February, people around the world rose up to violence against women through OneBillionRising (OBR). I was a part of OBR Bangladesh this year and took photos of the candle light vigil, which corresponded with the Shahbag Protest's, to remember those who were raped in the 1971 war in Bangladesh.