10th June 2010
Attended a neighbor’s wedding recently as a guest (which has not happened for quite some time hehe) and its quite interesting to watch the official photographer work. This particular one, I think had a team of 4-5 photographers and they even set up strobes and umbrellas on the “pelamin” which I found quite hilarious.
I’m sure (maybe) that the pictures must have turned out awesome but it does raise one issue (to me at least)… the end product yes, would be for the satisfaction of the client (ie. the bride n groom) but at a wedding, the guests would be the ones who would need to be satisfied and I’m just wondering how would one pakcik or makcik feel if they came to a wedding only to find the “pelamin” to be obstructed by a bunch of strobes and umbrellas hmmm…. I would probably be quite annoyed.
So I guess, being a wedding photographer, it does require a lot of common sense and self consideration of what your surroundings are. Indeed you are paid to give excellent photographs but at the end of the day, we are still living in a much traditional culture with conservative elders normally in attendance at weddings, who always require our respect
Just my two cents 
posted by Hazman
31st May 2010
Thanks for the feedbacks! And looks like most people still like the layout and color scheme, so we’re sticking to it for now
Although we’ve had internal discussions that maybe we should change the way we work during shoots or in particular put more emphasis on what kind of jobs that we want to shoot. Personally I just love shooting solemnizations as all the emotional factors involved just gives me a high, while receptions can be a bit predictable 
Apart from weddings, we have ventured into portraiture and creative lighting via some plain do-it-yourself trial and errors as well as a lot of reading up on the net. Some local talents have excellent classes as well on lighting and we hope to attend the great ones soon to have a much better grip on lighting creativity. Its amazing what the digital world has done to transform conventional photography just like how yours truly started out back in the days of the celluloid (hehe)
posted by Hazman
19th May 2010
Hmm wonder if our website requires a revamp - what do you guys think? Send us your feedbacks!
posted by Hazman
5th April 2010
Yup we landed the F1 Gala Dinner job again together with Dina Wedding for videography! Gallery will be uploaded once we get clearance from the organizers - it was a night of cocktails and Lionel Richie!
posted by Hazman
15th March 2010
Due to our permanent partnership with Dina Wedding as our preferred videographer, the folks there were engaged for our promo video and here’s a teaser, classy!
posted by Fariz
3rd March 2010
Our plans to start our own premises have been put on hold as we decided to re-assess the decision and see if it would be more feasible to do so or not. A prominent partner has offered to share a location and we are welcoming that option at the moment. This could at the end of the day work best for Studio Eight - so wonder what the clientele thinks?
posted by Hazman
21st February 2010
Received a quote request today to shoot again this year the F1 Gala Dinner - fingers crossed
posted by Hazman
5th February 2010
Still no apprentices selected although many have applied (thank you!) - we’ll still need to go through some screening process and down select to the right one - do keep sending your profiles for those still interested
posted by Fariz
25th January 2010
We are looking for new apprentices! Do submit your profiles for us to review
High Level Criteria Description
- good level of enthusiasm to shoot, shoot n shoot
- willing to learn and accept any criticism
- will be paid on a job to job basis
- all pictures shot at our events will be owned by StudioEight Photography
- basic contract will be drafted + discussed prior
posted by Hazman
20th January 2010
We would like to know if there are specifics that clients would like to have in their packages which we have not added in yet to our current package. Do send us your suggestions and views here : enquiries[at]studioeightphotos.com
posted by Hazman
20th December 2009
Wow just about 10 days to go, its getting closer to 2010 already - hopefully the new year will bring even more wealth to everyone and Studio Eight included!
Hope to meet more n more happy couples soon and do wait for a new package in 2010! Here’s a shot from our closing job for 2009
posted by Hazman
21st November 2009
Defying security guard warnings, the pre-wedding still had to go on! Due to the fact that Ely the bride-to-be loving Pavilion so much, we pressed on with the shoot and managed to get a lot of nice shots albeit running again n again from the guards!
posted by Fariz
1st October 2009
So far I’ve kept it quite hush hush at the office (my day job) that I’m shooting weddings on the side, but one of my officemates found out and my cover was blown! But she then hired us to shoot her wedding hehe so no harm done, yeay!
posted by Hazman
6th August 2009
This happy go lucky couple were really fun to shoot with. With carefree attitude they even didn’t mind to stall the pak imam waiting to nikah them! Haha thats the way it should be, its your day so everyone else should wait!
posted by Hazman
5th May 2009
Good to be back in JB again - and this time, we got to shoot Amy Search perform at a wedding reception!
posted by Hazman
3rd April 2009
We were commissioned to shoot the 2009 F1 Gala Dinner, hosted by Tourism Malaysia at the JW Marriott, Kuala Lumpur - definitely one of our biggest jobs so far, here’s a shot of the team after the event - a job well done indeed!
posted by Hazman
1st April 2009
Got involved for a shoot at the Hitz Evolution Party at Zouk KL as a backup for a friend who got the job. Definitely a good break from shooting the normal wedding sessions
posted by Fariz
19th March 2009
Recently printed postcards for Azri & Alia’s wedding this coming weekend. Would be a nice memento for their guests to keep
posted by Hazman
8th January 2009
Ipoh is certainly one of those cities in Malaysia with such a peaceful environment. Although passed by numerous times, I personally never explored much of this quaint town. With its rolling hills as a backdrop, our afternoon wedding shoot there was cooled down with a short shower, and thats when things looked even more peaceful. On top of that, our client’s home in Sunway City was such a beautiful place coupled with streams around the compound which was connected to a small lake - indeed, this town would be such an ideal place to retire and relax your life away
posted by Hazman
7th January 2009
A Happy New Year to all our clients and clients to be! 2009 looks (hopefully!) to be a new challenge for us here at Studio Eight Photography, what with the line up of confirmed clients as well as more plans to expand the company, we are indeed very excited!
May we continue to serve everyone at our very best!
old outfit
new outfit
posted by Fariz
10th December 2008
Our site is finally at full running speed. We’ve been getting a number of confirmed clients already for 2009 so looks pretty good so far! We were at Awana Kijal recently for a shoot so that was fun - like a working holiday I know I enjoyed it!
posted by Hazman
17th November 2008
Welcome to the new site, if you’ve seen our brochures, this new brand design is to sync with any future publishings under Studio Eight in future.
The welcome splash page should be up in a few days - still tinkering on some glitches. Also we’ve had loads of connection problems to the site and its all starting to come together right now. Hopefully all will be 100% in the next week or so.
Some galleries are also due for uploading which will also be done very soon. Apart from that, we’ve had quite a number of jobs which have kept us on our toes, not forgetting as well confirmed jobs in the pipeline for 2009 as well.
Do arrange for a meeting with us should you have an event already planned We’d be more than happy to try and accommodate things for you!
We apologize for the downtime all this while. Feel free to click on the galleries to browse our past works 
posted by Hazman
