LAMAN SENI SHAH ALAM (PART 2)

© 2015 Hasif Rahman - Street Art | Laman Seni Shah Alam Seksyen 7

" This world is a canvas to our imagination "

- Henry David Thoreau -

Sebagai permulaan, mungkin anda boleh merujuk kepada entri sebelum ini berhubung Laman Seni Shah Alam. Entri kali ini merupakan sambungan kepada entri tersebut di mana saya menjanjikan lebih gambar untuk dikongsikan bersama. 

Sebelum ini saya telah membuat entri berkenaan Street Art di Penang yang menjadi tarikan pelancong tempatan dan antarabangsa. Laman Seni Shah Alam di Seksyen 7 tidak ketinggalan juga dalam mencipta Street Art mereka yang tersendiri yang kini mencuri tumpuan orang ramai. Bertempat di Seksyen 7 Shah Alam, 

Sedikit info berhubung Laman Seni Shah Alam di Seksyen 7, ia merupakan usaha sama Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA), Bank Muamalat dan pihak Universiti bagi mengubah suasana lorong belakang di kawasan komersial menjadi bersih, selamat dan bebas dari gejala tidak sihat. Saya bersetuju dengan idea ini kerana ini secara tidak lansung boleh mengubah persepsi negatif masyarakat terhadap lorong belakang di kawasan komersial.

Pengalaman sendiri berada di sana, kawasannya sangat bersih dan tidak terdapat satu bau yang tidak menyenangkan. Malah ramai yang meluangkan masa bersama keluarga di kawasan ini. Terdapat juga mereka mengambil kesempatan bagi "outdoor photoshoot" konvokesyen terutama mereka dari UITM Shah Alam. Mungkin para photographer boleh menggunakan kawasan ini sebagai kawasan baru untuk portfolio mereka seperti Pre Wedding, Post Wedding dan sebagainya.

Antara gambar yang sempat saya ambil ;-

PENANG ROAD FAMOUS TEOCHEW CHENDUL ICE KACANG

© 2015 Hasif Rahman - Penang Road Famous | Teochew Chendul Ice Kacang

" You have to taste a culture to understand it "

- Deborah Cater -

Travel seems incomplete if you don't taste the local food as Deborah Cater said, you have to taste a culture to understand it. Its true. Some culture have their own local foods which there maybe others can sell the same foods, but believe me, the taste will be hell different. People will always talk about the origin of the foods or the first one who sells it. The first usually the one who created the "secret recipe" to make it different than others.

A bit history about the Teochew Chendul Ice Kacang, it was established by Tan Teik Fuang back in 1936 and sell it as a source of family income at Penang Road. It is said that he's so humble and friendly because he believed that by doing that, the business can run longer and will have a lot og loyal customers. After years of business now the Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendul is widely known not just locally but internationally. 

© 2015 Hasif Rahman - Penang Road Famous | Teochew Chendul Ice Kacang

Everyday, people will make a long queue just to buy the cendol. The customers include local people and tourist (locally and internationally). My personal experience, even with the long queue, the service was very fast and its worth to queue for the delicious cendol. For your information, Teochew Chendul have several branch in Penang, and also at Perak, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Johor but as I said before, the origin will always be the best which is the stall at Penang Road. Its my first time, but I really love it. Its surely busy on that day, but the icy sweet cendol really refresh us.

STREET ART OF PENANG

© 2015 Hasif Rahman - Penang Island | Street Art


" If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission "

- Street Artist, Eddie Colla -

One of the main tourism attractions in Penang Island is the amazing Street Art of Penang. Mostly based in the heart of Georgetown Heritage Zone, there are more than 10 Street Arts where you can find it on the wall between buildings, inside the buildings and other places which you can take the photos without any payment. Its free but you need to find it. There's a trick where you can find all those Street Art without missing any, just keep reading. This Street Arts are unique somehow because it is a combination between the Graffiti and the surrounding itself to create the masterpiece. Its an interesting idea to start with, and people starting to love graffiti. Before this, graffiti considered as Public Vandalisme, but with the right way, its now one of the tourism attractions. Some of the Street Art was made by a great artist Ernest Zacharevic ( http://www.ernestzacharevic.com/ ) starting 2012 till now. Each year there will be a new Street Art made by him. As a photographer, why don't we made it as a Street Art Portfolio collection around the world. For your information, he did the Street Art at other countries too such as Poland, Lisbon, Singapore, LA, Ipoh (Malaysia), Singapore and a lot more. You can see it at his website.

Here's the trick. If you're travelling to Penang for this Street Art, its better for you to have a Penang Street Art Map which you can get it through Google. Based on my personal experience, without the map, you'll end up lost in the middle of the Georgetown and you can't get to see see/snap photos of all the Street Arts. What about the local? Can we ask them where's the Street Art? Believe me, they don't know. Its better to walk or rent a bicycle and don't use the taxi service. Trust me. I paid the taxi RM15 for a short distance about 500m.

© 2015 Hasif Rahman - Street Art Penang Map | travel2penang.wordpress.com

Here's one of the maps which you can get at travel2penang.wordpress.com and there's more maps for others Street Art. The Street Arts are quite far from each other. Its walking distance but its not that near which I said before, its better to rent a bicycle. I managed to get 5 from all the Street Arts. I never expect it will be that far, and the weather was so hot. If I'm travelling alone, maybe I can snap all the Street Arts in one whole day by just walking, but with my lovely wife pregnant at that time, I need to cut it short. Well, there's always a second time. I'll travel to Penang again one day to snap new Street Arts made by Ernest Zacharevic.

Some advise for those who wants to make the Street Art as your portfolio :-

• Travel Light and wear a proper clothes
• Use a wide lens. There are Street Arts at a narrow lane. 50mm is not that wide even with a full frame.
• Rent a bicycle
• Get the Street Art Penang Maps 
• If you're travelling alone, bring along a Go Pro/SJcam or any type of action camera for selfie photos. Its wide enough for you and the street arts in one frame. For safety precaution, tripod is not recomended
• Start early in the morning at 7.30 to 8.00 a.m for better photos in terms of lighting plus to avoid lots of other tourist in frame unless you're doing a Street Photography

Start the journey now. The Street Art will never be there forever. The paint fades by year. The photos that you take will be a history someday. Those in Klang Valley, you can try the Street Art at Laman Seni, Seksyen 7 Shah Alam. Its pretty cool ! You can read about it by clicking this link Laman Seni . I've posted about it before this and will post it about it more later with more photos.

Till then..

Some of the photos taken by me, Street Art Penang.

JACK OF ALL TRADES, MASTER OF NONE

© 2015 Hasif Rahman - Kuala Lumpur | View from KPJ Tawakkal, Jalan Pahang

" If a street has a spirit, no matter how narrow it is, we can breathe comfortably over there "

- Mehmet Murat Ildan -

Mungkin diri ini masih dalam kekeliruan. Soalan yang paling susah saya nak jawab, 

" Which Photographer I want to be? "

Mungkin atas persoalan yang tidak dijawab itu, blog saya sedikit kelam kabut dan tidak fokus. Entri yang pelbagai dari Portrait Photography, Toy Photography, Street Photography, Travel Photography, Landscape Photography dan juga Fashion Photography. Blog yang kelam kabut tentu tidak mendapat pembaca setia. Selagi persoalan itu tidak terjawab, tidak fokus, blog juga menjadi seperti mana yang ada di dalam fikiran.

Selama ini saya menjadi "Jack of All Trades, Master of None". Semua saya buat, tetapi tiada satu pun yang saya betul - betul mahir. Boleh dikatakan, gambar - gambar yang menarik, seperti "lucky shot" semata - mata. Kalau persoalan itu tidak dijawab dengan segera, saya hanya membazirkan usia saya  dalam dunia fotografi tanpa visi dan misi yang jelas. Akhirnya tiada apa yang saya dapat banggakan satu hari nanti.

Sifu saya sendiri menegur, "stop being Jack of All Trades, Master of None, pick a side and master it". Ya, saya akui, mungkin itu kesilapan saya selama ini, yang membuatkan saya terus merangkak dalam dunia fotografi tanpa sebarang perkara yang boleh dibanggakan. Saya dah buat keputusan, persoalan kepada " Which Photographer I want to be? " ialah...

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COLOURS OF MY LIFE

© 2015 Hasif Rahman - Laman Seni | Seksyen 7 Shah Alam

" A righteous wife can make a poor man feel like a king "

- Anonymous -

THE DIFFERENCE IN "SEE"

© 2015 Hasif Rahman - Laman Seni | Seksyen 7 Shah Alam

" The more I see, the less I know for sure "

- John Lennon -

What I see and what others see about me will always be different. When people see me as a successful person, I see myself as a failure. Heart broken in some things. Sharing it will never give the best answer as it will lead to another broken heart. A wise man once said, sometimes silent is the best answer. It shows that we are strong.

Failure or not, my heart always tell me, have faith, one day you'll be a great photographer for portrait photography. 

FOOD HUNTER | PENANG ROAD FAMOUS TEOCHEW CHENDUL ICE KACANG

© 2015 Hasif Rahman - Street Food Hunter

© 2015 Hasif Rahman - Awesome Chendul !

" First we eat, then we do everything else "

- M.F.K Fisher -

 Street Food !

Food. One of the things that can make me flying without wings. Not that type of choosy in terms of food, anything nice even at street, I'm gonna try it. Kalau anda ada baca entry sebelum ini tentang Line Clear Nasi Kandar, Chendul ni terletak di satu jalan yang sama cuma ia berada di hadapan sedikit di lorong antar dua blok barisan kedai. Macam mana nak tau gerai Chendul dia? First boleh lihat nama gerai dia Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendul Ice Kacang or, tengok je gerai yang orang ramai beratur panjang. Haha. Sebut pasal beratur panjang, mesti orang akan kata, lama nak tunggu. Eh, no worry, fast service ! Tak lama pun beratur. Must try food kalau ke Penang ! 

Psst..sorry takda gambar chendul, sebab dia takda kerusi meja, makan sambil berdiri. Haha

SIFU | STREET PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS

© 2014 Hasif Rahman - Chot Touch

Teringat pada sifu yang mengajar diri ini Street Photography. Chot Touch, siapa yang tidak kenal. Salah seorang yang berbakat dalam Street Photography. Dulu ramai juga yang terikut ikut dengan rentaknya. Tone - tone dia menjadi kegilaan orang ramai, seperti Rare dan Moment tone. Semasa mengikuti kelasnya, diberikannya tone tersebut. Well, tone dia memang unik tetapi walau bagaimana pun, setting gambar adalah penting untuk tone tersebut berkesan. Namun sehingga sekarang, aku sebenarnya masih berharap boleh mendapat HD tone yang digilai itu. 

Street Photography is my choice !

LIFE | BREAKFAST

© 2014 Hasif Rahman - McDonald !


"A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner"

- Francis Bacon -

STREET | DBKL TRAINING CENTRE

© 2014 Hasif Rahman - Kuala Lumpur

"Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is"

- Anonymous -

PHOTOGRAPHY | COMING SOON

© 2014 Hasif Rahman -Lets Street !

"Emotion or feeling is really the only thing about pictures I find interesting. Beyond that is just a trick"

- Christopher Anderson -

Tahun ini 2014, Street Photography adalah satu perkara yang menarik untuk dilakukan. Kerana sangat sibuk dengan persiapan dan kerja hakiki, untuk menetapkan tarikh bagi studio / outdoor shoot adalah amat sukar sekali. So why not, bring along the DSLR, bila pergi ke mana - mana dan snap the moment in front of your eyes. Not that hard kan?

PHOTOGRAPHY | FARAH RAZALI, STREET

 © 2014 Hasif Rahman - Farah Razali, Putrajaya