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A picture is worth a thousand words......

F E E L by Jeffry Lim, Visual Storyteller

A massive one man photography exhibition of the year, FEEL, will stay as one of the great milestone in the Malaysian photography industry. Hosted at the Bangsar Shopping Complex, the exhibition area covers over 4000 sq feet and on display are over 100 photographs of Jeffry’s collection over 15 years.

It is a great pleasure for me to have known this extra-ordinary photographer, Jeffry Lim. Our path crossed more than 10 years ago, and it’s a very humble beginning. 

Seeing him grow from his humble beginning, Jeffry is gifted with a great potential in his work. His photographs were so captivating even in the early years, capturing the essence of the people that he photographs.

Sadly, I had missed the opening of his exhibition and am feeling terribly miserable about missing this part of history with him.

Today, finally I had a chance to personally visit his exhibition and am truly astounded with the huge display of his 15-years of photography work.

Stunning is the word to describe this exhibition, I could see the amount of his ‘blood and sweat’ culminating into this exhibition.

Each photograph exudes not only the work of an artist

but captured the significance of each moment.

'Maroc' Exclusive Exhibition by Jeffry Lim
Jeffry Lim is showcasing his personal collections of artistic photographs on Morocco’s arts, culture and selected unique destinations at The Gallery, Kuala Lumpur from 11th -24th July 2011. Photos are printed on imported large format ‘Lyve Canvas’ for fine art use, which meets the Archival Standards set forth by Fine Art Trade Guild. They come in limited copies
Date | Monday 11th - 24th July 2011 
Venue | The Gallery @ Starhill, MUSE Floor, Starhill Gallery, Jalan Bukit Bintang, KL

Jeffry Lim, the Visual Storyteller

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Inner Mongolia in Autumn

A mere mention of Mongolia reminds me of the great conqueror of the country, Genghis Khan. It’s an exotic and mesmerizing country to visit and instantly I agreed to venture out with my photography friends, the Kelab Shashin Photography members.

Our journeys through Inner Mongolia are rather adventurous as we will arrive just before sun set at some remote village somewhere every night. Though we do have a guide, we were never sure where we will end up for the night until we arrive.

Its autumn, so the temperature can dip to freezing cold during the night or even in the day as weather can be unpredictable, so keeping warm with winter wear is a must.

Day 1 Erguna in Autumn

Our journey begins from Hailar-er, as we pass through beautiful grassland that stretches on as far as eye can see. Empty vast grassland with hay stacks ready to be collected before the winter arrives. A place that’s so peaceful as horses, cows and sheep grazes on unperturbed in this beautiful pasture, totally obscure of our intruding lenses.

As mysteriously as they appear the Bactrian camels of Mongolia were quickly lead away by the owner. The camels were extremely handsome creatures as it strode towards us, towering over all the horses around them.

Soon we had to say goodbyes, as the cowboy started to herd his flocks away and the horses obediently strode homeward bound..

By noon, we had a rather quaint experience at a ‘diner’ frequent by locals and truckers. We were served a meal of lamb ribs which were delicious, or maybe we were hungry..

"The merit of an action lies in
finishing it to the end."

Genghis Khan

'The Mongolians lived along the east bank of the Erguna River in central Inner Mongolia for great many years. It's only in the seventh century that they began to migrate to greener grassland in the west. By the twelfth century, they settled along the upper region of Onon River, Kerulen River and Tola River which are located at the east of the Kente Mountain.

They have a great tribal leader, Temujin, a powerful man that comman great loyalty from his army. He conquered and set up the Mongol empire and took the title of Genghis Khan. Throughout 1211 to 1215, Genghis Khan expanded his territory to Central Asia and Southern part of Russia.

His successor, the great Kublai Khan (grandson of Genghis Khan) became the fifth supreme Khan and founder of the Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368). Kublai destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty in 1279 and made China as the capital of his massive empire. In 1368, the Yuan Dynasty collapsed and the Mongols suffered from great conflict for many years.

"The strength of a wall is neither
greater nor less than the courage of
the men who defend it."

Genghis Khan

CELEBRITY CAKES!

It’s simply awesome these days to have such wonderful choices when it comes to choosing a simple cake. We do need cakes for personal celebrations like birthdays, anniversaries,  engagement and especially wedding.

So that’s where cake designers come in to offer us a choice to design our own celebrity cake! Though not necessarily cakes are for birthdays only, but they’re now popular for any occasion. The homemade cake is custom made to order from the moment the ideas are mooted to the finishing touches.

These cake designers are ready to offer their services to design and create unique or even artistic wedding cakes just for you. All the designs are one of its kinds and can suit to your theme and color scheme to enhance the atmosphere of your occasion.

It’s amazing to know that you now have a choice to order personalized cakes with your own special requests. You can have celebrity cakes, artisan cakes, cartoon cakes, corporate cakes (with logo)anything, even having a photo on the cake!

One such creative cake designer is a good friend that offered an opportunity for me to capture a few photos of her unique cake creations.

Truly stunned by her passion of pain-stakingly crafting every single details onto her cakes. The outcome is naturally outstanding as seen in these few images of her creations.

These cake creations are courtesy of  http://www.facebook.com/delectablecakes.jaclyn

LET THERE BE LIGHT – KELAB SHASHIN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

A photography exhibition by the members of Kelab Shashin Fotografi Kuala Lumpur held in conjunction with the anniversary of our country’s Merdeka Day on 31st August 2010.

It’s definitely a proud moment for the club members’ to have their work on display at one of the most amazing venue, the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre.

The club has evolved over the years as memberships lapsed, renewed but most importantly were the recruitment of ‘new blood’ that kept the club active till today!

The members have one common interest – a great passion and love for the art of photography! And it’s all about sharing because photography is nothing if no one sees them…

There are only good photographs with good memories, which are what the photos must convey to be a good one. We talked about photography techniques; we talked about gears... which camera or lens is better – yours or mine. In the end, the reality is really about the photographer – the person behind the lens. What you see is what you get, and if you don’t see it then you don’t get it!

Anyone can pick up good photography techniques but learning the art of photography is the hardest hurdle for any photographer. So joining a club like this provides an avenue for sharing of your photographs with other members.

It has been an experience indeed since joining this club as I’ve shared so many photography journeys with the members, venturing through the streets of Malacca and scaling to Mount Kinabalu!

Of course, the most exciting journey is the upcoming adventure to the homeland of Genghis Khan as we explore the route of Inner Mongolia.

'Conquering the world on horseback is easy;

it is dismounting and governing that is hard.'

Quoted by Genghis Khan aka Kublai Khan

My CupCakes!

We all love cakes be it chocolate, cheese or just plain butter

They are special for birthdays, wedding or any other celebrations

Most cake shop can offer the standard cake designs.

But for those looking for more personalized cake choices,

It is either you bake and decorate the cake yourself

Or look for a home baker near you!

They offer more personalized choices.

Actually, it’s easy to bake and personalized your own cake.

We did it over the weekend for a friend’s birthday.

The cake decorating session was fun.

And it was decided to do cupcakes instead one big cake.

We’re glad to share the myriad of choices in the cupcake designs.

Some were creations of the youngest in the family like Chicken Little..

It is not difficult to bake and decorate a cake.

The end result is happily satisfactory

As it is a gift with a personal touch.