Nik

Born and raised in Petaling Jaya, Nik Muhammad Hafiz, better known as Nik among his peers, is an avid, versatile and passionate photographer for many years. He is the principal photographer for Applemint Studio but he enjoys collaborating on photography projects with Full Circle.

 He is also the founder of a group, called “Phondok Photography” which he created in Facebook as a channel for other photographers to share and exchange knowledge, at the same time creating more opportunities for themselves. The group currently has 800 members and is growing rapidly. What started as a hobby 8 years ago, he has now built into a career.

Nik has had the experience of taking photographs for numerous important events such as weddings, religious ceremonial events, private and corporate functions, tertiary education convocations, product shots, food shots, musical events, modeling and many others. 

Due to his deep passion for photography, he is keen on sharing his knowledge and experience with others. To date, he has conducted 2 photography camps organized by Perbadanan Putrajaya – Basic Photography and Wedding Photography, each a 2 days 1 night event for a total of 200 participants. In November 2010, he will be conducting a 3rd camp under the same organizer due to the overwhelming response and feedback from the first 2 camps.

He had also conducted a 2 days ‘Basic Photography’ workshop at University Malaya and for the high school students of Sekolah Menengah Bandar Tun Husin Onn. He believes constant coaching can help new photographers to grow therefore he personally conducts regular revision classes with his former students from his camps including one on one personal coaching from time to time. Through “Phondok Photography” he also conducts online coaching for his former students and also for other photographers.

Twice in year 2010, he was invited by Perbadanan Putrajaya to be the judge for “Appreciation Biodiversity Lake and Wetland of Putrajaya” and “Floria Nature Photography Competition”. His work has also been published by a local newspaper ‘The Star’ for photographing food.

Here is just some of his best work. Enjoy!

Sun, surf and sand! These are just some of the pictures from acorporate shoot, taken by Sanjit for Bubu Long Beach Resost for their promotional use; websites and brochures.

Our good buddies a Dr. Prat (also a member of the WL33 crew)and Dr. Gaya (latest, down on paper, addition to the familia) recently got hitched with a civil marriage ceremony at their residence. We were there to reccee and set up a studio the night before and garced the ceremony with Mr. Yeng as our guest photographer.  Images in Sephia tone by Yeng and Sanjit.

A beautiful intimate wedding held at Jeumpa D’Ramo, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur on the 24^th July 2010. The lovely couple, Zatalini and Fazrul committed themselves to each other during the Nikah ceremony on that sunny Saturday afternoon. The ceremony went through smoothly and guests enjoyed great ambience, great music and great food. Our best wishes to the newlyweds! Pictures by Sanjitpaal Singh.

Wheel Love, a local skate shop collaborated with Full Circle to create a truly unique photo opportunity for the Reebok ZigTech media launch event. Confined to a makeshift dark room, Full Circle’s Sanjitpaal Singh and Ravinder Kaur, alongside with Wheel Love’s Khoo Wei Yeng, Lynda Chean and Chee Su Keats worked together to produce the images below.

An awesome phenomenon known as light graffiti or light painting, one uses a torch light to ‘draw’ words or symbols, which eventually appears on the image.

During this event, the media were given the opportunity to express their creativity, to produce their very best ‘zig’ through light graffiti. The best zig of the night picked up a brand new pair of Reebok ZigTech shoes. The images were also printed on the spot as souvenirs for the participants.

For more info on Wheel Love, check out http://wl33.com/

Or checkout the latest Reebok ZigTech at http://www.reebok.com

Pfizer, a pharmaceutical company recently launched their new drug, Pristiq 50mg at the Spread, Gardens Mid Valley Mega Mall on the 16^th July 2010. The event took place from 7pm to 10pm.

The house was full, with participants from various professional backgrounds making enquiries in regards to the drug and its use. This event was covered by two of Full Circle’s photographers, Greg and Sanjit.

Full Circle Pix (FCP), Sanjitpaal Singh and Nik Muhd Hafiz, along with Applemint Studio’s principle Firmansyah Mohtar, were given the honor of judging the FLORIA Putrajaya 2010 photography competition.

The event took place on the 11^th July 2010, with Nik presenting the rules and regulations+ a Q&A session to the participants at 10am. The competition had been open to all Malaysians and the fee was RM 50 / RM20, depending on the category entered. The two categories were; A (Adults) and B (Children). Though the competition entry forms came with an entry fee, the cash prizes, up to RM 5000 for first placing, made it worth the try.

It was a tough competition, as editing the pictures was not allowed & the photographs depended entirely on the skills of those behind the lens.

The judging took place in a closed room between Sanjit, Firman and Nik, alongside with two reps from Putrajaya Corporation. Each deliberated for several hours on the photographs until finally, the winners were selected. A total of 4 hours were spent in that room to reach the final decision.

The winners received their prizes on the 18^th July 2010. On behalf of FCP, we would like to say congratulations to all the winners as mentioned below!

Category A

1)      Hwong Chang Ching – Champion

2)      Mohd Hamizi bin Ahmad – 1^st Runner Up

3)      Zulkifli Bin Razali – 2^nd Runner Up

Category B 1)      Amirul Anwar Bin Abu Bakar – Champion

2)      Mohd Shamim Maula Bin Mohd Najmi – 1^st Runner Up.

3)      Naufal Afiq Bin Nasarudin – 2^nd Runner Up.