Recruitment / looking for new member.

It's time for KKPHOT088 to renew it's group.

We are looking for New Member who loves to take all kind of photo.

Please send your work or your interests at flanegan[at]gmail.com with "KKPHOTO88 Recruit" as Subject.

When KKPHOTO88 have enough member this blog will become archives and the new KKPHOTO88 will build a new Online Gallery website and more.

Are we back? *finger cross*

Oh My God! It's 2011 already and KKPHOTO88 has been away for 1 and half year.
What happen?

Well, we are actually not abandoned this idea just that the founder itself having difficulty with personal reason and Now he is back for more!

But one think that I hope all the previous member of KKPHOTO88 join back because finally there's a place for them to show their work.

Will update more soon!

What does Photography means to Saiful Rizan

"Photography is a medium for me to connect to my subject. If I failed to make the picture, I failed to make a connection"

-Saiful Rizan-

What does Photography means to Yipi Lai

i think i'm going to be honest, photography is one thing to prove to those who looked down to me before, and photography is a force that kept me going, moving forward to a life for my own. and in the same time, my works can be shown to others, to acknowledge my existence. and share my feelings.

- Yipi Lai-

What Does Photography means to you? by Ah Chai.

What does Photography means to you?

What it means to me is that… (1.) I’m Still Alive and still able to think “straight” (2.) It gives me the options on how/what to think. That is, before and after an “event” rather then to think what “people want”.

It’s about all the things that happened in my life, which makes my style of photography inconsistent and slowly evolve thru the years.

Can we recognize a good subject? composition?..etc. Certainly is about the development on how you “SEE”, it’s good to practice to “SEE” even without a camera in hand. But how about other people (that is not into Photography)? that so-called “ungifted eyes” but have the heart in Photography?

The important Question here… Do they willing to accept Photography as what it means to you?

- Charles William Gedius

Update from the Members.

Just to let everyone knows that there will be no more new members for KK Photo 88 for a moment and will discuss about future project and hopefully will gather the whole member's work to promote their photography style in a gallery exhibition or perhaps in a cafe?

Anyway here's some update from the member what are they currently doing :

Saiful Rizan

Niq Azraei

Flanegan Bainon

Fahad Nasir

Charles William Gedius

Yipi Lai

Yeen Uzair

Yipi Lai

Yipi Lai from Penampang, is a photography student at SEGi College mainly focus on Portraiture and Street Photography.


Most of his influence are come from a various movie in cinematic sense. His images with in-depth colour and also potrays the current nonstop movement of life and have a very keen eye with people's emotion.
He is currently in his final year to complete his Photography Diploma in SEGi College.

His current work :





For more of his work you can visit his photoblog at http://yipiyaya.blogspot.com/ or check out his portfolio at http://yipi27.blogspot.com/.

-KKPHOTO88-

Flanegan Bainon

Flanegan Bainon, a Murut native from Petagas, Penampang currently pursuing Photography at Melbourne, Australia. Uses Photography as his medium to tell a story of an image and his personal way to explore.

from The Forgotten Town series

Recently got chosen as one of the finalist for 2009 KL Photo Awards Contemporary Portrait Competition. His images are based on a Singular Documentary which every image have a narrative and hidden story on it. He loves to add curiosity in every of his images so that it let people think more rather than just looking at the picture with no reason beside searching for inspiration.

from Midnight Series

His Big Influence are not necessary come from a Photographer. All his works are usually inspired from what he sees in front of him and begin to conceptualize it. He recommend to all the Enthusiast Photographer to check out photography website such as Foto8, Art+Commerce and Lens Culture where you can see the contrasts of Photographer all around the world.

Some of his images from Anima Series.

He currently have 3 on-going project series and currently in his final year to complete his B.A Photography. He already have a few project series in visual book and can't wait to start it in the future.

"The amateurs worry about equipment, the pros worry about money...the masters worry about light"

- unknown europe photographer.

You can visit his website at http://www.flaneganb.net. Or just add him as your contact on his Flickr where he usually update his personal photos or bookmark his PhotoBlog where he post an image where he capture using his phone camera or compact camera.

Flanegan is also the founder of BorneoShutter and KKPhoto88. :P

KK Photo 88 Members Update..

Here's their recent work....

Fahad Nasir

Saiful Rizan

Yeen Uzair

Charles William Gedius

Have a nice day y'all..

Niq Azraei

Niq Azriel, Started Photography at the age of 19 when he saw local skater's Charles (KK Photo 88 members) & Greg photos and loves how the way they took the photo in a different angle.



He started to loves photography when he bought his first skateboarding magazine and instantly fall in love with Atiba Jefferson skate photos.


Niq's photo has one of the weird angle you ever seen especially for skate photos. He manage to freeze the important time no matter he took a single frame or a sequence mode. He is also one of a few Sabah Skate Photographer.
He used to study Photography at Segi College but due to personal reason, he have to stop his study.


Currently, Niq is a Full Time Press Photographer for Borneo Post.

Niq is officially the 5th Member of KK Photo 88.

Ahmad Fahad Nasir

For the month of February. KK Photo 88 will be features Fahad Nasir, or well known as Fahad in his flickr. Currently in Perth, Australia studying at Curtin University majoring in Photography Design.

He starts his proper photography when he purchase his first DSLR during his first year university. In 2nd year where he decide to major Photography Design instead of Graphic Design or Multimedia.


Fahad is very well known in Flickr Community because of his landscape photography. Golden Hours is his best friends to shoot Natural Landscape, He believes Kota Kinabalu's Sunset is one of the most beautiful sunset in the world.


Although He say he still looking for his own style. I think he already left his own trademark for shooting natural landscape and also his expertise in digital imaging.



His last words is Get Inspired and Practice Makes Perfect!

The camera captures light, our minds capture images. - Anonymous

Saiful Rizan

Saifulrizan started his venture in photography since 2007. What started as a hobby to kill pastime finally turned him into among other photographers that working hard to promote Labuan through their pictures. Currently playing an active role in building a photographer community in Labuan, he's determined to bring out the best of all the members in the group.

Saifulrizan work mainly involving landscape and local event. He's been to almost every corner of the island taking pictures of places with his own style. For his landscape work, he admired the work from Syed Nasir, Zain Abdullah, Professor Li Yuan, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Christoper Domitter.

Labuan as seen by Saifulrizan is not just a plain island. He is glad that he found photography where he can express and show the world that Labuan has more to see than meet the eyes. He started taking pictures of events as he believes photography is another way to preserve the culture and development of Labuan.

As for today, he's still learning from every photographer he knows. He believes the process of learning never stops and hoping that someday he will contribute something to Labuan that he can proud of.

2009

KK Photo 88 wants to wish you all a Happy New Year 2009.

Be yourself, think creative and shoot elegantly.


regards,
KK Photo 88

Yeen Uzair, Sabahan Art Student with Surreal Mind.

Dream

For this month features, Sabahan lad currently studying Art and living in the UK. Yeen Uzair, After studying a for quite a while in Europe. Her perspective towards world of Art has change her view about photography.

Let her do the talk about her world of art and Photography :

Photography is a budding interest in me. My skills and knowledge on pure photography are limited so i use what i know with what i have to create something decent for all to see.

Dream

Something that i take pleasure in doing. Recently, I started a self initiated project where i took a picture a day to improve my skills in photography, throughout the undertaking, i noticed a certain change in my style, I began to manipulate my pictures more and more and it has become somewhat surreal and i love doing it!

Art Nouveau-ish - her favourite art movement

This leads me to where I am now. I enjoy making bizarre things with my photographs as much as i love taking pictures of my subjects. Being a graphic design student, this is just the perfect combination for me.

Singing in the rain

I often look at other artists' photographs, illustrations, sketches etc for inspiration, at the same time allows me to open up to new things and be experimental with my photography. I'd say, I make art rather than photographs.

Self Portrait

Photography and photo-manipulation has become a part of me. It is like painting on canvas where anything is possible.

Feel free to visit her flickr website at http://www.flickr.com/photos/yeeno/.

Charles William Gedius

First features for KK Photographer 88 are very well known old-school photographer / skateboard in the early 90's from Labuan who often skate and take photos in Red Square.
Charles William Gedius or well knows as Ah Chai.

Although Ah Chai photos are purposely taken like a candid shot but because of his passion towards photography. Most of his photos can tell a story, with his working experience as a publisher. His photo editting in digital era has given him to maintain the classy look most of his photos.

He has 3 philosophy about photography that is :
One thing:
I realize that earth is actually "flat". But seeing it in viewfinder, it is the other way around.

Two things:
I see potential "object" everywhere... need to feel it and be one with the subject.

Three things:
Photos should be the subject of discussion and not to be admired or praised. In fact there is no so called "Perfect" photos in the whole wide world.


Skate Photos :




Non Skate photos :



One of my fav photos from him :

You can check heaps of his photo at Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/achai/
or read his blog at Blogspot : http://charleswilliamgedius.blogspot.com/

If you found any interesting photographer from Sabah please do send me the detail at flaneganb@gmail.com

-kotohuadan-

About KK Photo 88.

Welcome to this special Blog.

Everymonth starting November 2009.
This blog will activate will all kind of Photography Art Works taken by the local talent from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

KK Photography 88 is about promoting Art of Photography.
Where a photo that can makes you curious or also a photo have poetic meaning.

It's not about commercial or wedding Photography.
We're not talking about camera tech too.

All kind of Format are welcome to submit your work.
From 35mm Film, Lomography, Digital Compact, Film SLR and also Digital SLR.

For those who interested to showcase your work here.
Please write a cover letter about you and photography and also a small description about your photography works.

Minimum 5 images, Maximum 10 images of your series.
Maximum width and height 1000px with sRGB color profiles.

Please send it to flaneganb@gmail.com.

Good Luck and have fun shooting.

KK Photographer 88