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    1. Hafiz Ismail

      No. and never will.

      I believe my work ends with the presentation of the final product (album, prints etc). The cycle of photography always ends with printing and i always believe in that.

      Your wedding album is for you to keep for the rest of your life. The dress you wore on the day only lasts 24 hrs, the food you ate will end up in the toilet bowl, you will only remember couple of guests you'd met on the day and the venue and the deco only lasts for few hours but your wedding photos lasts a lifetime.

      "Shoot & burn" is not a great way to preserve the moments on your special day.

    2. Hafiz Ismail

      high = 300 dpi
      med = 160 dpi
      low = 72 dpi

      these are my definition plus :
      med = can be printed up to 5x7
      low = can be printed up to 4x6

      industry standard? i think there is but i am not sure.

    3. Hafiz Ismail

      1. i don't give out high resolution images to my client. if they want it, they will have to purchase the copyright which they will get all of the images. and i will keep none.

      2. i also don't give out digital copies of my edited photos. they will get it in a print form (i.e in the album). if they want the digital copy of the edited photos, they will have to purchase a joint copyright of the photos.

      3. all my photos/images have a basic digital copyright appended to it.

    4. Hafiz Ismail

      Yes, I do.

      Most of the photos that will end up in my couple's album are edited.

      But i don't over edit in such a way that it destroys the value of the photo.

    5. Hafiz Ismail

      Beautiful people. Not physically, but more in the emotion. I love to photograph people who are beautiful inside and out. They inspire me.

    6. Hafiz Ismail

      Successful people inspires me; regardless of their chosen field. But these four inspires me so much in what i am doing right now.

      1. Donald trump
      2. Robert Kiyosaki
      3. Louis Pang (www.louispang.com)
      4. Jesh de Rox (www.jeshderox.com)

    7. Hafiz Ismail

      the most challenging situation is where i have to be on constant alert in producing great work for my couples. it was a challenge back then. it's more of a habit nowadays.

    8. Hafiz Ismail

      i use Nikon D3 primarily with Nikon d700 as my back up gear. lenses - 24mm f2.8, 50mm f1.8, 85mm f1.8, 60mm f2.8 macro, 70-200 f2.8 VR and lensbaby muse with fisheye adapter.

      and oh ya, 2 sb800s and 1 sb900.

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Hafiz Ismail

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

www.hafizismail.com

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