TITLE: Man with log

Keep smiling no matter how painful the truth is.

AUTHOR: Zaini Ariff (Malaysia)

Biography.

Zaini Ariff was born, lives and works in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Despite his hectic daily schedule, he took another leap of faith, by pursuing in his other passion ie Photography. Only recently in 2017, he started participating seriously in Photography contests and exhibitions.

He has won the National Geography, UncoverMalaysia 2017 and 2019 Photography contest.

He has also displayed his works at exhibitions; Malaysia: My Home, My Country at the MaTiC dated 3 - 30 March 2018 and Blank Wall Gallery - "Black & White”, Athens from 11 May until 24 May. In 2020, he has done a solo photography exhibition in Malacca, Malaysia.

As an entrepreneur, he is especially interested in taking cityscapes with urban environment as he wants to show people how he views cities. To him, this business environment offers a host of attractive and unique subjects such as panoramic skyline, office buildings and profit driven corporate executives in their smart suits.

Being an avid golfer himself, gives him many opportunities to shoot picture-perfect shots of the green. He loves to take pictures of golf courses with unique landscapes, beautiful ponds, flags, sand pits, contoured bunkers, putting green and fairways. To him, his most fun and candid picture of the golf course would be the picture of a dismayed golfer who failed to put the hole.

Not only that, he also loves to capture reality ie lives of local communities. He deeply feels that by photographing reality, human experience can be transformed into images.

His Take in Photography:

As a photographer we must always be patient and passionate in our assignments. Pray hard to God for inspiring ideas, creativity and opportunities to photograph captivating pictures. Always be grateful to God and thankful to your subjects.