Dieng Plateau, Wonosobo

Queuing for the sunrise.

Looking back to eight months a go, I traveled to Dieng Plateau in Wonosobo, Central Java. It was a bus-twelve-hours-driving to go and need almost the same time to get back from Dieng Plateau to Jakarta. I was a tour guide for about twenty-something bank officers in Jakarta, so, the best part of this traveling was I got paid.

That time was the first time ever in my life to leave footprints in a marshy plateau that forms the floor of a caldera complex on the Dieng Volcanic Complex, which sits at 2,000 meters above sea level. What I can say about this plateau is just wow. Wow for the good-cold weather there, wow for the view that I never had before, wow for the unique-taste-yet-shape fruits there, and hundreds more wow for hundreds more good things I got there.

In a very early morning, me and the tour, hiking the plateau to hunt the sunrise, we did it even though it wasn't that great sunrise, but I still got my best-picture at that moment. I captured people queuing step on small stairs before reaching the highest place to see the sunrise with my Canon EOS Kiss X4 camera. What do you think ?

Ida Susilowati

May ? That was the last time I posted something to this lovely blog ? Slap me for that. I feel like abandoned my own baby. Ups.

Okay, so, actually I've been so busy for these couple months. Doing an observation for my future-work, and also busying (is it even a word in English ?) myself with an international event in South Sumatera. But, here I am again, about to show you guys my latest photo-work with my sister.

Started with stupid conversation, when I trolled an idea to my sister to make her become my model, with no hesitation, she said yes. So, blah, these what I got from her. Trying to be photosession-professional-model, here I present to you guys, my sister-yet-my-partner-in-crime, Ida Susilowati.

Just call him Kiddo

Kiddo, a male model originated from West Java but lives in Jakarta. My new friend who is very expressive whenever the camera around him, and thank to the universe that I finally have couple opportunities to catch him on my camera.

Here are some of them :

My Working-Holiday

Traveling, always been addicting to me, at least since four years a go. As now, am traveling again for a month in Thailand, from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. With a very minim budget, I still forced my self to keep traveling wherever it is.

When Thailand as a destination for this traveling. I start rolled-over my brain, thinking how to get survived while traveling with money less than 150 $ for a month. I recalled to my self, and I got the answer. I was thinking what about selling myself as photograper to get a short of money.

So, days before I leave to Thailand, I sent messages to all my friends who lives in Thailand, promoting my coming, and guess what I got ? I got three clients before the Day. Two are in Chiang Mai, one in Bangkok. Because of them, me and my friend can finally still survive untill now, where our trip will be ended up on 7th of May.

Here are two clients that I took the pictures in Chiang Mai (the male client's name is Beer, Laos man who has lived in Thailand for ten years, the female is Nogni, the Holland girl who teaching English in Chiang Mai, Thailand for almost two years):

My second home, Thailand.

Thailand, the country I love the most other than my own country, Indonesia. It's been my fourth times visiting this beautiful country. It never fails to amaze me. The people, the food, the language, and many other things I can mention what I like from the country.

Now, from the largest city in northern part of Thailand, Chiang Mai. I give you this beautiful picture, I took it last week while am in Bangkok, it's rama 9 bridge. Enjoy ;)

Valentin Van Nhut

A French guy who fall his heart for Muay Thai.

Did a photo-session with Valentin Van Nhut in Bangkok, Thailand, couple weeks a go. I met him when me and friends did a Free Hugs Campaign in Khaosan Road on December 31st, 2012. He such a nice, a very friendly yet a very cheerful person. On the first day we met, he had threw an invitation to me and my friends to attend a house-new-year's-eve-party (even though we didn't come to the party, since me and other friends had our plan already). 

Making it short, after the free hugs campaign, we had hung out couple times explored the beauty of Bangkok, along with others. Until one day, my friend, Vickar, who is a photographer asked me to invite Valentin to be our model and with out a doubt, Valentin gave a yes answer to the invitation. 

So, here are some of the photos from that photo session : :

In His Time

Been a long time I didn't post black and white for thursday. Now, let me be nice to present my newest photo which is black and white. The model here was my friend, Vickar Adam, which is he also a professional photographer.

The idea captured by his very thin body, and cigarette in his hand. Soon after I watched him with that cigarette, I asked him to pose like a natural drug users. I was helped by a very good lighting at that time, it was a swimming pool lighting. I did nothing but capture a great picture (well, at least for me).

So, here is the photo.