Travel photography became my passion when I picked up my first camera 15 years ago.Fantastic images in National Geographic magazines have always been my inspiration. Initially it was capturing images of the normal tourist attractions in my home state Terengganu, and then later started to join photography trips to overseas and captured images of unique

cultures, which is my main interest.The photography trip to capture the local tribe in Mentawai, Indonesia has given me the rare opportunity to become one of the finalists in National Geographic Travel Contest in 2013, on

my first try. To be chosen from thousands of images sent from all over the world, and reviewed by the photo editors of National Geographic was an honour to me. That has spurred me to send my images to numerous travel related photography contests and also publications in

Malaysia and also overseas.

Throughout the years, I have traveled to many places where the roads were less traveled by normal tourists, including the northern states of Pakistan, remote villages of Nepal, the slums of India and the dusty roads of Bromo. I made repeat trips to these countries as each trip gave a different experience, thus produced different images. I always believe that the best camera is the one in your hands and my images should not be

limited with the gears I have, but only by my imagination. In future, I will further enhance my passion by continuing to travel and document visually the essence of the cultures of the people viewed from my eyes and imagination, and present them to the world .

1. Finalist National Geographic Travel Contest 2013

2. Selected for People;s Choice Smithsonian Mag Contest Altered Image 2013

3. Finalist HIPA 2013 - General Category

4. Top 20 Photographer SONY WPO 2014 - Arts & Culture

5. Images published in National Geographic Travel 365 2014

6. Images published in Garuda airlines inflight magazine for March and May 2014 editions

7. Images published in The Chicago Council on Global Affairs 2014

8. Finalist in Tune Hotel Nikon Contest 2014

9. Images published in NIKON Malaysia Exhibition NPS 2014

10. Images published in National Geographic 2015

11. Top 50 Photographer Travel Photographer Asia 2015

12. Kolektif EXIBITION TOURISIM Malaysia October 2015

13. Story and images published in Digital Photographer UK (Make Money While Your Travel)

October 2015

14. 2nd Place UITM Creative Media & Technology Hub Photography “ Kemerdekaan “ 2015

15. Images published in National Geographic Travel contest 2015

16. Top 10 Travel Photo 500px 2016

17. #orangmalaysia Exhibition in MATIC August-September 2016

18. 1st Place Johor Maufakat Photo Contest 2016

19. Aperture Magazine personal write-up – Pakar Portret Januari 2017-November 2017

20. Winner of Perdana Leadership Foundation Photo contest 2018

21. Hipa 2018 Top 10 – Portfolio Category