Zulraidi
Affendi, also known as Eddie by his family members, close
friends and yes, clients, is an avid photographer, has
accomplished himself as a professional photographer and
videographer for over 15 years. He established his ground in
photography at a very young age of 10. He had his very first
camera at the age of 15 and his first videocamera at the age of
16.
He graduated
with an engineering degree with honours (B.Eng Electrical and
Electronics) from Manchester University, United
Kingdom in 1998. While he was there studying, his passion for
photography and videography grows as he had the opportunity to
capture the Eid Mubarak’s Photovideo session for Malaysian
students for Salam Perantauan in Malaysia’s major newspaper and
TV3’s Sampaikan Salam in 1997 and 1998. He loves traveling very
much and indeed, never left his gadgets while traveling. He went
for European Tour, twice with Kelana Convoy (formerly known as
KMUK) in 1997 and 1998. He covered UK, France, Belgium, Holland,
Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Ireland. During his
travel, he spent quite a fortune on 50 rolls of film, for each
trip, as digital cameras were not born yet, at the moment.
Though it costs a lot of money, what matters that he enjoyed the
trip and the trips turn out to be very satisfying.
Returning
home upon graduation, he worked as an engineer for 6 years with
his last position as an assistant technical manager. He decided
to leave for Auckland, New Zealand from April 2004 til October
2004 for traveling, managed to find time for a part time study
in digital photography and among others, doing what he fancied
the most, photography and videography, freelance. He even worked
for Mesra Homestay, assigned for photography and videography
assignments for Malaysian and Muslim tourists. He had covered
almost 65% of North Island and South Island. New Zealand, in
whole has great sceneries and South Island itself has the best
scenery ever in the world. Picture Lord of The Rings! So you
know, Lord of The Rings was filmed here in South Island. Using
his gadgets, he had captured most beautiful sceneries and nice
places to be at.
His strong
business sense has incorporated initial business encounter in
wide range of areas. Despite the demands of these types of
businesses, he continued on pursuing his photography and
videography business with great enthusiasm, which you can only
get from doing something you’d really fancy. Hence, this has
resulted a home-based company cum studio in Bandar Baru Sentul,
Kuala Lumpur.
Eddie has his
photo collections published in Majalah Perempuan, Ratu Sehari,
Bridal Guide, Utusan Malaysia, Berita Harian and a company
profile in Holland as well as some other local company
magazines. He had made every effort to ensure that his
relationship is more of client-friendly with full dedications
and more of friends of the family. That’s why he had established
a good rapport with his clients. His approach is relaxed, so his
clients will be at ease while he performed his job. His mode:
Lively, Natural and Candid, describes all.
Eddie enjoys
what he’s doing. This is conveyed not only through his end
product but even when he’s on site, while observing and
capturing priceless moments. Whether he’s shooting weddings,
birthdays, profiles, travel photos and videos, he seeks to
establish personal relationships with his clients.