Tabiyo Shop - The Photographer

Today we are happy to invite Nasir, a professional photographer who is always sincere and shown his passion on analogue stuff, like how he likes film photography and journal!

Name: Mohd. Nasir Roli

Age: 41

Email Address: nasirroli@gmail.com

Occupation: Photographer

Blog/Website: http://www.nasirroli.wix.com/film

Facebook page: facebook.com/nasirroli

1.    Tell us about yourself. What do you do for a living? What are your interests?

I’m a full time photographer based in Kuala Lumpur which specialised in advertising & events photography.

My interest is to capture human lifestyle by film camera using black & white film.

2.    When do you start keeping a journal?

I started keeping my journal since 1990 when I was studying photography at MARA Institute of Technology (ITM) at Shah Alam, Selangor.

3.   What makes you come across to this product?

This happened during my first visit to Taiwan at 2012, when I saw Traveler’s Notebook from a bookstore located in airport. I started my first Traveler’s Notebook in year 2013. I found Traveler’s Notebook is easy to customize if compare to some other notebooks that I own.

4.   Can you share few pages (in pics) of your customizations in your notebook?

Here it is!

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Nasir's Notebook

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5.   Nice! Very neat customization! So what/who inspires you and your customization on your journal?

·     Internet gives me a lot of idea on how to customize my notebook. Sometimes the idea work but sometimes it may not that practical for me.

6. What does travel means to you? And where will be your next destination?

Travel is a door opening for me to learn about other people life and culture. My next destination is India.

7. Are you into photography (analogue/digital) as well? If you are into analogue camera, which one is your favorite camera?

As a professional photographer in this digital world, I use digital camera for my everyday task. Most of the time, I’m using Canon and Nikon system. For leisure and hobby, I’m using Voigtlander Bessa Rangefinder camera with black & white film. I do process my own film. For my family, I like to use my Fujifilm Instax Mini Panda instant camera.

8. What your say about doing things in analogue way in this digital era?

Using analog camera is like driving a manual car. It gives you more passion, confident and to think before release the camera shutter. To me analogue is real (physical), digital mean virtual.

10.  Thanks for your time! One very last question. If there is no Internet in this world, what do you think you will be doing to replace the time you spend online each day? 
If there is no Internet, I will keep shooting with my film camera and develop my film, and write my book using a typewriter.

Special thanks to Nasir for spending his time for this interview. Tabiyoshop Pop- Up store is now available at Photo Crafts Kota Damansara outlet.