Wildlife
The patience game — reading behaviour, waiting for the moment, letting the animal set the pace.
Photographer
Software Engineer
Traveller
About me
I'm Shajaratul Yakin Mihad.
I capture moments through a lens and build software with code — two crafts, one habit of paying attention.
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Years behind the lens
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The journey
How I got here
A few moments that shaped both the photographer and the engineer.
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2015
📷Picked up my first camera
Curiosity turned into a way of seeing the world. No briefs, no clients — just light and patience.
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2018
🦉First wildlife trip
Learned that the best frames come to those who wait. Wildlife taught me stillness.
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2022
💻Started building with Laravel
Discovered that shipping software scratches the same itch as photography: shape something real from nothing.
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2024
🎓Graduated & went deeper into engineering
REST APIs, databases, Linux, Docker — turning ideas into things people can actually use.
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2026
🌐Built this site
A single home for every photo, video, and story — designed and maintained entirely by me.
Behind the lens
What I photograph
Most of my frames fall into four worlds.
Street
The honesty of everyday life. Unposed, unplanned — real people in real moments.
Landscape
The quiet scale of a place. Standing small in front of something vast and getting it in frame.
Travel
Stories brought home from the road — the feeling of a place more than the postcard of it.
I believe the most honest photographs are the ones where nothing was asked to change—not the light, not the people, not the place. I wait, observe, and frame it exactly as it is.— My approach to every frame
The other craft
I build software, too
Photography is one half of who I am — the other is code. I enjoy solving problems and shipping clean, reliable software as much as I enjoy chasing light. This whole site is one of those projects: designed, built, and maintained by me.
Skills & tech stack
Backend
PHP
Laravel
REST APIs
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Frontend
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
TypeScript
Bootstrap
Tailwind
Next.js
Tools & Ops
Git
Docker
Linux
Nginx
Apache
VS Code
Currently learning
Next.js
Flutter
Machine Learning
Cloud Infrastructure
AI / LLMs
Two crafts, one mindset
Where photography meets code
They look unrelated. They're really the same habit.
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Observation
A good frame and a clean function both start the same way — by noticing the detail everyone else walked past.
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Patience
Wildlife rewards waiting; so does debugging. Neither cares how much you want the result right now.
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Composition
Deciding what to leave out — of a photo or an interface — matters more than what you put in.
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Iteration
Rarely right on the first try. You review, adjust, and shoot again — in Lightroom and in the editor alike.
A few fun facts
📷Shooting since 2015
☀️Natural light over flash, almost always
🎒Happiest with a camera and no plan
🐧Daily driver runs Linux
💻Photographer who also ships code
📖Loves documenting the story, not just the shot
Frequently asked
Do you shoot professionally?
No — photography is a hobby, and that's exactly why I love it. No briefs, no clients to please; just me, a lens, and whatever the moment gives.
Can I use your photos?
Every photo here is made and maintained by me. If you'd like to use one, please reach out first and we'll sort it out.
What gear do you shoot with?
The full kit lives on my gear page — camera bodies, lenses, and the accessories I actually carry.
Can we collaborate — or just talk gear?
Always happy to. Whether it's a shoot, a software idea, or swapping shots, drop me a message on the contact page.
Let's create something.
Browse the work, read a story from the road, or just say hi — I'd love to hear from you.