Chooi Yiang and Zee celebrated their wedding day on 31st December and I could not have asked for a better way to end 2011 than to have been there for them as their wedding photographer. Chooi Yiang’s radiant smile and laughter lights up every room that she walks into and I think it’s a match made in heaven when she chose to marry the cool and witty Zee! The couple is very much in love, with the warmth of their affections for one another putting a big smile on my face every time I see them.
Besides the photos, do enjoy the same day edit slideshow. Please do wait until the slideshow has finished loading before playing it. For those with high speed broadband connections, go ahead and enjoy watching it in full screen high definition!
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So the WPPM (Wedding and Portrait Photographers Malaysia) Conference 2011 came and went. It was held in Segi College Kota Damansara this year and we had photography heavy weights Rocco Ancora and Daniel Capobianco (no pun intended on the “heavy weight” there Daniel hehe…) joining us as guest speakers.
It was a four-day event this year, with the first day dedicated to the opening of the event and the live print judging. To many participants, the live print judging was the highlight of the event because everyone had the invaluable chance to listen to the constructive critiques given by the judges. As photographers, what better way is there for us to learn and to grow but to have our work evaluated by industry leaders? One of the comments that kept arising during the live judging was how some participants of the print competition have overworked their images with post production. As Daniel Capobianco puts it, “learn and master Photoshop, and use less of it”. Indeed less is more. Simplicity rocks!
The second, third, and fourth day of the conference was jam-packed with classes and live shoots. Needless to say, everyone in the conference, from the committee members to the participants, to the trade partners, were busy running around all the time. There was just so much knowledge being imparted by the many speakers in a very little short span of time.
Yours truly had a chance to step up to the plate as well as a guest speaker on the fourth day of the conference. My topic was “Creating your best presentation” and I shared with the audience on how I embarked on photography, the style of shooting that I love, how to present your photos on slideshows and the music that goes with it, and my most recent body of work. I also managed to touch base on wedding photography and showed a couple of slideshows with my favourite photos.
The fourth day of the conference also saw the closing of the conference and awards ceremony for the print competition. To top it all off, the conference ended with a dance-off among the committee members and then the guest speakers in the auditorium. What a night to remember
In retrospect, I really gotta say that I had a blast giving my talk in the auditorium, meeting new people, reuniting with old mates, and doing the dance off on the stage. However, the most significant thing that I take away from the conference is a sense of direction and the determination to work even harder than before, not just in photography, but in all aspects of life. Cheers
Sue-May & Kevin are an adorable couple who returned to Malaysia from the UK to have their pre-wedding photo shoot done at Sue-May’s idyllic hometown in Port Dickson. It was obvious right from the get-go that we were in for a treat because this was one couple that is totally in love with each other, fun-loving, and easy-going! We had such a good time with Sue-May & Kevin during the shoot that by the end of it, we just wished it could have lasted a little bit longer hehe…
I photographed Geetha and Guna’s engagement last year at the quaint Carcosa Seri Negara. How time flies! I recently shot their actual wedding day, and just like all the previous Indian weddings that I’ve shot preceding this, Geetha and Guna’s wedding was splashed with lotsa colours and wedding details! It never fails to amaze me how intricate Indian weddings are. It was certainly nice to meet the lovely couple again after our shoot last year, and this wedding shoot just puts a the cherry on top of a perfect cake.
Shirley was almost 9 months into her pregnancy and she was absolutely glowing when I did her maternity photo shoot in my studio. Now, 9 months after her delivery, Shirley engaged me again for another photo shoot. This time, the star is none other than little baby Yu Ven! He is one adorably hyperactive kid, always being distracted by anything and everything, and performing yoga poses in his cot (he pushes his head into the bed and sticks his butt up in the air) haha…
Feel like doing something a lil’ different in your wedding? Try on a black wedding gown, you might just love it for its edgy, out-of-the-norm, and couture appeal! I absolutely love this gorgeous black gown by That Special Occasion (www.thatspecialoccasion.net) and hairpiece by ZC Accessories. It stands out so radically from the traditional ivory wedding gown. It was a lot of fun doing this shoot because many shots looked like it popped out of a shoot from America’s Next Top Model. Any bride wearing this gown will definitely feel like a chic model!
Even Colonel Sanders says that it’s “GGGGGreaaat!!” Oh wait, that’s actually Tony the Tiger haha… well both of them remind me of my favourite finger-lickin’ good food (I used to eat cereal right out of the box in front of the tv like popcorn) when I was still a kid!
Nadia Heng and I grew up in the same home town, but I’ve never met her until last year when I was helping Liang (www.mynameisliang.com) out in his music video shoot. Funny thing was, she lived right across the street from my 2 cousins when we were young! It’s a small small world…
So fast forward a year after we met, Nadia and I did a shoot with a couple of wedding gowns courtesy of That Special Occasion (www.thatspecialoccasion.net). I also had the good fortune of getting to know Lyn from My Bridal Florist (www.mybridalflorist.com.my) who made a bouquet for us just for the shoot. Nadia looked gorgeous in the gowns and the bouquet of flowers from Lyn complemented the gowns well
Below are the photos from the shoot. Oh yeah, did I mention that Nadia is Miss Malaysia World 2010?
Ker Wei & Adelyn celebrated their wedding ceremony in Sydney and returned to KL to host an intimate reception for their family members and close friends. I had the good fortune of meeting this lawyer couple and immortalizing their wedding photos through my lens. Oh, did I mention that they are tall? They look so gorgeous together and they made my job as a visual story-teller easy!
Siow Hui & Choong Chen celebrated their love for each other by holding their wedding ceremonies at their homes in Bandar Kinrara and Port Dickson. With the couple beaming with joy and the fun-loving bridal party decked out in bright red outfits, I just knew it was gonna be a good day!
