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Posted on November 22, 2010

Waltzing  the night away…

Check out the slideshow for the day!

Posted on November 10, 2010

I was at Kuala Lumpur over the last few days to do 2 important things. To seek MPA qualification and to attend Yervant’s lecture.

What’s MPA? Some of you may not know, but it is actually one of the more prestigious and recognised professional photographer associations around. To be a MPA member, one needs to present a selection of images and be judged by a panel of international expert master photographers.To quote from the MPA website:

What is the Master Photographers Association?

The MPA is the premier professional organisation for Wedding, Portrait and Commercial Master Photographers…

All qualified members adhere to a strict Code of Conduct and have undergone qualification to at least Licentiate standard.

For the past few weeks, I have been preparing for the qualification which would take place in Banker’s Club, Kuala Lumpur. The preparation involves selecting some of my works to be judged and it was an intensive process of refining the selection again and again until the final images are determined. I underwent the qualification process and I’m glad to be awarded a Licentiate grading. To this, I would like to specially thank Ryan Wong from Vue Photography for his invaluable advice and mentorship during the qualification process. On a personal note, I am also grateful to my long time photographer friend Tze Yong from Wedding Moments Photography who, if not for his constant promptings, I may not have participated in the grading.

The qualification  is a great encouragement to me and I look forward to creating more wonderful images for all my couples!

Yervant is one of the most celebrated and respected wedding photographer in our time and I think I can say his wedding images have inspired many photographers around the world,  myself included. So it was truly a treat to witness the man himself sharing the business and the art of wedding photography. Having seen and heard Yervant up close (literally as I was seated at the first row haha), I can still sense his genuine passion and love for his photography even after 25 years in the business. I am impressed by his humility as a person as well, and indeed, it was a privilege to learn from him, and more importantly, to be inspired all over again!

Finally, what is a blog post without some pictures?

Posted on November 7, 2010

One of the things that I love about outdoor engagement shoots is that the whole thing is just so fun and relaxing. We usually start in the late afternoon when the sunlight is just turning golden,  shoot a little, go somewhere else, laugh, talk, make silly jokes (from me mostly) and shoot somemore, and very soon the sky is already almost dark. It is not a long session, just nice and sweet!

And I just had one of these sessions just yesterday! Mark & Rochelle recently engaged me to shoot their wedding which will be taking place next month at Marina Bay Sands. For our outdoor shoot, I wanted a very relaxing, a bit back to nature kind of look and they were cool about it! We wanted to get a bright big yellow sunflower but could not find one in time, so we settled for 2 bright red daisies which I think turned out really nice!

On to some of my favourites for the day!!

Posted on November 1, 2010

Get a fabulous location, plus a couple of really close friends and family members, and throw in a big yellow sunflower, and what do you get? Well, a fantabulous wedding of course!

Samuel and Rebecca got married at 1 degree 15 Marina Club, a really cool place tucked away at Sentosa Cove. It was my first time there, and I’m already hoping to go back there again!

Rebecca told me she was feeling really nervous before her wedding, but I think she did great and looked really gorgeous in her wedding gown! Samuel on the other hand, is one cool dude who was unfazed by all the hustle that went into the wedding preparation even an hour before it began! Their wedding was special to me because they were friends of Lena and Joanne, whom I also shot at their wedding previously! Needless to say, it was a joyous occassion, one where Rebecca’s relatives even flew all the way from Australia to attend.

We were lucky the weather cleared towards the end, as it allowed us to sneak outside for a quick photoshoot. Here are some of my favourite images for the day.

The most fantabulous pair of shoes I have ever seen!

I so love this!!

I can just sense the relief on Rebecca’s face! =)

Rebecca looking relaxed, and simply beautiful!

Enjoy your honeymoon guys!!