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Mira are Hairi make a fun couple and they swung by one morning to have some engagement photos in studio. Looking at their characters, I was thinking to myself that it wouldn’t really suit them to stand in front of a white backdrop. It just wouldn’t make much sense and it wouldn’t be much fun either.
So we changed plans. I just packed up my beautiful EF 70-200 2.8 IS Lens and my 5D Mark II body, a couple of speedlites gelled with a 1/2 cut of CTO (it was mid morning and the warm light was just lovely) and off we went to a nearby park about half a kilometer away. For the last couple of shots, we had it back in the studio grounds but yeah, no boring white backdrop needed with lovely weather like this!
On a bright, sunny day, Li Lian & Leong had their marriage registered at the Thean Hou Temple in KL. The Thean Hou temple is a pretty amazing temple with lots of intricate carvings, motifs and colors. During the Lunar New Year, it is decked out with lanterns and more.
As it’s only another 3 months to the Lunar New Year, the temple is busy preparing for the big day. This meant lots of scaffolding, workers and activity. That did not stop a couple of tourist buses so it definitely did not stop us from having loads of fun.
As I was shooting alone, my Manfrotto lightstand had to do duty as my assistant to provide crucial fill light as well as directional lighting (1/2 CTO gelled of course) when the sun didn’t shine in the shaded areas.
Congratulations to Li Lian & Leong on their marriage registration!
When Dila called me to book an engagement session, she had her heart set on KL PAC and Sentul Park. Unfortunately, the shooting permits were beyond her budget. Even though I did offer to pay some of the fees, she decided to have her shoot in Lake Gardens.
The evening before, a massive thunderstorm hit and I was praying that no large trees would be uprooted. Prayers were definitely answered — it was a lovely and nice day and despite the potential for bad traffic due to road closures, there were none!
We had good fun and we managed to finish on time before the massive evening crowd arrived and packed up the place. To the family and photographer who was shooting nearby, I thank you for being gracious in lending us the bubble blower. We didn’t use it much but I love the shots I got from them. If you’re the photographer, drop me an email and I’ll buy you coffee!
On probably one of the most popular wedding dates of 2010, I was covering a very unique wedding ceremony. Unique not because there were 10 couples on that date but because all of them are already married. The oldest couple had been married 37 years and the youngest couple, just nine.
It, was however, a marriage vow renewal and blessing ceremony. The page boys and girls were the some of the couples’ children and so were the special song performances. It was a touching and special way to declare your continuing commitment to your spouse before family and friends. With many marriages breaking up before even the fifth anniversary, it’s good to see these couples renew their vows.
It was interesting to see the ten couples walk down the aisle — no fathers’ giving away the brides anymore and no veils either. I do admire the effort taken to get all made-up and all the wedding dresses again! Overall, it did look like a large mass wedding! Thoroughly fun and the oldest couple, Robert and Jenny Mah were absolutely fabulous and he was giving her a bend over kiss!
The light the church, I had three 580EX IIs and RadioPoppers. For the group shots, I had a master 580EX and two slave 580EX IIs firing into reflective umbrellas. Again, my RadioPoppers provided wireless ETTL.
Working through the six hundred shots for that day and working out a three-lesson series for basic photography class.
Begin with an East meets West kind of wedding that started at Church in an easy, breezy style. Turn the event 180 degrees around and end with a 300 guest sit-down nine course Chinese dinner. Well, a Chinese wedding will not be complete if you don’t at least fete your guests with a proper sit-down dinner. No standing around reception or buffet style luncheons. Chinese dinners need a many-course meal starting with some four-season dish and shark’s fin soup. What do you do if you want to be environmentally conscious and nature-loving? Drop the shark’s fin soup for some delicious seafood soup. Enough said. This was one easy dinner with lots of fun, emotional speeches and lovely people. Best part was when the toasting session went from “Cheers!” to “YAMMM-SENNGG” (in English: Bottom’s Up!) in like five seconds! Yup, the sound of the East rising…
