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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!
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…
Here’s a couple of sneak peak photos from Miriam and Chris’ wedding. More to come after this weekend big event/launch shoot. By the way, our Book Bound ZD (lay-flat binding) is now available. If you’re finalizing your PhotoBook in the next two months, let us know if you’ll like to get a free upgrade to the lay-flat binding!
Probably the most fun-filled, action-packed and totally enjoyable wedding of 2008. When I saw the groom’s party of 7, I knew it was going to be action packed. There was fun, there was willing and sometimes, coerced actions but I think everyone had a blast. I even have video to prove it. The bride’s maids were also into the action and they provided a ton of laughs. Dinner was equally enjoyable and I think I’ll need ear-plugs for the next wedding if their toasting and yam-sengs reach this kind of decibel volume!
Two weeks back, we had a short excursion to the historic (now World heritage) city of Melaka. Here, among the celebrated buildings and streets, we had two sessions with Kelly and Chye from KL. We had a lot of fun together and it was a great session despite the heat!
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