Nathan & Betty Wedding Day and Church Ceremony in Miri, Sarawak

Every successful man there is something sentimental, sometimes a man can be seen as quiet and not spoken much but never underestimate their heart, it can be as fragile whenever seeing his beloved daughter getting married. Love is indeed an essential quality for all successful man, because of love he learned to protect his family, work hard to take all the risk to ensure his family is well fed. It is the love of God that he received such essential award, that every sacrifice he made, are meant for the goodness of his family. This is what I receive when I saw Betty's father during their wedding day.

I have seen many family with good value and culture in the eastern side of Malaysia, in this small town Miri, Sarawak, one can find many people that truly believe in God, where they really taken God into their lives. When I first went inside Betty's house, we all were shocked for how big her house is, but its a very common thing here. Inside Betty's bible I found a few love message exchanged between her and Nathan, some sweet messages written many years back and I used that as the opening theme for their slideshow. Betty is a sweet girl, we are no strangers in this wedding as we just delivered their pre-wedding album that were shot in Bali few months back. I remember that Nathan's and his brother really look alike, but Nathan told us that sadly his brother's wedding pictures was shot few years back but have yet to receive the pictures from the photographer, I was glad that Nathan gave his trust on us even his brother have encountered such dramatic incident. 

Thanks Nathan and Betty for your hospitality while we were in Miri, we hope to come back again someday and hope you not forget to stay in touch with us. 

Jack & Cheryl Wedding Day in E&O Hotel, Penang

This is Jack & Cheryl third wedding occasion, in this final day both of them celebrated their love in E&O Hotel, I remember that we did a very short portrait session before the wedding dinner because we simply love the venue too much, in just 30 minutes we managed to capture most of the essentials, love those pictures a lot. This time Jack doesn't need to do the gate crash again as he already did that in KL, so we covered them together inside the room like a married husband and wife way of life. One funny part in the afternoon where I saw Cheryl and her sis was pressing their necks infant of the mirror, I went to ask them what they were doing and Cheryl showed me a way to press the limph node on the neck to bring down the water on the face and so can make the face look thinner. Haha this is something nice to know.

Bee Bee Family Portrait with Korean Hanbok

One day Bee Bee had a chance to gather with family members and she engaged us to capture from photos that can be placed in their home and album for memories, Bee Bee family is quite special to me because she is a Korean-Malaysian mix, she is studying in Sydney and her brother Jack is one of the most handsome looking male model to date hehe. As her grandmother is always in Korea, so this time she is in Malaysia for a visit. Bee Bee parents story had inspired me, her mom is working in the Korean embassy and dad had managed to married her without knowing a single Korean language hehe, what inspired me because usually it is difficult for a traditional Korean family to accept someone from the outside world, but they have conquered all obstacles because of love. Glad that I am able to use a little Korean language to communicate with her granny, she was surprised that I know a little of their language, in the end of the shoot, the granny commented that I am a cute man. Hmm... and so after the session they order a number of frames and canvas from us and also an album. 

JK & Lyn Wedding Day in Grand Hyatt, Kuala Lumpur

NDA (Private Images)

KJ & Lyn is one of my favourite couple, they are very friendly and easy going, I guess trust is built though our service overtime, their wedding was a cozy one because we spent most of the time under air condition hehe, they had their tea ceremony session in Lyn's house and love the family portrait session taken outside their garden. One of the funny part of the day was during the early morning where I tried to find Lyn's house but mistakenly went into the wrong house, which is the house behind Lyn, this is the problem with sending location, I was quite surprised that the maid in the house allowed me to enter a stranger's house without any questions asked, after I went in the house it was all dark as it was very early in the morning I spotted something funny and went out and look for the real house again, well it was another gigantic house though. The owner of the house was very concerned about who actually went in and later Lyn clarified to them and it was ok.

Later that KJ and Lyn had their exchange of vows session in Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur, and everyone was asking me to take a picture of them, some couple shots, some with their kids etc, this is a crowd of people that really love pictures lol, I mean really really love! We were all very busy taking pictures of people the whole day. Later in the wedding ceremony they had a simple wedding dinner in Shangri'la and everyone dressed up in shanghai style, the theme was very red and all of them are funny type of people and they continue to ask us to take pictures of them, one after another, the videographers were smiling at us indicating something funny, we all laughed hehe. Well it was an awesome day, sadly we can't share any pictures to you folks as it is a private wedding. Later Lyn's sister and immediate family member had also engaged us for a few family photoshoot session. So you can understand how pictures are connected with them. 

Jack & Cheryl Wedding Day and Dinner in Hilton, Kuala Lumpur

Jack and Cheryl will going to have lots of fun and tough work to do as they have 3 wedding events in the plan and this is simply one of it, they are having their ceremony in Pangkor Laut and another ceremony in Penang where I am assigned for the KL and Penang session. Both of them are actually pharmacist working in Melbourne and this time they are going to have some fun in Malaysia, it is really hard to RSVP all 3 events without a planner but they did it. Up next, Penang.

Olivia Baby 1 Year old Birthday Party in Bens, Publika

Finally, it took 1 year to accomplish the task for baby Olivia, today she has turned 1, time flies, I remember we did Alicia's maternity where Olivia is still inside Alicia's tummy, then her newborn photo a day after Alicia have given birth to Olivia, then Olivia's full moon party and now the final stage of the assignment, Olivia's 1 year old party. I felt that I'm part of Olivia's story, someone who knew her a little bit more compared to Alicia's friends. It was a very fruitful feeling indeed.

Yan Yang & Li Yuan Wedding Day in Conrad Hotel, Singapore

Accomplished Yan Yang & Li Yuan's pre-wedding earlier in Bali Four Seasons Hotel and now its their wedding day in Conrad Hotel Singapore. This hotel is nothing new to me as I have covered here for couple of times already. Since Li Yuan love disney movies, so she made something with the mickey mouse theme. She is a smart student who graduated in one of the best schools in Singapore won certain awards of excellence, I forgotten what was it. But every smart girl there always a soft part, and her tears is a good proof of that sentimental heart, I had a great time covering Li Yuan's family's tea ceremony, everyone was happy and we kept laughing during the family photoshoot session. As for Yan Yang, he has always been a polite guy that trying to cherish every moment on that day.

Moment of Life Photography Speech in Photocraft Cafe

Malcolm & Pin Wedding Dinner in Noble Mansion

Malcolm and Pin had their wedding dinner in Noble Mansion PJ Plaza 33, both of this couple are working in Singapore. Just love the gown selection by Pin, both of this couple has a good taste in fashion and they made the simple event fun and alive with few different kinds of march in, hehe, I say its a very good day for me to cover this couple, handsome groom and pretty bride, nothing more can ask for and I made sure that most of the things happened and small little emotions are captured in a nice way. :)

Parallelism of the Past and the Future - Bernice Kong Personal Portrait in Tanjung Sepat

Portraits can be of many kinds, but those portraits that able to revive what was hidden, cure what has been a burden, made understanding whats important, leading a person's inner soul feeling lighter and further understood ones own self after a simple photoshoot session, we can say that we are the few that understood the essence of a true photoshoot can contribute to a person. Making it a unique experience that surpasses the importance of photo itself, but the most rewarding is the session itself. Only the subject are able to understood the feeling, its existential where it is difficult to share to another subject. Yea one can say its quite psychoanalytic, but isn't it wonderful that we make you visual yourself in a different dimension? We believe this is approach is far beyond what art can offer, because the heart always wins.