Merry Christmas

We always enjoy the Christmas season as we can hear lots of Christmas songs and feel the festive mood. Finally, we can take a breather, singing our favourite christmas songs for this year - "Rudolf, the Red-nosed Reindeer" and "Frosty, the Snowman".

Thank you Aloysius and Gwen for your lovely presents and early Christmas greetings from our couples.

The year is drawing to a close really soon. This has been a challenging and fun year for us.

We are grateful that we are working with like-minded people whom we enjoy the company and working on things that we are truly passionate about.

We are thankful that our sincere couples appreciate what we do, that gives us immense satisfaction, motivating us further to achieve greater heights.

Here, we would like to give our heartful thanks to all our couples who placed their trust in us to capture one of their most precious moments in life.

And apologies to our family and loved ones who we have neglected amidst our hectic work schedule.

With Christmas round the corner, we like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.

Joke of the Day

Kenny told me that many times when he turned up on AD at the bride's house, the bride and her family (and even the photographers) got a good surprise by the amount of gear he carried.

I was mistaken a few times too for just touching down and came straight from the airport with my 'luggage' too.

As for Alvin, we laughed out really loud when he told us the trolley that he uses to carry his gear has snapped recently due to the heavy load.


Adeline

Redco becomes a member of the WPN

Altho this post comes kinda late, we still wish to congratulate Jeremy for being part of the WPN. We've worked together and shared many projects in the past years and have seen each others' work evolved. Joining the WPN will definitely bring more recognition to his works henceforth. Who knows, he may become the "Pre-wedding Specialist" in the network...

Visit his shrine here

Paul & Imelda Wedding

Paul & Imelda's wedding may seem similar to others, but they made it different in their own special way. There's no gate-crashing; there was the church wedding ceremony followed by the tea ceremony and a dinner reception. Instead of the usual march in just by the bride and her dad during the mass, Paul walked in together as well with his parents and other family members. It is not just a union of 2 people. It is the union of 2 families.

It was really heart-warming, especially the friends of the couple joined in the celebration. There was a surprise lion dance performed by the couple's good friends during the dinner and the emcees did a great job to liven up the ambience.

The couple also added their personal touch to the wedding by preparing bookmarks for all the guests invited together with the wedding favors.

3 video clips were shown during the banquet. Family and friends got to know how Paul proposed to Imelda, what the couple usually do during their leisure time and the actual day morning events.

It tugged our hearts when Paul came up to us even when he was busy entertaining his guests and said that he had seen our works over the years and each time we never fail to impress him. Especially this time.

Sweet.

Paul & Imelda Pre-Wedding

Finally, finally, Paul's wedding is round the corner. Though it was last minute that Paul and Imelda decided to do a pre-wedding shoot, there was no anxiety or hastiness from the planning til the shoot.

We are thankful that the couple left the planning to us. I guess they had no idea what they were expecting at all. They were simply so natural and cheerful that made it so easy for us to complete the shoot.

We love the clip! And to know they love the clip as much as we do, really really made our day! You may view it here!

We look forward to their coming AD....

Christopher & Shiao Wei

How about brushing teeth with Wasabi as toothpaste? I've not seen it before in other weddings, but Christopher had supposedly done it for his best man when his best man got married.

Enjoy the fun here.

Last weekend was a crazy weekend for us. We handled 3 weddings over 2 days!

Sylvester & Yong Ying Wedding

Pictures are extracted from video

It is not easy for the grooms these days to fetch their lovely brides home when they have to go through challenging gate-crashing games that go beyond the usual "Suan, Tian, Ku, La" food stuff.

The current "in" games are "Lion dance" or "Cai Qing" and "Breaking the eggs". We and the ladies were highly entertained by the guys. And we believed the guys had fun living it up! I'm sure they can't find other more suitable occasions that they can be involved in such acts to make the day a more memorable one.

The couple had their solemnisation by the beach at Sentosa, followed by the dinner. The setting was lovely with the sunset as the backdrop while the couple exchanged their vows.

What came totally unexpected is the sweet email from the couple. Every word from them touches our hearts. Great chemistry working with Paul from Paul Goh Photography (http://www.paulgohphotography.com)

An extract from their email to share:

"You guys are plain fantastic, of the many decisions we made with regards to our wedding, engaging you two has got to be the best. A lot of our relatives and friends including ourselves are very much impressed with your artistic instinct and brilliant ideas when it comes to creating picture perfect moments, which I am very sure will be talking points whenever we reminiscence about our wedding day...."

Photo by Live Studios

Ivan & Wan Shin Wedding

We met up with Ivan and Wan Shin only 2 days before their wedding when we flew back from overseas. The couple are based in Japan and came back to host their wedding here for their family and friends. Given the short time we spent with them, we did our best to understand their requirements.


Despite the hot weather, Ivan and Wan Shin were readily obliging when I requested them to put up some challenging acts for me. Try running in suit and gown and you will know it's not easy. After a few takes, Wan Shin took off her heels and gosh, she ran really fast... The shots were well-taken and we appreciated it.


After the wedding, we received an email from the couple that the video was exactly what they wanted it to be. There was a sweet tingle in our hearts when we read that.

Kenny

Ezra & Twinkle Dance MTV

A impromptu dance video that Alvin and I did for fun and it started over a cup of coffee. One fine evening, Ezra phoned and arranged to meet me for a quick discussion of his actual day wedding proceedings. Midway through, he popped up the idea of doing a dance video between him and his fiancee Twinkle as they had met and knew each other thru dance. The video was to be screened during his church proceeding. Right away I suggested the idea of doing both indoor and outdoor setting to him. He loves it and a date was fixed. Simple...fast...decisive...

I never expect Ezra and Twinkle to be such good dancers! I've knew Ezra for years and this is the first time I've seen him so upbeat and full of energy. It was during the shoot that I came to know that Twinkle was in fact, a full time dancer instructor.

We use Canon XH-A1 on the steadicam for the smooth moving shots and handheld Canon 5D MKII with lenses 50mm f1.4, 135mm f2.0L and 24-105mm f4.0L IS.

Enjoy the clip here

Kenny

Maverick & Mavis Wedding

When we first met M&M (that's what they proudly call themselves!) a few mths back, we thought they are an odd match. Mavis exudes a sense of coolness and clamity that contrasts with Maverick's exuberance. But after meeting them several times for banquet rehearsals and such, and having gone thru their childhood/paktor photos as we prepared their photo montage, we began to see their passion for each other. Their outward differences are inconsequential.

The fetching-of-bride was a hi-energy affair. Maverick and his groomsmen were all gamed up in everything that came their way. Watch the SDE clip here

We are very happy that the highlights was very well-received during the banquet. All this was made possible with the couple being so natural and expressive. Especially Maverick and his team of brothers, who were highly spirited to make everyone exceptionally entertained.