Outdoor Wedding Photoshoot

Ok this is the first day of the photoshoots. My 5th wedding assignment. We are making a coofeetable album in monochrome. Initial plan was at Lower Pierce Reservoir with a sunset background. But it was raining heavily so we decide to go to Singapore old high court situated in town. Here are some of behind the scene shots. The photographer uses trigger sensor for a single flash with umbrella.

The Big 5 wedding photography

This weekend will be the 5^th time I be taking an assignment as a wedding photographer. A lot of people would say, “Wow, that’s wonderful. You must have been earning quite well for your hobby?” Well....If I list down the statistic, is actually no. You see... it’s been 5 years since taking up photography and to put into perspectives, it’s a year each for a wedding assignment. If this is my main source of income, I’ll be left high and dry long ago...

Wedding photography is one of the most common lucrative photography assignments that one would jump into. But doesn’t mean you have a dslr camera and a flash you can take a paid wedding assignment. That would be suicidal for you and disastrous for the bride and groom if the outcome look like a typical snap away series...Although this is my fifth wedding assignment, I would call this the BIG 5. The reason I call it the BIG 5 because this would be my first assignment where the bride and groom is a total stranger. The last four assignments I have taken are my relatives. And it was quite a success since all of them love their wedding albums I took for them. And for this up and coming, I’ll be doing with another photography buddy of mine. I’ll be at the groom side and my partner will be at the bride’s. If most of you are not too sure about a Malay/Asian wedding in Singapore or Malaysia, well it’s a huge occasion. When I say huge, I mean really huge. There will be close to 1000 to 2000 thousand invited guests. Most would come and go after their meal (buffet style). And the event would be chaotic most of the time. A Canadian buddy of mine laughs at me when I told him about this. So I invite him to my wedding. Well I have the last laugh of course. Everyone will try to shake hands and congratulate the wedding couple. By the end of the day, the couple would have a sore hand after all the handshakes. LOL..If you really want to see these typical Asian weddings, well just wait and I show you in the next up and coming posts.

So the next few posts will be more of Asians wedding and my final result in this wedding assignment.

The wedding

Some of the images I did at a friend's wedding

Farah n Izwan Wedding in Singapore 23rd Aug 2008

Malay Wedding In Singapore

Asian Malay weddings is on of the most unique wedding in the world. Invitations can goes up to 2000 people in a day. Celebration would takes about 3 to 5 days. And preparations would be done most of the time solely by family members

My first blog

It’s been two years I was contemplating on setting up a blog. Well now, here I am. But what I didn’t realise is how difficult it is to start the welcoming blog. I’m stuck with words......

This is my traditional wedding suit. check out the hat!!

My wife always tells me that I don’t need to write much. A picture speaks a thousand words. That’s why now I starting my own photography blog that would help me show the world my assignments and works on the website. I am an avid photographer. I have done a few wedding assignments and events photography (will upload some of the photos soon once I got the hang of this blog... be patience my friend). I also just start selling my photos in Istockphoto.com. Stock photography brings a new world in photography for me. It’s not just simply shot, upload and sell. It’s more than that. I learn the hard way of keep editing and editing my collection of photos (You can check my photos in istockphoto at the link provided).

Anyway I bought my first DSLR in 2006. It’s a Nikon D50 (I broke my kit lens in 2007). A reliable camera but after awhile it got complicated especially if I am taking stock photos. Lenses currently using are Sigma 55-200mm F3.5, Sigma 18-200mm F3.5, Nikon 50mm 1.8, Tokina 124 and Nikon 18-70mm F3.5. My next camera body is Nikon D300.

Now this camera is one those must have for any photographer especially if you think, eat and sleep photography. It doesn’t sound right but you know what I mean. But it will set me back at leats 3000SGD. Anyway, what’s with the world today? Digital camera is getting a huge jump in sales these recent years. I noticed that almost everyone I met have a camera in their bags.
Ok enough said about camera for now.

I got married to a beautiful woman in last year. We have a daughter. We name her SaraFalisha.

She is now 9 months and I can wait for her to walk. No... It’s not a grammar mistake. She makes crawling and biting everything in her path a profession. Btw she just falls from the bed as I wrote these sentences.

Babies have to go thru this process as part of their development. But watching them going thru this is so damn hard for me. I mean do you really want to see your kids in pain?
Anyway.... another time another blog.... I got to go and play with my daughter. She is back to her normal behaviour already after much comfort...... Cheers