Here’s a little something before the weekend!

Have a good one!

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“ORG*SMIC” was the word used by Mei Fern to describe Steve’s verbally expressive nature of shooting. I was like, “Huh? Org*smic? Expressive?” Steve is like the most low-keyed, inconspicuous photographer ever! In fact, his unassuming nature is one of his known trademarks! “Org*smic”?… Sorry? Did I hear that correctly?

Yes, I did! Photographing Mei Fern and Justin’s pre-wedding allowed me to see a completely different side of Steve – a complete 180! I have never seen him so exuberant and animated before! He was indeed EXPRESSIVE! And yes, the sounds that he made almost resembled an org*smic nature…

Mei Fern & Justin are close friends of Steve & Ai Ping. Steve shot their pre-wedding photos in Melbourne sometime back.

The reason behind Steve’s enthusiasm was obvious – Mei Fern is a veteran at striking THE POSE and it was so easy photographing her! (Still, I have never heard Steve so expressive even with our past clients who were models! Hmmm…. I start to wonder…) 20 minutes into the shoot and Justin got into the groove as well! (As you will see in the photos to follow!)

They were pretty adventurous and were willing to explore new places including a construction site, back alleys and some abandoned lots! Am pretty excited about our new backdrop and how much fun we had photographing the candid couple!

Congrats to Mei Fern & Justin on their upcoming wedding!

Mei Fern looked fabulous in her white gown!

Hand bouquet by MNG bouquets

Here’s one of my favorite shots of the day…

Justin is a lizard – he stuck his tongue out all day trying to lick Mei Fern… hilarious!

More photos will be posted on our pre-wedding gallery soon!

[Behind the Scenes]

Me and my Shootsac!

Finally, I had a chance to walk along the night market at Jonker Street on the weekend of Jody & Kelly’s wedding. I’ve been to Melaka many times before but have never had the chance to check out the lively night market on the weekends.

Everyone was very relaxed and the mood was pretty calming – everyone were friendly and strolled along the night market without a care in the world – completely different from the fast-paced lifestyle I’m used to! There were all kinds of stalls selling food, trinkets, local handicrafts, art and toys. A lot of the food reminded me of Penang. I found “Goreng Cempedak“, a deep fried-tempura style local fruit that I was craving for only a week ago. There was my favorite “Wan Chang Kuih” (think and crispy pancake-like snack with peanut filling) which wasn’t as good as they ones you find in Penang.

At the end of Jonker Street was a stage where the older crowd whiled their weekend away by singing Karaoke. There was a huge audience as well! I was thirlled to see some old folks dance wildy to the tunes! It was pretty hilarious and definitely something out of this world! (well, out of my world!) Refreshing!

Here are some of my favorite photos of the night!

This is for Allen…just kidding babe! =P

This is “Wan Chang Kuih”

This is fried cempedak – super yummy!!!

Check out the toys!!!

Aside from Karaoke, another favorite pastime is line-dancing. We must have passed at least three event halls having these dancing sessions!

Here’s a pretty cool invention – a mini sewing machine that helps you stitch!

The open-air karaoke…

I wasn’t kidding when I said there were some wild crazy dancing going on!

We finally found a place to eat at about 10:30pm! This was dinner, in addition to my goreng cempedak and Steve’s Curry laksa!

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Vinita had won a complimentary portrait shoot from FIFOTO at a talk I gave at the Attic for one of the Wonder Women gathering, an event held for women entrepreneurs. This was a year ago! Both of us have been so busy that we’ve postponed this shoot till last week!

Special thanks to Emilia for the makeup!

Love this shot of Vinita! She looks like a pro!

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