The wedding day of Justina & Lars will forever be a significant day for me. Their wedding day will stand out, far brighter, and far more sentimental in the many years to come. And as I sit at my desk, writing this blog, not on my laptop, but on my iPhone, just because the tiny keypads make it much easier for this one-armed bandit (me), to type, it’s obvious (if you haven’t figured it out by now!) why their day will hold a special place in my career of shooting.

It was a beautiful day and I was excited as it was my first time shooting their church wedding ceremony at the majestic St John’s Cathedral. Close friends and family, local and abd from abroad (Lars is Danish) attended the blessed union. What attracted my attention most of all, were the colorful sarees that contrasted with the stark colors of the church! (Actually, I just have a thing for all things Indian). My favorite part of the day, was when Justina and her girlfriend got to the hotel room! They burst out in laughter, and tears, and laughter, and tears and screamed at the top of their voices, “I’m married!!!!!!”. Sorry, let me make that “I’m married!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” followed by unstoppable and unconteollable giggling. It was super sweet…. And funny!!!

… and this was the shot I stood on the stool for… (hey! at least I got my shot! and I’d like to think it was worth it!)

The dinner was held at the Sheraton, KL

If you haven’t signed up, what are ya waiting for? The first ever, Weddings and Portrait Photographers Malaysia Conference (WPPM) will be held from Friday, August 13 – Sunday, August 15 at the Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur! This will be the first and largest wedding photography conference in Malaysia and it’s one not to be missed! Main conference speakers include famous internationally renowned photographers Patrick Low, Jim Liaw, Jerry Ghionis, Charlie Lim and Lito Sy Bio.  I am honored to be one of the platform speakers and will be talking about Creative Photography. My slot starts at 9am on Saturday, Aug 14! Let me know if you’ll be attending my talk and I’d hope you’d come by and say “Hi”! See you there! Be there or be square!

Click here for more details and how to sign up!

Here’s the promotional video Jack prepared for me!

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After 3 weeks of being cacat, I was looking forward to seeing my Orthopedic again, in hope that my Xrays would show a perfect recovery and my bone grown back into place and my cast would be removed, even though my gut told me that it hasn’t really healed from the pain that’s still there… True enough.. It hasn’t healed. When the radiologist removed my cast and request u turn my elbow in position to scan, it hurt so badly I felt faint afterwards. So the cast stays on for another 3 weeks and although the thought of it frustrates the he’ll outta me, I know it’s for the better. Wish me luck, that these next 3 wks would be the very last of my cast!

Hani’s a school teacher based in Johor. Nathan’s an engineer in the US. God works in mysterius ways. This time, He decided that these two souls would meet over online gaming and IRC chat! This is a real-life case of Internet love and after months of online chatting and long distance conversations, love blossomed. A year plus later, they tied the knot!

I first met Hani & Nathan during their pre-wedding shoot where I was smitten by the couple who were so obviously head over heels in love with each other, undoubtedly of course, considering their love spans across the Atlantic ocean! Months later, Steve, Hsien Ming and I were on our way to Avillion, Port Dickson, to shoot their beach wedding!

It was a very unique beach wedding, indeed. The wedding took on an “Alice in Wonderland” theme and they brought it to the next level when they got rabbits involved as part of their ceremony! They placed collar tags on each rabbit, one male, one female and the rabbits were donated to the resort where they would start their new life, as “husband” and “wife” in the pet farm. What an original idea!

One thing I really like about beach wedding photography is to be able to walk barefoot in the sand, enjoy the cool sea breeze and of course, capturing romantic sunset shots…

Makeup + Hair by Emilia Marcelo