Babies seems to be the in-thing these days. Go out to the malls on the weekends and count the amount of families with a baby in a stroller. A lot out there I tell you! Guess who’s going to join that group soon?

Anyways, covered a Cukur Jambul for Izan a few weekend’s ago. Drove up the road and stopped at the house and thought it looked familiar. Izan was actually Iziana’s sister, one of our Fifoto couple!

But today was Jake Harris’s day. It was his Cukur Jambul day, a Malay tradition where family members and friends cut bits of his hair.

Thing was, baby Jake was crying a little during the ceremony but when he was brought around to meet the guests (who were also at the same time, reciting prayers) he fell completely asleep. I suppose the rhythm of the prayers soothes him to sleep.

Was really great getting to experience this unique Malay tradition. Some of my favourite shots below.

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The week flew by fast enough, I suppose. Having spent the entire week at the studio, working extra hard and extra long with one good arm, I’m just glad the week is over. And I’m secretly thrilled at the fact that my team will be backing me up with a busy weekend of shoots this weekend while I take a break from work and rest. With one more week to go before I go for my next checkup and X-ray, in hope that that would be the last of my cast, (I’m imagining a good left arm after July 26th!) I’m looking forward to being normal again and no longer “cacat”, which Ming has been affectionately been calling me in the last 2 weeks (which I’ve also grown fond of, actually). So please please please send over your healing vibes and wish me cast-free real soon!

It’s been almost 2 years since I first met Chang Chang. My first time working with the lovely couple was back in November last year when I shot their pre-wedding photos in Melbourne. After 4 hours of shooting, a nice dim sum lunch and a serious nose-bleeding incident, we formed a special bond. And before you know it, they were back in KL for their wedding!

Chang Chang & CJ have been together for 10 years and they are just so cute together. They had a beautiful church ceremony at St Mary’s Cathedral, one of my personal favorite churches to shoot at. It’s old school, vintage, pretty. When the priest announced them as husband and wife, ohhhhhhh you should have seen the long and loving hug they gave each other. It felt almost like a sense of relief, that they are finally, after 10 long years, husband and wife. Very sweet indeed!

Unlike most Chinese weddings with separate sessions, Chang Chang and CJ did it the Australian way and we shot for 14 hours continuously, my longest ever wedding shoot! My respect goes out to the Bride who lasted in heels all day when my feet gave way even with flats on! Nonetheless, we had fun, as we always do!

The dinner reception was held at the Imperial Garden. The oriental decor was strikingly beautiful, with Chinese lanterns dangling from the ceilings and floral wallpaper plastered on the walls. They really took the theme to the next level and I’m sure it’s safe to say I wasn’t the only one who was slightly (“slightly” is probably a major understatement!) taken aback when the food presentation was “performed” Ming dynasty style with swords and waiters dressed in olden day soldier-outfits! The speeches that night was the main highlight, for me that night. The speeches by the couple were meaningful, thoughtful and so sweet. I gotta stop crying at weddings!

Congrats to Chang Chang & CJ on finally being husband & wife! And thankful, from the bottom of my heart, for having us as your wedding photographers and allowing us be part of your very special day!

… and there’s the hug of the decade!

Makeup + Hair by Emilia Marcelo

Wedding Planning by Jovita Lo

It is turning out to be a busy and exciting month for me, not only photography wise, but also generally. My apartment ‘modification’ works was completed a couple of days ago, and just a few hours ago, I was just accepting delivery of my furniture, couch, electrical stuff and all the other itsy bitsy bits. But the biggest delivery will happen in a couple of weeks! Exciting times ahead! Stay tuned to THAT ‘delivery’!!

So before all this exciting times, and the crazy World Cup fever that made everyone have sleepless nights and loss of money (due to disappointing results or a ‘worldwide conspiracy’), I shot a rave. Been a while since I last covered a rave, or a dance event. It was a Freedom night and the highlight was ‘Above & Beyond’. The name was not familiar to me but apparently they are quite good or maybe really good.

The night started out quite slow, maybe it was early, maybe some were watching the world cup match, but by the time Above & Beyond came on, the whole of KL Live was packed and the crowd was already pumped up and ready to partay! And as expected, the crowd went crazy when Above & Beyond came on.

So their tunes were somewhat familiar to me but judging from the response from the crowd, they were just damn good!

I love raves!