First of all, I must say that Dave and Kelly are one cool couple who can keep their composure very well even when some REALLY unexpected incident strikes.

I was tasked to cover this lovely couple’s wedding dinner reception at night. It was a beautiful wedding. The couple hired external party to decorate the place. They even put up a little “garden” at the back of the hall for the guests to take photos while waiting for the dinner to start.

It was a PERFECT wedding dinner reception.

So, what happened was on the 3rd dish, it was a TOTAL BLACK OUT! It was pitch black in the hall and the aircon was not working.

The guests waited and some with children and old folks started to leave the hall as the place was getting stuffy.

1 hour later, electricity resumed. After all the hiccups, the couple went on stage, kept their composure and calmly, apologised to the guests and expressed their gratitude.

Dave & Kelly, despite the mishaps, your wedding is still a beautiful weddings with a lot of blessings from your friends. That’s what makes it a beautiful night!

Congratulation to you as you embark a new journey in life.

Sorry for not updating my blog for 2 weeks. My notebook was down and I got a minor problem with my hard disk.

Finally got it up and running again, and LIFE GOES ON!

Stephen and Cathryn asked me if I can help to take their photos at the heritage train station after a disappointing session they had with a local bridal house.

I normally don’t do this kind of request but in this case, I gotta do it… Coz Stephen is my brother in law (my beloved wife’s brother). Moreover Stephen and Cath are really nice people.

So we went to the train station. It started with hot weather. As usual, it was unpredictable in Malaysia, 1.5hrs later, it started to rain HEAVILY.

My plan to capture a dramatic sky was gone. But I didn’t wanna ask the lovely couple to come back again. So we took most of the shots indoor.

Lovely couple, beautiful smiles… Wishing them happiness as they embark on a new journey.

Ok, Kelvin and Vingel didn’t actually meet each other on the train. Just that we took this in a train station, I just thought it’d be appropriate to title it such.

Alright, let’s talk bout photography.

It was about 5pm and we were in the train station. We waited for quite some time for ONE train to pass by.

While waiting, I quickly setup a Nikon SB900 flash shot thru a diffuser. I put a full CTO infront of the flash wanted to simulate a sunset effect.

However, it didn’t make sense coz the light direction wasn’t real enough to simulate a sunset.

When I was about to approach the light and take out the CTO, I saw a train approaching from far. Immediately I asked the Kelvin to hug Vingel from behind, and changed my white balance to tungsten to neutralize the orange colour produced by the CTO. By doing so, the daylight will change to a slight blue tint too.

I set my camera to a slower shutter speed (1/60s) to capture the train movement but used the flash to freeze the couple.

As the train passed by, Kelvin hugged Vingel tighter… Lovely!

Some readers wrote to me and asked if I can share some “behind the scene photos”.

Your wish is my command…

This set of “behind the scene” photos are from my previous post on “Freeasy Bridal Chic”. Decided to capture some portraits for Melissa after we were done capturing the gowns. Thanks to Christopher for capturing these behind the scene images on his Nikon D70.

Adjusting and positioning the Nikon Speedlight that triggered on Melissa.

“Now, Melissa, eyesight follow my palm… here… a lil’ bit to your right. Alrite, PERFECT! You’re Beautiful!”

“Alrite, 1… 2… 3… Gorgeous, Com’ on! I know the baldhead infront of you is not good looking, but give some face please…” Melissa smiled, shutter pressed!

Chimping with Melissa and showed her how beautiful she was

… and the end result?

The following shot was done using the same setup.

We were indoor and there was NO WAY the sun could reach this part of the house.

So I placed the Nikon Speedlight on the other side of the window and attached a Full CTO colour gel to it to simulate a sunset effect through the window.

I had the opportunity to work with a wonderful bridal gown designer, Yee Ka, recently for her gowns. She branded her collections “Freeasy Bridal Chic”. “Freeasy” means “Free & Easy”.

We took the following series for few of her gowns.

I asked the beautiful Yee Ka (Yeah, she used to be a bridal model herself and a photographer too) “Why Freeasy?”

In her very gentle soft spoken voice, she answered “FREEASY stands for ‘Free & Easy’. In FREEASY we believe that every bride should own their own bridal gown, regardless of her budget. We’re here to make it easy for you to find your dream gown”.

Throughout the conversation, I was touched by how sincere this beautiful lady by showing her interest & understanding in helping every girl to look her BEST on the biggest day in a girl’s life.

I had the privilege to be part of CK & Natasha’s wedding. WHAT A LOVELY AND FRIENDLY COUPLE!!!

The whole ceremony and event was filled with joy and laughers and the couple was showered with blessings from friends and relatives.

LOVE IS IN THE AIR