Sometimes I feel that photographs taken by the photographer reflect what kind of person the photographer is. You can tell from the photos if the photographer is romantic, humourous, or poetic. You can tell his/her likes/dislikes, what he/she thinks is important, what story he/she has to tell, if he/she is not shooting based on a template or formula.

In order to shoot weddings differently from other photographers, and to shoot each wedding different from another, it is very important to have one's own vision. for me, I am guided by instinct and feelings. When I am at the wedding, what do i feel? I feel the deep love of the couple have for each other. I feel the strong friendship between couple and bridesmaids/groomsmen. I feel the warm family ties across generations. I'll shoot photos that i want to see even 10, 20 or 30 years after my wedding, because love is timeless.

If I love the way my wife looks at me....


If I am looking for some humour....

If I am inspired by a poetic bug....
If my daughter is getting married, I want to be photographed too! (be it happy or sad)

The love story never ends.....more to come!

Photojournalism



Anyone remember the cover photo on one of issues of The Newpaper, which has a man (China girl Guo Juan's supoosed husband) throwing a handphone at the press photographer?

Well, the photographer was Choo Chwee Hua, an ex-colleague whose skills I admired very much. She didn't duck, but instead snapped the photo instinctively. If it were me, I think I would have dodged and missed taking the shot.

Lesson? Shoot first, dodge later.

So when it applies to weddings, shoot first, no matter what your subjects say. :)

Rain

It's been raining pretty heavily this past 1 or 2 weeks. However, once in a while, the window still opens (no matter how small) for some terrific light that a photographer will pray hard for.

Kids!

They do the darnest and the the most unexpected things! You don't know whether to cry or to laugh.....but one thing's for sure. Weddings will not be complete without them.

I love my job!

Chiefly because it is something I can do very well in, PLUS the fact that I love my subjects.
Weddings--I am a self-confessed romantic: I count some of my favourite movies like (Chinese) Tempting Hearts (xin dong) and Tian Mi Mi. I am a sucker for nice love stories and I can witness a lot of love and emotions on a wedding day.

Secondly, I love kids. I have a nine-month daughter and she simply blew me away with her sweetness, curiosity and tantrums. My life was made upside-down, and it was never the right-side up before my wife and then the baby appeared.

Ka-Foong & Alex

I've been trying out some pre-wedding shoots, but only with a unique concept for each couple. it's never my wish to mass produce pre-wedding shots even though it can be rather lucrative. Why take the fun out of it, when I have enthusiastic clients like Ka-Foong and Alex who provided me with so much inspiration and so many ideas to make the shoot so memorable to them.

Marie & Darren

An Australian boy meets a French girl in London, and decides to get married in Singapore. Love without borders. It was a very casual and "friendly" wedding to cover because I have never met the couple before but everything seemed so familiar to me that documenting their love story has never been easier. All thanks to this smashing couple! Only downside is Darren is a Chelsea fan! What a pity!

Ian & Michelle

I'd always remember them because they are the one and only one couple (till now) who brought a carton of canned drinks for me when they visited me at the studio. What a nice gesture! And it showed in their wedding day too.... union of two beautiful minds.

Karyn & Lawrence

A very lively couple who was still having loads of fun despite having been together for like since genesis. I was trully touched by the love and affection they have for each other. Beautiful!

Keng Boon & Huifang
















There are quite a number of weddings in the 4th quarter, traditionally the peak season for wedding photographers. To some photographers, the 4th quarter is to them like what the Mid-Autumn Festival is to mooncake makers.

Here, I have a wedding gown fitting session with Keng Boon and Huifang----a sincere couple who treats everything related to their wedding very seriously.

Hi all,

my name is KC Wong, a wedding photographer based in Singapore.
It's been a pleasure for the past 2 years because i had the priviledge to document so many beautiful weddings and along the way met some wonderful people who have generously extended their invitation to one of their most important days of their lives.

To all those who have believed in me....I owe you a big thank you!

This blog is created as a platform to showcase some of their amazing wedding moments as well as any other joyous or celebratory occasions, through the eyes of a documentary photographer in me. Please enjoy and feel free to comment.