Trash The Dress

Two days after shooting Davina's & Tony's wedding reception, I shot her sister Deborah's and Rick's engagement session.

We hopped onto Regina's boat and planned to go out to sea and dock at one of the southern islands for some sweet tropical sunset shots. Despite it being another hot day, there was a storm approaching us when we were out at sea. Forced to turn back, we ended trashing the dress at the jetty. Good thing also...I might end up seasick if I look through my viewfinder long enough.

The whole session took slightly under two hours, but I have already managed to capture Deborah's "bubbliness" and Rick's quiet confidence in under two minutes. That showed how comfortable they were in front of the camera. It was pure joy.

Mum's booking

This is a special wedding reception shoot for me because all along, I've been liaising with the bride's mum, Regina, because the bride Davina lives and works in Australia, together with her then boyfriend, Tony.

It's a joy working with Regina because of her bubbly personality and her ability to plan execute the plan for the wedding reception, despite the fact that she too, spent most her time in China. She booked my services for both her daughters, the other being Deborah, whose wedding ceremony is in August 2008.

Davina's is a really simple affair, as they were married in Australia 2 weeks before. Before the banquet actually started, we took one hour to have a photo shoot in Tanjong Pagar area, on one very very hot afternoon. It's a breeze to photograph them, maybe because they have already gone through 1 engagement session and wedding day down under. However, the heat meant we were literally hoping for some breeze.

A good thing about this weather is the light and shadows are so distinct that they gave me room to experiment with drawing of the light (photography).

Some Favourites

Even though I am focused more on getting the emotions and fleeting moments of the wedding day, I am also attracted to pictures with strong graphical elements and sometimes strong colours.

As I was looking through some of the old/recent photos, there were some which I have overlooked but nonetheless appeals to me.

HFMD

A piece of good news (but that's because I didn't mention the bad one in the first place). My daughter Yu Wen has recovered from Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD).

It happened two Sundays ago (13 April) when we had our regular family get-together. As usual, the more enthusiastic ones are the kids and you know kids, sometimes they share more than just toys and get overly intimate. We didn't know until one of her cousins was diagnosed positive for HFMD and immediately the next day, Yu Wen developed a fever, and four days later, she was so lethargic that her head would find the nearest surface to rest on. She stopped drinking milk, refused to drink water, and didn't even want to look at her porridge.

Fortunately, according to Dr Elizabeth Khor, who is based in Paragon medical centre, it was a mild case and true enough, Yu Wen was her usual self one day after she developed the ulcers and rashes. I think Dr Khor is a very caring paediatrician, because so far, after going through 3 PDs, she is the only one who bothered to call twice over the phone to check on us. She also waived her consultation fees on one of the visits on a Saturday.

I know this sounds weird because talking about kids and paediatricians seem to be more prevalent among mothers, but hey, I'm actually a house-husband who's doing part-time wedding photography!

Talking about that, here's some pictures to share.