Greetings from Bangladesh!

It’s currently day two now here at Bangladesh and although I really wanted to write a blog post whilst I was in the airport yesterday, the internet connection at LCCT was horrendous. Anyway its the same here in Bangladesh as well, I hardly get any internet connection so it will be brief posts and updates.

Anyhow, the experience here is a real eye opener! I have never seen so many mosquitoes before in my life. My first encounter with the swarm (yes, thats how many there were) was at the airport. I could literally feel them flying onto me and hitting me whilst I was walking about. Same goes for the place I was staying as well and my left hand alone had more than 10 bites. No worries, we bought (we meaning Andrew and I) a mosquito repellant as well as a diffuser to run whilst we are sleeping. The repellant was excellent, Mortein to the rescue! I sprayed the room earlier and I already see 13 dead mosquitoes lying on the floor.

So much for those bloodsuckers!

Anyhow, the shoot is gonna start soon so I better best prepare myself icon smile Greetings from Bangladesh!

Wedding: Eric & Chew Yong

I recently shot Eric and Chew Yong’s wedding and usually most of the time when I shoot weddings, it would be under the Stories.My banner hence most of the images are posted there. This time, I thought I would also add them here on my blog. Here are some of my shots from the wedding.

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A big thanks to Ian Chew for helping me out on that day as well.

Lian Hoy & Ivy’s Wedding

About a month back, I shot Lian Hoy & Ivy’s wedding here in KL. Although the both of them are based off in New Zealand, they decided to have their special day here in Malaysia which was awesome! I knew Lian Hoy way back from my old high school days and only met Ivy when I was touring about Sydney and Melbourne back in 2003. I remember the time when Lian Hoy was sliding down Mt. Buller mowing everyone down on his snowboard but now, he is an ace when it comes to riding on a snowboard.

I wish to both Lian Hoy & Ivy a successful marriage and may God continue to bless the two of you in your new journey of your life.

Here are some of the photos I took on the actual day of the wedding.

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The wedding gown was really really long!

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I wanted to capture the intricacies of the beautiful wedding gown and decided to process them in black & white.

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The funny thing about the games was that all of “heng tais” or brothers-in-arms were all “bananas” so we couldn’t understand the meaning of the Chinese characters above.

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The girls made sure the doors were securely locked!

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Of course the best man has to endure some of the torture, from the looks of it, he seems rather happy with it.

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Of course no games is without the “test of strength” challenge.

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As well as test of stomach strength!

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After the tea pouring ceremony, we decided on some impromptu portrait shots in Renaissance hotel.

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These photos were the ones I used for the express slideshow and I have plenty more photos to be processed!

Lian Hoy & Ivy's Wedding

About a month back, I shot Lian Hoy & Ivy’s wedding here in KL. Although the both of them are based off in New Zealand, they decided to have their special day here in Malaysia which was awesome! I knew Lian Hoy way back from my old high school days and only met Ivy when I was touring about Sydney and Melbourne back in 2003. I remember the time when Lian Hoy was sliding down Mt. Buller mowing everyone down on his snowboard but now, he is an ace when it comes to riding on a snowboard.

I wish to both Lian Hoy & Ivy a successful marriage and may God continue to bless the two of you in your new journey of your life.

Here are some of the photos I took on the actual day of the wedding.

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The wedding gown was really really long!

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I wanted to capture the intricacies of the beautiful wedding gown and decided to process them in black & white.

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The funny thing about the games was that all of “heng tais” or brothers-in-arms were all “bananas” so we couldn’t understand the meaning of the Chinese characters above.

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The girls made sure the doors were securely locked!

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Of course the best man has to endure some of the torture, from the looks of it, he seems rather happy with it.

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Of course no games is without the “test of strength” challenge.

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As well as test of stomach strength!

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After the tea pouring ceremony, we decided on some impromptu portrait shots in Renaissance hotel.

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These photos were the ones I used for the express slideshow and I have plenty more photos to be processed!

Albert & Serina

I shot Albert and Serina’s wedding together with Grace as the second photographer a month ago under the banner of Integricity Visuals. It was my first wedding I shot after Louis’ workshop in Penang and also after the recent Charge Up conference. Raring to try something new, although it was only a wedding dinner, I tried to remember what I learned and apply it to this wedding.

And boy, did I really enjoy myself together with Kareem and Choon Ean who were the videographers that night. Its such a blessing for me to be able to work with Grace, Kareem and Choon Ean who are all so talented.

Here are some my favourite pictures from that night.
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High key shot of the lovely couple

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Wonderful dance performance by one of their good friends

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Bride’s sister’s band who performed for the guest during dinner. The band is seriously good!

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Aerial shot from the upper floor

Overall, I had a fantastic night. Although some might say it was a half day shoot but shooting from 5pm till about 2am is not exactly a half day if you asked me. Tiring? Yes. Was it totally worth it? Yes!

I think I managed to put in at least 5% of what I have learned. Looking forward to applying another 5% more in my next shoot. Will be posting up the next series real soon! I got a wedding and a pre-wedding to post process.

More photos of this wedding can be seen here on my Flickr page.

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