1 year older today …
I’m another year older (and wiser) today!
First thing I heard this morning, “Happy birthday Daddy!” (courtesy of son #1)
Next thing I found out when I walked pass my computer, AGWPJA Quarter 2 competition results are out, exceptionally early this time round, and I’ve bagged 4 more awards!
Alright, back to cooking the steak dinner 
Alex & Heline – 26 July 2008
One series from last weekend’s series to share. This is one simple and very beautiful wedding, and we’ve got a very sweet couple with over 90% of guests from overseas.
The highlights slideshow can be viewed here
Alex & Heline, once again, thank you so much for the opportunity, enjoyed myself greatly documenting your wedding. Enjoy your honeymoon!
Timothy & Cindy
Okie, this one’s a little overdue, but decided to post it anyway because it exemplifies the fact that you don’t need a lavish/big scale/mammoth wedding to come out with a good series of wedding pictures.
Even the simple gestures like the groom checking out his bouquet, the bride looking at the married certificate that they just signed; these are fantastic moments that are unique and I’m so glad to have been able to capture them.
The Distinguished WPJA SILVER AWARD!
Yet another great piece of news following last month’s achievements in Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA )and Artistic Guild WPJA. I’m very happy to be the first Singaporean to receive the distinguished WPJA Silver award, which is given to members after they won a certain number of entries in the WPJA competitions. Check it out here!
There aren’t many people who’ve earned it, most of them are from USA who have already been with WPJA for a few years to accumulate these points; currently only 2 photographers in Asia Pacific who have earned the Silver Award.
Here’s the screen shot of the Q1 2008 WPJA & AGWPJA results:
Next target, WPJA Gold Award! (which means I gotta work extra hard to earn it, now that competition is getting so much tougher)
James & Yenling – 25 June 2008
A recent wedding to share. Though James & Yenling had a very simple wedding on a weekday, we had one of the most ra-ra crowd ever. Dinner was pretty much a walk about event, people were half their time on their feet, going around the tables to mingle, chat and of course, the booze. 
Some pictures from the series that I like a lot:
This one’s damn funny. Poor pig!
And even after several bottles of wine, the couple was still very sober!
Kyan’s Baptism
After 3 (as far as I can remember) postponements, the 1-year-old baby of our family finally got baptised in Church of the Sacred Heart today. Compared to his elder brother’s baptism, Kyan’s had a much simpler ceremony because there were only 2 kids being baptised for the month.
Some pictures taken during the ceremony:
I just love the way he stared at Fr Paul Tay
Fortunately & unfortunately, he didn’t get himself dunked into water like his older brother did.
Getting quite restless…
Getting *very* restless
Lyrical Moments ranked overall #2 worldwide in AGWPJA Q1 2008!!!
I’m very delighted to announce our latest achievement in the Quarter 1 2008 Artistic Guild WPJA competition (www.agwpja.com)- we’ve just been named as the overall 2nd placing, and I’m very honoured to be ranked amongst international acclaimed wedding photographers like Jeff Ascough (whose work I like a lot)!
And I’m really happy to be the first Singaporean to bag a 1st place in the AGWPJA competition!
Here are the 4 winning entries:
1st place, Off Camera Lighting
3rd placing, Reception
8th placing, Creative Portraits
12th placing, Creative Portraits
WPJA Quarter 1 ‘08 Results!!!!
Just received some really great news today, I’ve just been named as one of the top 10 photographers in the Quarter 1 2008 Wedding Photojournalist Association competition! The competition is judged by a panel of distinguished photojournalists from New York and Canada and I’m really honoured to be awarded overall 8th placing for this season. The 2 winning entries that are awarded 1st placing & 13th placing respectively happened to be from the same wedding I shot back in March this year, so many many many thanks to Ian & Gloria for the wonderful opportunity!
In 1st place:
In 13th place:
woooooooooooohooooooooooooo
Ben & Le-Hua in Melbourne (con’t)…
Ok, this is a little overdue. Have been busy with all the backlogs and all the meetings of clients. Since I got back from Melbourne, I’ve met no less than 16 couples (that’s almost 1 couple) every 2 days!
And I know, if I continue to procrastinate, I’ll probably be holding it till I’m back from Adelaide – yes, I’m flying to Down Under again for 2 weeks, this time round, my family is coming along.
Anyway, here are some of the highlights that I like a lot:
I love the lighting and mood of this picture.
And last but not least, the spunky Bridal Party!
Ben & Le-Hua in Melbourne
Just returned from another fruitful overseas shoot in Melbourne. Apart from the lovely weather, coffee, food and setting, we are really blessed with beautiful lighting there that makes it a photographer’s haven.
I had the priviledge of covering Ben & Le-Hua’s wedding on the 25 April 2008, which happened to be Anzac Day, a public holiday that commemorates the fallen soliders in the two World Wars. We had a short engagement session outdoor on 24 April 2008 and like all photoshoots, original plans that have been meticulously worked out always give way to spontaneous ideas – one of the destinations was the Royal Botanical gardens and we ended up getting some pictures on the opposite side where the Shrine of Remembrance is, all thanks to the ceremony that was held there the eve of Anzac day.
Here are some of my favourites:
I was thinking of Peter Pan when I did this image:
More pictures from the wedding day on 25 April 2008 coming right up
