Aug 26

More before and after shots to scrutinize! :P

As always the image on the left, is usually the unedited or very basically touched up version of the original shot.

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Aug 21

Before another one of our relic disappears, I am happy to have shot at least one of my couple @ the KTM Railway Station in Tanjong Pagar.

Here’s a preview for the lovely couple, Alvin & Claire.

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Aug 13

More Before & After shots for you peeps who’s interested in the transformation from raw image to end product. :)

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Jul 30

Some images to share from Gerard & Belinda’s pre-wedding photoshoot. And now I am looking forward to the lovely couple’s wedding day in September! :)

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Jul 23

Some shots to share from Daniel & Yvonne’s wedding day. Amazingly, I have another couple next year called Daniel & Yvon (sans the ne at the back). These names must be a heavenly match! :)

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Jul 13

I have been blessed with more than a truckload of fantastic clients/couples during my career thus far. And I am really thankful for all the care, concern, respect, support & love that they showered upon me all this while. I could have been just that camera man who was snooping around for their wedding day, and easily be forgotten a year after. But I am really glad that isn’t the case and that I have built some fantastic friendships along the way, long may this continue.

This was none more evident than last night when I met with a very jovial couple Wenxiang & Irene! Before I could even say, “please take a sit on my comfy couch”, I was fed with nice crispy chicken wings and mouth watering brownies! I did not even have to pull out any drinks from my fridge! Which is probably a first for me! hahaha We went on to have a smashing great time, not just chatting about images or my career but about everything that led us to where we are now and it was really amazing to find out that we have so much in common! It went from common friends who had their weddings covered by me, to us all living in Tampines (in fact Wenxiang is living right next to my block lar! haha), to a common primary school and shockingly common secondary school too! Wenxiang even proposed to Irene @ Jewel box which was near to/exactly the same place I proposed to my wife years ago!

It’s amazing that despite all these similarities, I totally would not have gotten to know them, had I not become a photographer. Now that will be a real bummer.

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Jul 02

Alot of my peers and couples always ask me…

Michael, why don’t you do more pre-wedding/bridals? It’s good for you. Better portfolio, less work (most of the time), less stress = easier money.

Which is true to a certain extent,  cos if I am using logic and being smart about my career, I would/should go full steam into pre-wedding/bridals instead. However, sometimes in life, it ain’t all about money and it ain’t all about fame. Sometimes, it’s for the love of the game.

In my case, my game is to capture the unadulterated moments in time on the biggest day of their lives! That longing look, a loving embrace or the warm smile, which my couples would look back fondly upon years later and remember why they are meant for each other.

I kid you not that I get a serious high from grabbing these images!

I guess, it’s probably gotta do with my street shooting background. Lotsa walking, climbing, prone-ing, waiting, all for the perfect composition with the right subject that happens to pass me by. Much like how someone would sit and wait for hours on end, to get a fish on a hook. The wait feels like an eternity, but when I get it right, it is my heaven.

Yes, covering actual wedding days is hard work, no doubt about it. And if I am being completely honest, not every wedding is a blast, but therein lies the challenge, to wait for that one single moment of magic. Those who know me will know that I am a very patient man and i will wait for that, for the love of the game.

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May 15

I’m back from Paris and right back at work again.

here’s a preview of my Paris exploration. more to come in the days ahead

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May 05

Feeling very thankful to all my wonderful couples thus far, for letting me be part of their lives in a small but hopefully significant way.

I love you all!

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Apr 05

it has taken me a long long long long time to finish workin on some of the images taken in melbourne last year and i am glad to finally have something to show for it

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