Yii & Stella, or rather, Stella mailed me one fine day and call me on my cell, speaking to me in Mandarin. I was lost in translation. I mean, I speak a little bit mandarin to get by to take a group photo. 1, 2, 3 , laugh.. Not a full length conversation. Heck, I’ll probably able to order Big Mac in China, not a 10 course dinner.

I had to turn down the job, how would I not. I can’t talk to this girl. I recommended some photographer to help her out.

Yii returned a call, and spoke to me, proper and convince that I can do the job. They flew to KL from Sarawak and met me over a drink. Miri it is – Gua Niah, Sarawak it was. It was crazy, crazily brilliant, and achievable. Yii is an adventurous dude. He explores the caves, and places. I mean, I climb mount kinabalu, but he knows the cave inside out.

It was an adventure, and I wanna share it with you.

Out of this World.

My assistant for the shoot, Yung Yaw shot this!

Hi Jon!

Just found out from Fuji Xerox that we won the ‘Best Memorable Personalized Wedding Photo Memory Book’for the Garden of Eden Contest! Just wanted to say thanks to you again for the beautiful photos! It must have been your great work that helped us win the prize!

Anyway, I uploaded the photos in Facebook last night. My friends loved it! Gave you and AWP credit for it.

Anyway, we really think you did a fantastic job for the photo shoot. And we really like our photos. You work with lots of passion and went far and beyond your call of duty, even to the point of getting yourself dirty, wet and attacked by insects. That’s how a real wedding photographer should be! Keep up the good work and all the best for your business!

Once again, thank you so much for the wonderful memories that we shall carry with us through our journey in life together. What a great start for our life together!

Warmest wishes,

Brenda and Raja

Had the sweetest comments and compliments by Raja & Brenda. Upmost welcome, and thank you for your warm words. Here are the photographs that won them their Fuji Xerox Best Memorable Personalized Wedding Photo Memory Book.

The Godfather.

The Ring master

The Queen

What I like about the clip was how casual George look with just a white shirt, vest, and a black tie – which I thought fit perfectly with the falling water. I absolutely love how he glows when the light shines on him and the falling rain which lead me to come out a rendition of it. Wouldn’t it be nice for a couple to be dancing in the rain for a portrait shoot.

Here is my version.

Emily is stunning in this photo. I absolutely love her pose, and the veil flying about the right way that looks wonderful in the frame. Ballerina with vail. I need to think of a nice name to this photograph.

My flash triggers were failing on me half the time, so we resort to different look to some of the photograph we took, and this particular photo came out pretty nicely in the final outcome.

Kissing in the rain.

And finally, I choose this shot as my final closing shot cos I think this shot is out of this world.

Special thank you to Daniel & Emily for being adventurous. Gown is by That’s Special Ocassion

There were these 2 birds flying across the shot while it was taken. It’s bokehed at the back. Did you notice it?

Well, I am not gonna ask you to watch it again….. no, but I would want to share with you top 5 photographs I heart most from Bernard & Ivy’s shoot, and the rest of the shoot I’ve done, in the next few post. Enjoy:

Aussie Aussie Aussie. Oi Oi Oi!

And here it is, Autumn in Melbourne 2009. Enjoy. It’s a great place to photograph.

This pre wedding photographs were taken in Melaka. We made a day trip and stayed over night to get this done. I thank their hospitality as I was guest to their hometown. Looking forward to deliver their wedding photographs soon. Cheers guys, you two.. just a little bit more yeah, Sharan, & Aaron!

We took this at an abandon banglow in Melaka. I love the location. There are so many more potential at this place. Let me know if you are interested to photograph at the location itself!

The Chinese cheong sam went well with the Studhey in Melaka. The evening soft light really brought out the colors in the photographs. Love this series.