Perhaps the tallest groom he has met to date, Terence is a charming and friendly guy who treats everyone with great hospitality. And Grace is an equally fun-loving bride. Been a great pleasure to cover their wedding, and wishing them a a life of marital bliss.
Makeup by thelittlebrush. More pictures in slideshow and facebook.
Blog revamped, again. Minimal, white-gray-black, single-column, top navigation menu with drop-down on sub-page. Random favorite image on main page on each reload. Blog relocated without affecting any previous links (*heart* wordpress). Bigger wedding gallery slideshow, with a few more “akan datang” galleries. Few more minor tweaks in the days to come, especially the travel gallery.
What else is new? A new vehicle (actually second-hand Kia Rio) gotten last week. A new job in two more weeks time. And a new project in the name of 365.
Well, Happy New Year Twenty Ten! (no, it’s not Two Thousand Ten)
Yit Ming and Chooi Cheang had a fairly relax and intimate wedding in Mandarin Oriental Hotel Singapore. Skipping the usual gatecrash session, the preparation started early in the afternoon at a comfortable pace. Surrounded by close friends and families travel from all over the region, their solemnization and wedding dinner was filled with lots of warm wishes and laughters.
Many favourite pictures to share. Even more on facebook and slideshow.
Godard
“It’s not where you take things from; it’s where you take them to.”
Cartier-Bresson
“For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously. In order to “give a meaning” to the world, one has to feel involved in what one frames through the viewfinder. This attitude requires concentration, discipline of mind, sensitivity, and a sense of geometry. It is by economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression.
To take a photograph is to hold one’s breath when all faculties converge in a face of fleeing reality. It is at that moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.
To take a photograph means to recognize – simultaneously and within a fraction of a second – both the fact itself and the rigorous organisation of visually perceived forms that give it meaning.
It is putting one’s head, one’s eye, and one’s heart on the same axis.”
Adams
“There is nothing more useless than a sharp photograph of a fuzzy concept.”
Weeks
“The fondlers can fight over that whilst looking at their photos of brick walls.”
Twain
“You cannot depend on your eyes if your imagination is out of focus.”
Avedon
“I hate cameras. They interfere, they’re always in the way. I wish: if I could just work with my eyes alone. To get a satisfactory print, one that contains all that you intended, is very often more difficult and dangerous than the sitting itself. When I’m photographing, I immediately know when I’ve got the image I really want. But to get the image out of the camera and into the open, is another matter.”
Einstein
“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler”
Leibovitz
“I’m always perplexed when people say that a photograph has captured someone. A photography is just a tiny slice of a subject. A piece of them in a moment. It seems presumptuous to think you can get more than that.”
After covering a dozen of weddings in many different places, he finally gets to add his hometown to the list. A good friend since the university days, Sze Yin invited him and wife to her wedding on the the Mid-Autumn Festival to be more than just guests – photographer for him, bride’s jiemei for her. It was truly an honor to say the least.
With the charming Mien Wee, both of them made a very lovely couple. The wedding was a simple yet fun affair. A lunch party with a small company of close friends and family in the Crystal Inn was filled with plenty of warmth and love. Less is more. His type of wedding.
A very Happy Birthday to Sze Yin whose birthday falls on tomorrow!
The usual drill. Highlights of the day below. Facebook. Slideshow.
