Morale Booster

I received a sms from a January 08 Bride last weekend

Hi Alex,
the photos are very very nice. Really thanks a lot for putting in so much effort. Really brings back many great memories.
Hope your business will do better and better :) Thanks

Morale Booster!!!

Yeah!! You happy, we depixel also happy!!

And then another sms follows...

I recommend you to my friends.....
.......Think you all should start to charge professional prices. :)

Faint....!! which means our prices now very low lor... :(
Not the first time people tell us already. And usually only tell us after we gave them their photos...ok ok..will review our prices very very soooooon.

(i can see Wu nodding his head furiously..... kekekeke)

Mark & Angeline

3 more couples photos to sort. And i going 2 weeks reservist soon..............

IPPT coming as well...and i only have 1 week left to train 2.4km for under 12 minutes ..... Huat ah!!! :P

Happy New Year!!!

The last shoot for February is finally over last Sunday. We are not taking any jobs in February to finish off all outstanding couples photos (5 more couples photos to sort and edit..faintzz). There are a couple of enquires for February wedding though so...lets see how la. YES.. FINALLY I GET TO REST!!! kekekeke

Last Sunday was my good friends' wedding and i was asked to cover the event. So i took this chance to pull in Darryl (introducing our so called "back up" PG or 3rd PG for Depixel). Darryl is my childhood friend and he stayed just less then 3 mins walking distance away from where i am staying now. We did everything together during our childhood days, from cycling, skateboarding (and getting caught by police for skateboarding on the road), fishing, gaming, badminton etc.... We got "seperated" for about 10 years when we went tertiary education and army (we did not keep in contact till last year and all these while he is still staying 3 mins away from me...really wierd ya. ha ha) . And now, we are back together doing photography stuff. Darryl is more of a creative person probably due to his web design backgroup. You can check out his temporary web HERE (full version of the web not ready yet).

Daniel asked me to cover his wedding last sunday. I was quite reluctant at first becauase i wanna eat, relax and enjoy the company of good friends. I also have a 13 hrs wedding shoot one day before his wedding. Haiz.. who ask him to be my good friend. The bride is also my secondary and poly schoolmate. So how can i refuse this. I told Daniel i need him to do a few stunt for me in return during the actual day shoot and he accepted it with a grin..haha. I was almost in zombie mode at his dinner because of lack of sleep (I only had less then 8 hours sleep from Friday night till Sunday Midnight). I have to do the following Express Highlight for his dinner which leave me no sleep in the afternoon (I dozed off a few times and nearly crash my head onto my monitor in the afternoon...kekeke). Anyway with the help of Darryl, we managed to produce the following Express Highlight and slideshow to show everyone here.

Click pic for slide show

Last but not least....

GONG XI FA CAI!!!

HUAT AH!!!

Get to know yourselves better

This is so damm chun about me.
The other day I was reading my friend blog about this Get To Know Myself Better Test. So this morning i decided to try it myself because she said the results described her really well. I didn't believe her as i thought all these test are crap until i did it myself. Really chun wor!

Your view on yourself:
You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:
You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.

Your views on education
Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

The right job for you:
You have many goals and want to achieve as much as you can. The jobs you enjoy are those that let you burn off your considerable excess energy.

How do you view success:
You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.

What are you most afraid of:
You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It's time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.

Who is your true self:
You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.

Photo Blog helps

This photo blog really helps. We met a few couples recently and usually we will show at least two recent portfolio (er, i think this blog shows the most latest pics already. The one in my laptop shows a more complete version of a whole day event). But lately, few of them did not even finish the first portfolio and return the laptop to me. At first this is quite worrying because it could mean our photos are so badly done that they bored them ...hahaha. In the end, the couple signed up with us leh. ho ho ho... i later found out they checked out our pics in this blog (and website of course). So prior to meetup, they more of less decided on us (phew!!). The meetup is probably just to get to know us better and see if we can click (sure can lah, me and wu so friendly, don't u people agree?? kekeke..). So this blog really helps. GREAT!
OK, another December couple photos...

Yes, finally, one last December couple photos to go. Should be able to finish by this week, hopefully (i know she is watching us CLOSELY.....DANGER...wahahahaha). Ok lah, i know u reading this. Will try to pass u this weekend ok. I doing it now. Really....

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6 more couples photos to sort & edit. So many photos and so little time...haiz..
2 more shoots to go before CNY!!
2 couples are chasing me for photos!! Breathing down my neck liao....
I need a rest badly. I was talking to a VG during a shoot yesterday. He has been in this line for many years and he told me a few PGs has passed away due to exhuastion. GULP!! I looked at Wu, he looked at me... WE NEED A BREAK SOON! We decided to declare some weeks off to rest, research, review and to plan. haizz..
I fell sick after a shoot yesterday. Pop in two panadol & 2 running nose pills to last me for today shoot. I lost my voice. haizz..
Despite the lack of sleep and the tons of photos to sort & edit, we enjoyed what we are doing... DUH!! strange...
I discovered today, Wu cannot take durian..WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....really Pengz.
ok enough. A few photos from December shoot.

Doremon Couple

Before i talked about the Doremon couple. I have something to blog about first....hee hee..

We as a AD photographers are bound to work with some videographers. Along the way we have met some nice one that we feel very comfortable to work with. I guess it is important for PG to work well with VG to bring out the best for the couple. That is why we sourced for VG partners. At least we have someone familiar and knows each other style.

We worked with two VG not too long ago. Let call them Mr A and Mr B.
Mr A is very experienced because he is with the industry for 15 over years. Lots of experience, seen alot and know alot. And because of this, he tends to take control of some things and talked too much (or maybe i can call him Mr know it all). Well actually this doesn't really bother me but i guess it bothers the couple. I did not see him at the dinner that night. Well, my guess is, he utter too much (nonsense?) and probably take control of too many things. For me, i am a silent shooter. I try not to interfere or talked alot and prefers to let the day goes by naturally so that i can captured the natural self of everyone (but sometimes must control abit la, like group photos la, tea ceremony position la, or when the couple asked us for opinion la). So please hor, don't say i dao hor just because i keep quiet hor. kekekeeke... Sometimes i also shy shy ma...hahahaha..faint.

Mr B is very unfriendly. He doesn't smile much and he is rude to the guest. Why rude? He can shout at the guest who blocked his view!! I was shocked! Totally shocked. And best of all, he told me off infront of the couple. Faint! Just because i didn't wait for him when the car door was opened. I was totally dumbfolded!! He got off the car first... at least 2 minutes later then i got off the bridal car to photograph the groom. So that 2 mins...WHERE IS HE??? Even he is somewhere, he can always alert us to wait for him ma... ai yooo. OK, to be fair, it could be a misunderstanding somewhere, but can't we talked? He don't even want to talk to us!! And must he say me infront of the couple? waaah... how will the couple feel dude? No choice lor.. i keep quiet and swallow lor. I don't want the couple to feel stress that we PG and her VG not getting along ma. I guessed the couple also sensed his "pattern" and apologise to me later in the day. They didn't expect the VG to be soooooo hostile. Thats not all, he blocked our view, he video the couple as if he own the whole place without considering our presence... very unique videoing process indeed. It is a case of lack of communication ..... and it seems like the VG is not willing to talk it out. Really very unfriendly. haizz...

ok enough. Time for some photos... Kevin and Carilyn. One of the first few couples who signed up with us. Both of them like Doremon so much that the brothers have to dance and sing Doremon. Even Kevin must composed poems with Doremon before he can meet his bride. He is really a talented and smart guy (scholar hor). Can sing, can talk, can dance, compose, can teach as well. Oh, i also met a long time friend at their wedding. Apparently she is a colleague of Carilyn. Really small world. I got so much to say to her but it seems like we have distanced.. It is not the same as before when we met many many years back (i knew her when she was taking her O'level). I still remember those days.. haizz. Anyway.. photossssss.....


At the dinner that night, Liverpool play Manchester United. The guys knew this is a crucial match not to be missed. The groom appreciated everyone attendance at his dinner. And everyone at the dinner seems to support Liverpool....... Except me. I am glad Man U won 1-0 away...AHAHAHAHAHAHA... Red Devil Rulessss!!!