Second time lucky at AGWPJA

Finally i am back from 3 weeks of reservist. It was a nice break for me. But work in office is piling up sky high.. :(

I received an email today. Happy to find two submissions was in top 20 for Getting Ready Category under AGWPJA Quarter 1 contest. Yipee!! I only had one couple portfolio to choose from this year to submit for the contest. And heng heng two of them got into 20.

Satistifed~!

More info can be found HERE.
Gotto catch some sleep now.

2.45am later.... Barcelona vs Man United

Glory Glory Man United!

Michael & Lynn

I did Michael and Lynn ROM last year. And this year, they invited me and Wu to capture their AD moments. Very sporting couple and very comfortable infront of the camera (which makes our job easier...hee...). Below are some of the moments for the day.

Lynn getting ready with the help of mum. Lynn was all smile on her actual day.

Michael and brothers was made to do some sexy moves at the sabo session.

Next task...blind fold to clear some obstacle on the floor with the help of hanging tennis ball.

Look at the tasks that the groom and brothers have to overcome.

First march in moment.

Lynn' family members sang 2 songs for the couple .

Second march in. They did not march in..they danced their way in!!

Like i said, they are simply very comfortable infront of camera. Not shy to pose at all.

Street Shooting

Taking a break from wedding photography, i recently had a chance to try some street portrait shooting. Someone willing to let me try try, practice practice... hehe...

Here is one pic i like alot. Simple love her expression and smile for this moment.

Ok, now have to switch back to editing wedding photos.. :P

Long Break

We have taken a long long long break from photography. That explains the lack of updates. :P

We are busy with work. At the same time, spending more time with family, gaming, and catching up with DVD movies. From now on, i should be updating this blog as frequently as possible.

We had a wedding shoot yesterday for Michael and Lynn. I leave u with one pic. Will post more after we have done with the editing for the rest of the photos.

Michael was quite stress up with the first march in.... Lynn was the Zai one..

Jared & Wendy

I am so tired today. But i can't seem to fall asleep. I think i kenna coffee overdose already. We met 5 couples at Killiney Kopi today (our record is 6 couples in a single day at Bugis back in 2007). Me and Wu spent about 5 hours at Killiney. I think i drank at least 3 cups of coffee (i usually drank only 1 cup max per day) :( .....

Since i can't sleep, i might as well post an entry here.

Wait, before i continue, i must warn ya. If u are under 21 yrs old OR get offended easily by "Adult Theme", PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON THE PIC FOR SLIDESHOW. IT CONTAINED ADULT THEME.

Jared and Wendy was our last couple wedding shoot in December 2008. Well it did leave us with deep impression. They had the longest sabo session and most number of sabo items ever in all our wedding shoot. Oh, and best of all....Wendy stayed near my area. Only 3 mins walk from my house..wahahaha...

Let me try to recall. Jared has to go thru the following sabo session to get his lovely Bride.

Sabo items listed in order from the time he reached Wendy's house...

1. Brothers were told to buy some items outside. One of the items i remembered is bar chor mee. The brothers brought one packet of maggie mee and told the sisters to cook themselves..wahaha.

2. Disgusting yakult drink (many rounds of it)

3. Wear disposable underwear with letters to form the words "We R Bengs"

4. Wear diapers to form the sentence "Loy Love Wendy"

5. Bollywood dance around brothers

6. Bollywood dance around pillar

7. Issue condoms to all brothers and they must each blow till it burst!!! DUH!!

8. Synchronise Dance

9. Get to know Wendy Quiz which Jared failed miserably

10. Wear a string with one sausage and 2 fish balls around waist level. Brothers suppose to eat each other sausages + fish balls (U MUST SEE THIS!!)

11. More yakult disgusting drinks

12. Compose a song with some letters/words

13. Jared blindfolded and declare his love outside a room and must say good things about each sisters.

14. Jared declared his love to a fake bride

15. Finally in between the above sabo sessions, ang paos are given out to sisters.

Heres the slideshow... Click on the pic. Photos contributed by Alex & Wu (we shot together)

Testimonial 3

I remembered last year, at this time, i am still struggling with couple photos. This year, hee hee, with proper planning (and discipline), i managed to clear all photos before CNY. I've been taking a long break from editing work since first day of CNY. SHIOK!! Been watching alot of TV, DVD, gaming and chatting with friends on MSN. ha..

There are still work to be done for Depixel. Update portfolio la, review our package content la, update blog la, meet more couple la, review our package pricing la (*wink wink*) etc etc (oh, did i mentioned our new website is up and running since CNY?). Our "engine" is starting to warm up already. Enough of the long break..

We also received testimonial from Izaac and Janice recently. And i leave u with with and some photos by Wu. (i go watch DVD again..kekeke).

Hi Alex and Wu

Firstly, we would like to wish you guys GONG HEI FATT CHOY!We love the photos that you have captured for us, and we love how you guys have edited the photos to bring out the mood and feel of the photos. Not only that, you guys are very creative to use different angles and lens to capture all the special moment. Many thanks for your efforts. Our families and friends are impressed by you guys as well. Well done!

Honestly, we didn't know that Depixel is so young until we saw your new website. You guys should be proud of yourselves! *wink*We are glad that we have made the right choice to work with Depixel. Thank you once again for capturing our special day, the photos really mean a lot to us.

From the wedding couple,Izaac & Janice

Photos below taken by Wu

I am Thrilled!

At 1.34pm today, i received an email. I scrolled down and i saw this... My jaw dropped

THE TOP THIRTY PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM THE Q3 '08 CONTEST

I am placed number 17.

hee hee hee...

I scrolled down further to look for my winning pic.

Then i saw this...

Under Emotion Categories, i was placed Number 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I almost fell off my chair

And here is my winning pic with the judge comments.

I am absolutely thrilled!!!

You can also view the pic HERE

This is really so unexpected. I was hoping to win something (20th placing also good, a win is a win ma).

Who knows, no. 4 placing wor... wow wow wow. Very hard to believe until now.

Thank you Kian Khoon & Li Ching for the opportunity to shoot your wedding!