Some photos of Elaine and Kenny that I shot yesterday, must say that we’re really blessed with nice lighting throughout the day, alongside with that, venues that are refreshing 🙂
Here are some of my favourites:
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You guys did GREAT! 🙂
The WPPI 16×20 is one of the international competitions that’s often regarded as the Oscars equivalent of wedding and portrait photography, and probably one of the very few competitions that the big guys and legends of wedding photography (folks like Jerry Ghonis, Yervant, David Oliver) take part in. I’ve always wanted to attend the seminar but for the past few years, I’ve got to photoshoots in Singapore that tied me down. Last week, I’ve received some well wishes from fella photographer, some even from Malaysia, who saw my prints hung up there, amongst the finalists, in the hall of fame. What really sucks about not being there is, you have no idea which prints you’ve won…until this morning.
Just received the email from WPPI about 3 of my images being awarded Accolade of Excellence! Not too bad for a first attempt, and considering I’ve only sent in 4 pieces (they do cost a lot of money to print, considering it’s 16×20, postage and all just adds on).
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and the 3 pieces are…
Looks familiar eh? Ivy & Suan Hau must be very happy, this is the 3rd International award!
 
The quirky image shot in Arab Street, and ….
 
Another of my familiar favourites, this photo taken in Melbourne has won it’s 3rd International Awards, along with AGWPJA and Contemporary Wedding Portrait during the MPA Singapore print competition last Nov 08.
5 years ago, I would not have imagined myself being able to compete in such gruelling competitions, and I really owe my couples and mentors for their constant support and encouragement. So a BIG thank you to all you out there! 🙂
Started the week with a bridal shoot, despite the unusually high PSI and hazing situation, we managed to get some really nice light throughout the day.
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Catherine & Jun is one of my overseas couples and they are currently based in London, some of my readers would have remembered one of the couples I shot in London back in August 2008. (One of the few things that I *should* have updated, their series of photos was one that was highly commended at my last Master Photographer Association Associateship grading, one of the images won the Contemporary Portrait Awards during the print competition in Nov 08).
Recently, they’ve decided to do a photoshoot in Penang, their hometown where I’ll be doing their actual day wedding as well this coming Oct 2009. This was a really short trip, I flew in on 22 Jan, did the shoot on 23 Jan, and was at the airport within the next 1 hour for night flight back to Singapore.
What is Penang without the famous hawker fare, and having brought me around the best eateries in London, I had the chance to savour one of the best Penang laksa and the famous cendol, served by the roadside. Brought back 4 boxes of beh teh saw (some pastry with water chestnut filling), a much better variant of the famous Penang tau sa piah (the original version with a saltish sweet bean filling).
Here are some of my favourites from the series:
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Have received some really good news today , I’ve just been named 2nd place for the annual competition organised by Digital Wedding Forum (DWF). Yes, I was told that the piece was selected for the finals and result’s finally out!
Here’s the quirky piece, which is also one of my favourites! 🙂
The prize, a brand new set of Nintendo Wii, which I’m going to put it up for sale since I’ve already bought one last year 🙂
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