This lovely church wedding was celebrated at St Johns Cathedral in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. The wedding dinner was at the Shangri-La Hotel.
Wedding at St Johns Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur
Vanessa and Christopher – Beach Destination Wedding at Four Seasons Langkawi
Vanessa and Christopher’s weddign was on the beach at the Four Seasons on Langkawi. We started with mandatory portraiture around the resort before heading to the beach for the actual ceremony. The wedding dinner was at the Serai and was both stylish and awesome fun. Once it got dark the whole wedding party went down to the beach to set free hot air lanterns. A couple of weeks later we headed down to Melaka to photograph their wedding banquet for family who couldn’t make it. I haven’t put up a posting of this (yet) so in the meantime will include just onre of the photos from that evening at the bottom of this photo set. Photos included below.
Unless you have a heavily locked down web browser you should be able to enjoy BOTH the Four Seasons and Melaka weddings by watching the movie below. I hope you enjoy the music too!
Malay Kampong Wedding in Tanah Merah Kelantan
One of the things I love about covering weddings in Malaysia is I get to travel all over this wonderful country and see every type of culture and wedding practice. Hanin and Azlina’s Malay wedding was held in a small kampong (village) in Tanah Merah, Kelantan. The village had the typical raised houses and “big family” feel. So EVERYONE came for the event. The house was decorated beautifully. The following day we were treated to a selat demonstrations (Malay martial arts) and I have included a photo of this further down in this post.
This was one of the few weddings I do shoot alone. I usually can’t do this as being in 2 or 3 different places at once is logistically impossible. But this was no problem for this wedding.
Technical trivia: Nikon D3, assorted lenses. Off camera flash system using 4x Nikon SB800’s. These are the most reliable flashes I have ever owned!! Nothing else I have used either before or after have been so intuitive to use, so reliable, or so well thought out as far as power to weight ratio and the inclusion of so many useful extras. I have owned mine since 2007, and 8 years on are still chugging along with what I would guess as at least a hundred thousand triggerings per unit with no overheating and no burned out components.
Dusk.
House beautifully transformed
Azlina waiting for the ceremony to begin
Henna is used for weddings in both Indian and Malay cultures
The beaming dad!
The kids were very excited
Cooking was an industrial affair… major rice cooking in progress
Malay selat demonstration
PreWedding Portrait Photography in Bali
Bryan and Cheeleng’s prewedding portrait session was in Bali. It was a long hot day but it was so much fun. Bali is one of those classic destinations where you just can’t go wrong with its exotic locations and awesome scenery. I would have to admit we struggled with the lighting on this trip. The sun was relentless casting harsh light almost everywhere we went. Due to heavier traffic than expected we couldn’t wait it out at many of the destinations but overall we got some really memorable photos.Next time I think two days minimum would be a better idea.
All done. Hot day. Let’s go get an ice cold one.
1MDB Head Office Launch in Menara IMC
I was present at the launching of the 1MDB Head Office in Menara IMC and thought I would share some of the images here. The Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Tun Razak and other senior members were present along with a delegation from China. There were great hopes on this day for great things to happen.
Menara IMC
Entrance to the 1MDB Head Office in Menara IMC
Speeches
Member of the China delegation gives his speech
Malaysian PM Dato Sri Haji Najib Tun Razak
Prime Ministers speech
Prime Minister makes the opening official.
11 January 2010. A historic day.
1MDB signing agreement
Handshakes all around