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25 December 2023

Acts School of Dance Ballet Concert

Acts School of Dance Plaza Damas Ballet and Dance Performance Photography

Many people know me as a wedding photographer ONLY. Well yes weddings are my passion, and it is the most “up front” and noticeable photography I do in Malaysia, however I also do a lot of corporate and commercial photography as well. These photos are from concerts I photographed for Acts School of Dance. The dance school is located in Plaza Damas. I have had a long history of shooting for them ever since 2007. I LOVE photographing the performing arts, particularly dance and ballet!

Children excited for their concert with Acts School of Dance

More of the girls from Acts School of Dance.

Expat girls did a Chinese themed dance at the schools performance

Tha dancers warming up

She’s a cutie. A natural model.

Sometimes you just want to watch. One of the youngest ballet performers.

Putting on her ballet shoes

Part of the fairy dance was having a lie down

Backroom dance preparations

Girls waiting before they are called to perform

Some of the girls love the camera

The dancers welcoming their parents to the Acts School of Dance Concert

The juniors perform their ballet

Acts School of Dance also trains dancers in jazz

Motion was captured by slowing the shutter speed way down

These dancers were moving so fast it was hard to capture them!

Ballet: Acts School of Dance

25 December 2023

Dominic and Lauren’s wedding at the Four Seasons Langkawi

wedding portraits at the Four Seasons Hotel Resort on Langkawi Malaysia

Dominic and Lauren contacted me to be their wedding couple for their destination beach resort wedding…at where else? The Four Seasons Langkawi. They were a really very sweet couple and had a touching wedding on the beach conducted by one of their friends who flew in from the USA. Lauren had thought things out well. She had brought print outs on how she wanted her hair and make up to look which really helped the makeup and hair stylists. Another great idea was printing out name badges for everyone. You know how awkward it can be to be faced with a lot of new strangers/friends and remembering every ones name can be a chore. This was a simple fix!

Fortunately it wasn’t crazy hot on this occasion however I still remember how hard it was to run up the beach and stairs to get the wide overlooking photo featured in the set below. Why run? Beach and “modern” weddings are really fast! 5-10 minutes max for the ceremony, so its a good idea to have two photographers (like we usually do) to get as many angles as quickly as possible.

Regarding the dinner: In the Serai which is where it often is. There was a karaoke going most of the night and I think everyone except me had a turn! lots of fun and the party just didn’t stop. Exactly how I like them.

Hope you enjoy the photos.

Lauren making sure the bouquet is perfect

Final touches

Lauren and her mum.

The calm before the storm…well not quite. No storm. Party on the horizon tho.

Dom looking slightly anxious. All grooms are a wee bit.

All thats missing is…..

….the bride. And here she comes

Handing over responsibility

One of their friends is a Minister so she conducted the service

A better view of the wedding location

Exchanging wedding vows

The ring exchange

Of course we need a kiss

We’re married! Can relax now.

All done and time for a kiss

Group photo on the beach

Portraits when the sun sets. In the tropics the sun sets VERY fast.

A more relaxed portrait

Excellent way of avoiding those awkward moments when two families meet the first time.

Classy dinner menu

I think by the end of the night everyone had sung at the karaoke

Cutting the cake

A thank you for a great evening

Final wishes

6 December 2023

Studio Photography with Douglas Lim a Malaysian Comedian

It was my pleasure to see Douglas Lim in my studio recently to spruce up his online portfolio. Not so long ago I had the pleasure of covering his wedding day and we have kept in touch since that time. Douglas is a quite well known Malaysian comedian and his stand up is well worth the viewing. I am including only a small handful of the images below.

Douglas Lim

We started playing with some lighting

Simulating the on stage look in the studio

5 December 2023

A wedding in City Harvest Church KL and dinner at the Holiday Inn Glenmarie

Kevin and Monica’s wedding was at the first City Harvest Church in Subang. The old building was never a great place to shoot, with everything dark and blue, there being no windows whatsoever and the sewage aeration ponds across the road. Not nice! This is quite different from their new location which is such a nice set up for weddings that it is difficult to get a bad photo there. Despite that, it was always a favorite church to shoot in, being one of the more lively and “happening” churches in KL. You will also see our additional lighting in some of these photos. This was years before radio strobes became popular. You will also see a very young Pastor Kevin Loo.

After the main ceremony we headed to the Holiday Inn, Glenmarie, for the Chinese tea ceremonies and dinner banquet. You will also notice in one of these photos my good friend Louis Pang (a wedding photographer from KK) and I posing for a shot. He is one of the relatives and also in the tea ceremony photos.

Please note the following images are a transfer from my old website and therefore may be of lower resolution than later postings. I do know they will look great on your phone.