Archive for the ‘Photography by Bryan’ Category

11/03/2011Luanne & Kevin (Niki & Titan)

Full of power, speed and fully prepared for what’s coming around the bend, Niki and Titan burns rubber as they roll roaring down the tarmac. Luanne and Kevin, the owners of these motorbikes (Niki and Titan) are RC-Racing enthusiasts as well. They are one of the last couples that met us at our former gallery at Bali Lane before we moved to Northstar.

Once again, we got to work with gorgeous gowns from The Wedding Present and styled by the talented Sophia Chia. Luanne was trained in Fine Arts and she gave me all the freedom to create out of the ordinary. We planned the shoot location at two of Singapore’s soon-to-be decommissioned buildings, the Tanjong Pagar Train Station and the Queenstown Hawker Centre. I was really excited about photographing at these two places for some reasons. I have never visited the train station before, the train station’s old architecture is one of the few left in Singapore and I think it would work very well shooting with toy cameras and expired films. Queenstown Hawker Centre is a place which brings back a lot of memories to me as well. I used to visit a stall on the second level, selling one of the best pan-fried dumplings in Singapore. It taste so good that, my good friend and I would each order 20-30 piece at one go. We went there so often enough that they would take our orders on the phone, 30mins before we arrive.

Kevin and Luanne proposed to do the night segment of their shoot in a motorbike garage with Niki and Titan and perhaps I will leave it to the photographs to rev(rave) romance in their own language.

We were lucky that a train check-in

Your baggage are safe here

One of my favourite pieces

Shot with expired slides and cross-processed.

Totally dig the colors of cross-processed expired slides. You really have no idea what you gonna get.

The now defunct hawker centre.

I absolutely love the light and the rustic setting.

Luanne in evening gown.

 

Introducing Niki and Titan

Titan’s full titanium fairing

 

05/03/2011Awards and Accolades 2010…(happy new year part deux)

As some of you may be wondering, what happen to the 2nd part of our Happy New Year post. With the release of the 2010 4th Quarter Contest results this morning by AGWPJA, this is the part where I wish to thank the people who have supported us in all the way they can to make 2010 a successful year. 2010 wasn’t exactly a very auspicious year for marriage thus we saw a significant drop in weddings compared to 2009. Having more time between each wedding assignments,  I took the opportunity to push myself further and I am exhilarated that my hard work paid off with 2 Merits in the MPA Awards 2010, 8 Accolades of Excellence in the WPPI 2nd Half International Competition and 3 placings in AGPWJA 2010 4th Quarter Contest.

Thank you to,

Jean ~ for being the best, I love you

Mum & Dad ~ for believing in me and I love you both

Jacqueline ~ for bringing out the best in me. You are the best stylist!

Nikon Singapore ~ for the unconditional support.

Ryan Wong, Peng Eik & Gilbert ~ for the mentor-ship and guidance

Wedding Partners (Amanda, Renee, Patrick, Jean & Ted, Silhouette, Anna, Kim) ~ Thank you all for supporting us.

ChrisW & Tsen, Sherman & Sydelle, Raymond & Angeline, Samuel ~ for all the great fun times, support, trust and advices.

All 140 couples, our friends and fans we have over the last 2 years of our business ~ for having us to photograph your weddings, the facebook ‘likes’  and the recommendations you’ve made.

Every single one of you contributed in your own way for the awards and accolades the followings pieces picked up.

Merit-MPA Awards 2010, AOE-WPPI 2010 IPC, 8th Place-Creative Portrait AGWPJA 2010 4th Qtr

Merit-MPA Awards 2010, AOE-WPPI 2010 IPC

Merit-MPA Awards 2010

Merit-MPA Awards 2010

Merit-MPA Awards 2010

Merit-MPA Awards 2010

Merit-MPA Awards 2010

Merit-MPA Awards 2010

7th Place – Getting Ready, AGWPJA 2010 4th Qtr

13th Place – Weather, AGWPJA 2010 4th Qtr

27/02/2011Rubi & Rick

About two years ago I shot Rubi and Rick’s solemnisation and was thrilled when they approached me again to shoot their bridal portraits and wedding day. Sad to say I was already booked by another lovely couple. I got to know Rubi, or should I say Rubi got to know my work when I sent my cameras for servicing at Nikon. She left a really great impression with her welcoming smile and fantastic service despite that back then, I wasn’t as established.

During the pre-shoot discussion, Rick mentioned about shooting with electric guitars and having the shoot with a slight rocker twist. What made things better, was one of the gowns that Rubi gotten from The Wedding Present was a stunning black with shiny sequins. The styling that Bobbie from The Make Up Room perfectly match the theme of the shoot too.

What more can I ask for when the weather and sunset was almost near perfection?

03/01/2011Justin & Bernie – Bridal Portraits

We were just done with Justin and Bernie’s wedding day last night. Allow me to share with you their bridal portraits we did last Novemeber. We shot Bernie’s gorgeous gown entirely within Sheraton Towers. It was a big and grand wedding gown with beautiful ruffles from Silhouette and we have Melissa Yeo to thank for the editorial make up and hairstyling.

29/12/2010Marco & Aili – A garden solemnisation

Marco and Aili is one of the few adventurous couples that I’ve met. Marco travels the world just to run marathons and Aili, the supportive pillar, simply follows wherever he runs. By the way, Aili is part of the lovely girls I mentioned in my earlier entry about Lisa’s wedding. While we are still churning out Marco and Aili’s wedding day photographs in the digital darkroom, let me share their beautiful garden solemnisation they held earlier this year.

It was a very forgiving day, the weather was the kindest when the rain stopped just 30min before the ceremony. And what worked like a charm, credits go to the pair of  Teru Teru Bozu, a little traditional hand-made doll made of white paper or cloth that Japanese farmers began hanging outside of their window by a string. This amulet is supposed to have magical powers to bring good weather and to stop or prevent a rainy day.

While not only we have their family and friends to join the ceremony, some of their guests brought pets too. This is the first time I’ve shot a pet themed wedding. Aili’s not-exactly-small bunny was definitely enjoying the moist green lawn of Hort Park, once tried to even escape into the hedge. It was truly a brilliant evening to spend, watching the sun sets as the band 53A entertained the guests. We had a great time with you. Once again thank you for the vuvuzela that you’ve gotten for us from your honeymoon. Jean and I wish both of you all the best. And talking about adventurous, we are very envious of your experience diving with the great white sharks minus the hypothermia. You’ll hear from us very soon about your wedding day photos.