When choosing photographer, it is important to know some of the better ones through word of mouths. It is only when you can get first hand feedback from your friend or whoever recommend from.

Even if there is any that is not recommended, ask why so that you can take note of common pitfalls.

I remembered my wife contacted this photographer who had a fantatsic web site with wonderful work pieces featured. However, the photographer was very quiet when my wife met him to look at his work. He admit that he was still very new and still shy at times.

My wife thanked him for his honesty and gave him some suggestions to improve on his sales technique.

There were many times that my wife had to cold call at least thirty photographers ranging from freelance to professional.

December 2006 was a hot period and many better photographers were booked. To avoid having no more contact to call, my wife asked for recommendations from the previous photographer.
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My wife’s cousin will be holding her wedding dinner in November this year.

She has just sent us her wedding photos and we must say, we still love their Hong Kong photographs.

They are totally different from Singapore’s photography style. Previously, I posted my wife’s friend’s wedding photos taken in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong’s wedding gowns are much more beautiful and have more variety.

Some local friends of mine, who have deep pocket, do fly to Hong Kong to engage their bridal services.

Some even had their make-up artists and photographers flown to Hong Kong with them.

If you are engaging their services and using their services in overseas, you would need to pay for all their expenses such as lodgings, food, air-fares and transport.
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This was my first time to have gone through a Buddhist Solemnisation.

It was held at Marina Mandarin Singapore.

Wedding Programme Schedule for Solemnisation:
1. Guests to be seated at 6pm sharp/ all lay out to be done
2. MC announced the purpose of gathering today
3. Singers sang a love song to the wedding couple
4. MC announced the march in (in sequence) of the groom’s parents, bride’s parents, solemniser and the wedding couple
5. Wedding Vows
6. Words of gratitude from newly wed to parents
7. Words of advice and blessings from bride and groom’s parents
8. Word of gratitude from newly wed to relatives and friends

The past solemnisation I had attended was either done at the Registry of Marriage or in churches.
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I saw these two interesting blog posts on the wedidng photos.

These wedding photos are digitally stored in one wedding photo frame.

It is like a tablet, but of a smaller version.

I can imagine how much inconvenience is spared from carrying the bulky and heavy and big wedding photos albums around.

You can read more about the products in these two blogs: “our one heart” and “something old, something new”.

Some of my readers did ask who is Sehsuan.

Sehsuan was my primary school classmate who was very kind to help me be my photographer on my wedding day.

However, he is a true professional photographer who does photography for many well-known organisations.

I took his profile from his website so that we can know him better.

“I have some experience as a sports/news/editorial photographer for various Singaporean publications. I’m doing freelance photography - both local and for hire overseas. Feel free to drop me an email to inquire regarding your job requirements etc. My strength lies in sports (team, contact, endurance) because of my own sporting background; news/media and corporate event coverage. ”

I’m sure many of you find that the photos that he took are very professional indeed. Some of them even better than full-time wedding photographers.

You can check out his website and you can contact him and ask for his professional fee.

I have added a Poll at my Sidebar.

You can vote for your Favourite Photo!!! Vote now! >.<

Wedding photos of a bride from singaporebrides.com

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