A Japanese Wedding: So & Tomoko

Since I'm based in Tokyo currently, it will be odd not to have a Japanese style wedding in my portfolio.

The chance came, when my colleague asked me to be their photographer. So here is a quick sneak preview post. I hope you like it!

Celebrating KY & XN

Another wedding trip to China, as a friend and as a Uncle Bob kind of photographer.

I played my role well, get out of the real photographer & videographer way, when they are in business. I put my camera down and observed - how the pros run their show.

I definitely missed out a lot of important scene, but what more important than being there and gave them my best wishes?

I would say, this was a very touching ceremony, I myself was trying hard to prevent my tear from dropping too. And this is the moment I think value the most in a wedding.

A big congratulation to KY & XN again. Thanks for having me there and all the best for the brand new journey as husband & wife.

Anticipation

We anticipate a lot of things in our life.

A better career, a great relationship, a caring friend, and the list go on.

And there is a time, you know, when you step out of the doorstep, your entire life will be changing.

This is the moment, I think most of the groom shared. The anticipation mixed with anxiety, a women you love is soon be your loving wife.

Congratulation, my friend!

The Moment

Haven't have time to really sort out all the photos from Juan's wedding, but I do want to share this one on a single post. One of my fave, and it's the reason why I like to photograph a wedding.

Nothing fancy about this photo, and maybe a faulty one due to a tight composition. But what attracted me most about it, is the moment captured. The bride's best friend was giving a speech, and from this single frame you will know, how meaningful the words were.

Photograph tells story. Laughs and tears. And it's last forever.

Juan & Kai's Wedding Sneak Peek

Attended my buddy's wedding at Tokyo last weekends. Juan, my buddy since Osaka Gaidai, when we first came to Japan. And Kai, his lovely wife. Met her twice, but I knew down from my heart, they are born to be together.

They are so adorable.

Congratulation! My friend.

Pit Fuh & Bee Gim Wedding

First, let's me congrats my big brother & sister in law again, happy marriage :-)

First wedding in the family, first time covering a whole wedding from day till night.

I read from a lot of wedding photographers, never shoot for family and friends. You will get yourself in trouble more than giving your best wedding present to them. I know before hand that, this is a tough job. I'm not just a photographer, but a close family member. I need to play 2 roles at once. Worst, I'm solo. My brother asked his friend to help out for the photo shooting too. But I totally dunno how should I coordinate the day because I really inexperience. I can only hope that if I missed some important moment, others can get it. At the end, I can only said that I'm no more than an uncle Bob.

I'm nervous. I'm afraid that I will mess things up. On the actual day, I clicked the shutter, I checked the LCD screen, over-exposed, under exposed, blurred images, bad compositions...all kind of situation came up. I kept remind myself, you don't need all shot to be perfect, you just need one. One that captured the moment.

2 days after the wedding day, then only I have the time to sit down and review the shots. I shoot in RAW, so basically every photos need some minor adjustments. Somehow every time I move the adjustment sliders, I felt myself cheating. Every time I cropped an image, I felt like I've done a poor job. I hate that feeling.

Taken another few days,off and on, finally I manage to pull up an album from thousands of images in my HD. I can't say that I have done a good job, just ok job, but I feel that this is the best present I can give to my brother and sister in law. Hope that they will like it ;)

Look back to these pictures. I think I've done a safe job, most of the important moments had been captured. I need more creativity. I need to take more risk. I need to see thing more differently. I need to communicate more. I need more....a lot to learn. Hope that I still have a chance to cover another wedding in the future.

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