eeyern photography will be away for the Charge Up! Conference 2010 in Malaysia from 14-17 January 2010. We will be flanked by notable photographers like Louis Pang, Jenny Sun, Ke Wynn, Ian Salang, Grace Tan and many more during this conference. Feel free to contact us, as we will be checking our emails as often as we can.

Charge Up! Conference is a media conference by LiveWire! Media, a non-profit organisation aimed at imparting and training people in the media ministry. It is a cross-denominational, inter-church media ministry network. With a hope in linking up God’s media artists in Malaysia and to encourage and equip them to a greater experience and encounter with Him in their service, ministry and lives.

I know how late this is, but late is better than never! Looking back at 2009, there are things that I am thankful for and things that I wished I could have done differently. Here are some of my Boos and Yays for 2009.

Boos

• I lost a lens at a wedding
• I drop a lens at a wedding
• I drop a camera at a wedding (now you know why I love to gaffer my camera gears!)
• Spending too little time with my family. This is something that I plan to change this year!

Yays

• I like to thank my Maker, my one and only Jesus, without Him, nothing would fall into place and nothing have be possible. Indeed I am highly favoured, greatly blessed and deeply loved. Double Yays for that!
• My beautiful, lovely, gracious, wise, understanding, patient and adorable wife and personal assistant, Lai Yeen. Thanks for being my constant pillar of support and my sounding board whenever I need advice. God has given you wisdom beyond understanding and it would be foolish of me not to listen to you. You’ve been a true blessing to me each and every day. Thanks for sharing this journey with me. *muaks*
• I went International! Shooting in Bangladesh & Melbourne was an awesome experience. Thanks to my lovely clients and partners for allowing me this opportunity. Getting paid to travel and to do what you love is beyond comprehension.
• To my clients who have trusted me in covering their actual day wedding or pre-wedding. Thanks again for without you, none of these would be possible. Occasionally, I would look at the photos that I’ve taken and wished that I could re-live those moments again where I see the joy of two people madly in love united as one. The laughter, the happiness and the mood that a wedding brings is truly magical.
• I met lots of new photographers and friends in the wedding industry. Without you, I would not know where I would be today. Thanks for your constant support and encouragement. Together we laugh, we cry and we grow. Thanks for investing your time and energy in me, you guys are awesome!
• To the readers of this blog, thanks for subscribing to my musings and although I’m a man of few words (when it comes to writing!), I’m glad that this blog has been interesting enough for you to come back again and again!

Let’s pray and hope for a better 2010 this year as we reach for greater heights and greater goals. Change is the only constant and I am to improve and be a better husband, photographer, friend as the year progresses.

Alright, here’s the 2nd installment to Desmond & Ching Sze’s pre-wedding photos.

This is such a beautiful place that I would come back again to shoot here.

Part II coming soon!

That’s right folks! As part of our World Tour for next year we will be heading to Brunei in January 2010! We will be covering an awesome wedding and hopefully have time to do some sightseeing. We’ve never been to Brunei before so we won’t mind having a tour guide if anyone is willing.

It is indeed exciting times ahead and we can’t believe all the opportunities that have been presented to us thus far. It is beyond ouor wildest dreams and we would like to thank our lovely clients and those that have been faithful followers of our blog.

If you would like to meet up to discuss about your up and coming wedding plans or just to meet over a cup of coffee, do drop us an email. Do contact us regarding other World Tour dates as well. Limited spaces available.

Brunei Darussalam is situated in the south-eastern region of Asia, on the Island of Borneo, between longitudes 114′04″ and 114′23″ East and latitudes 4′00″ and 5′05″ North. Brunei, although occupying less than 1% of Borneo’s land area, is the only sovereign country on the island, which it shares with the Indonesian provinces of West, East, South and Central Kalimantan and the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak. For more information click here.

Something surprising happened during the toasting… guess what happened?

TADA!!!

We saw two couples getting intimate at the corner and I got Gerry and Helena to do the same.

Sunset by the swimming pool at their apartment.

Overlooking Bolte Bridge in Melbourne.

Gerry and Helena, wishing you all the best in your upcoming wedding. Hope you love the photos!!!

More to follow very soon from my Melbourne Pre-Wedding Journey. Here’s a sneak peek from the next set of photos coming your way.

I’ll let the rest of the photos do the talking for themselves. Enjoy!

Jun Kit & Mei Sze are such a wonderful couple. I’m glad to know them as first my clients, and then more importantly, as friends. Jun Kit and Mei Sze it’s great to have known the both of you and we would cherish the moments we’ve spent together. I can imagine if we spent a day together, we would be talking non-stop about things that we love. Thanks again for opening your homes to us. You guys were fantabulous. We’re sorry that we can’t be your photographers on your wedding day but I am sure you guys would rock the world!

Over the course of those few days, we got to know the both of them better. So much so, that I can’t help but find it difficult at times to visualise how I could take romantic, sexy, classy photos of the both of them. Each time I have to ask myself if that’s really them. Well, I’ve decided to post this photo last because after knowing them for a few days now, I think that this last photo really describes them the best.

Have a great wedding, guys!

Back at the Webb Bridge, but this time, a different perspective.

Jun Kit and Mei Sze were practicing their Rhumba dance.

I love this shot very much, just look at the moon!

The busy Flinder’s Street Station even when it’s late at night, the streets are always busy with pedestrians.

Crown Casino’s famous fire towers.

Some shots taken at the hotel.

***Updated 19 Aug***

I guess it must have been the flu that I have been having the past few days that I’m not really thinking straight. Haven’t been able to pen down what I wanted to say and many things have slipped my mind. I’ve gotta slap myself silly for missing this very important note. I think I’ve mentioned that I love my clients but I failed to mention how sweet they were. You see, we were shooting in this hotel and they gave us a pleasant surprise when they told us that we would be staying there for the night. Oh! What a joy! If you look at the decor, you would know that this place is marvelous! Thanks Jun Kit & Mei Sze, we love the room and we had such a good sleep that night (yeah, after 11 hours of shoot, I think Lai Yeen and I were both knackered).

***Updated****

Next up are some casual shoot that we did the next morning! If I haven’t mentioned it before, I’ll mention it again, I love my clients! They brought me out for some great Fish & Chips that day and we took some really really nice casual shots. Here’s one to wet your appetite.

Till then, enjoy the pics and have a fantabulous week ahead!