What an absolute joy it is to shoot a pre-wedding in Melbourne! The weather was cold and windy but that also means I won’t be sweating like crazy like I normally would in tropical Singapore! The weather was kind to us because it was reported to rain for the most parts of the weekends but when it came to the time of the pre-wedding session, it was bright and sunny with no rain clouds in sight. The heavens were upon us! Jun Kit and I were college mates back in the day but we sort of lost contact. But thanks to the wonders of the Internet, Friendster and Facebook, we managed to keep in contact. This has been months in planning and thanks to my lovely clients, they’ve arranged everything for us from the moment we left Singapore to the time we started shooting. The schedule and venues were all planned, prepared and I didn’t have to worry one bit. Oooh, how I love my clients! So enjoy the photos from the day shots that we took that day, more to come later!

First up, shots taken from the Parliament building. A famous stop for weddings and pre-weddings alike. I think I saw like another 3-4 wedding couples that day. This place is packed with tourist. I’m glad I manage to take a few shots here minus the crowd.

Melbourne City is famous for their tram rides and yellow cab taxis like NY. Just before we left the parliament, I manage to capture both in the same shot.

Mei Sze looking gorgeous walking down the main shopping district area. By the way, she was in the middle of the tram tracks, talk about dangerous!

Melbourne is filled with graffiti walls. What’s a pre-wedding in Melbourne if you don’t pay a visit to these famous locations?

Melbourne, the garden state. Surely there’s lots and lots and lots of gardens to be found there.

Stopped by at Docklands to shoot a few shots here.

The beautiful Webb Bridge at Docklands.

Melbourne has got to be one of the most beautiful cities that I’ve every been. If you are planning a pre-wedding in Australia, Melbourne is definitely a place to beat. Check with us on our international pre-wedding packages and promotions. Bookings for 2010 are already opened. Email info[at]eeyern[dot]com for more information.

Hi guys!

I know, I know, it’s been a while! I’ve been away in Melbourne, Australia for a week and sad to say, I haven’t been able to connect to the Internet much. Thus, the slow update. I’ve been busy catching up with much needed sleep, work and editing photos. I promise to have more photos up very soon.

At the meantime, here is one photo that we took in Melbourne during the Pre-Wedding shoot.

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We’ll be adding more places to the World Tour for 2010 but if you have other suggestions or places that you would love to visit, do let us know.

This has got to be the funniest behind-the-scenes video out there! I laughed my head off when I saw it, and I am STILL laughing! Thanks to “Malaysia’s Best Wedding Filmmaker” and soon to be “The World’s Best Wedding Filmmaker”,  Kee Sitt for editing it from the many hours of footage that we got from our Bangladesh shoot.

Yes, we are funny people. Sometimes we even double up as court jesters during a wedding.

You can visit Wedding Story’s blog here to find more photos and our adventures to the lovely land of Bangladesh.

Ok guys, here is Part 2 of the series from the Pre-Wedding shoot of Ban Yew & Esther. At sunset, we headed up to the garden rooftop of Marina Barrage, the sky was just plain beautiful.

We started playing with off camera flash with my PocketWizards.

Since it’s dark, it’s time to play with some video light!

I love this shot. I think I told Ban Yew to do something funny and I got the following shot.

While we were shooting, Andrew noticed a reflection on a marble slab and we took the chance to shoot a few shots here. One video light and one waterproof torclight from Melvin’s diving gear was used

Melvin’s shot of the couple kissing.

One of my favourite from Part 2. Melvin was inspired with a Jerry Ghionis shot and tred to replicated it but instead, we got this, which reminds me of some TVB Drama poster.

And my personal favourites for the evening.

There was this little spot outside the Marina Barrage that had a viewing platform, we got Ban Yew to try to kiss Esther.

That’s all for now folks. Hope you’ve enjoyed this series as much as I have. Thanks to Andrew and Melvin for helping out that day, it was great to have the both of you there.

Tomorrow would be another exciting day for me. Hopefully I’ll get to meet one of the top photographers in Singapore and get to learn from him. It’s been my dream to meet him in person.

As promised, here is the first installment of a two-part series of Ban Yew & Esther’s Pre-Wedding shoot last weekend. It was indeed a very beautiful day at the Marina Barrage, although the sky was gloomy and it rained for most part of the afternoon. But things took a turn right before we started and thank God, the sky was just magnificent.

If you’ve never been to the Marina Barrage on weekends, you probably won’t know that this place is like a people magnet. You’ll see families, lovebirds, teenagers and foreigners enjoying the cool breeze and the scenic view of Singapore. It was rather hard to shoot when you have onlookers and people just walking in front of the camera now and then. Nonetheless, we came back with awesome photos and we just love them! Most of the shots were taken right off camera with very minimal post processing.

Melvin and Andrew were my tag-along buddies that day. It’s great when you have people helping you carry the video light, occasionally taking a few beautiful shots of the couple and giving creative ideas. I think we all learnt a lot that day and Ban Yew and Esther would be proud. Ok, enough said, on to the photos… here is the first part of the series. Do check back tomorrow for more!

On rooftop of the Marina Barrage. Doesn’t look like it does it?

God is just awesome for creating such a beautiful blue sky that matches the green grass. Beauuuutiful!

I really like this shot a lot. Been meaning to try something like this for a long time.

Andrew took this beautiful shot of Esther as well as the next shot below.

While I went up the next floor to take this shot.

Then we went indoors to play with some video lights…. oooh.. I’m so excited! Check the next few shots out!

These were some shots that Melvin took.

Ban Yew trying to act cool!

…..and one of my favourite shots from that day!

You probably have seen this from the previous post, but I just love the silhouette. This was taken right off the camera with no post processing. Power of the 5D Mark II. Woot!

I guess that’ll be all for now as I continue to post process more photos. Do visit again tomorrow at 12PM, Friday for the next installment! So what should you be expecting? Well, remember we were there since 5pm? Naturally, the sun had to set and we went up to the rooftop again to take more beautiful shots of the sky.

Here is one from tomorrow’s post just to wet your appetite.

Last weekend, I had a pre-wedding shoot at one of Singapore’s latest attractions, The Marina Barrage. Ban Yew was my schoolmate back in the day. I’ll also be covering Ban Yew and Esther’s wedding in June.

In the morning, it was really cloudy and it rained most of the afternoon. I was praying that the weather would change, despite the fact that I was prepared for a wet day at Marina Barrage. I was telling my wife that each time I want to go out and shoot a pre-wedding, it is always raining. I’m a master in “dramatic skies” due to the rain clouds, I told her. It’s been a long time since I last shot a pre-wedding with a blue sky. But thank God, everything turned out the way it did because at 5pm, the sun was up and the sky was nothing but spectacular.

I was accompanied by two friends, Melvin and Andrew whom I met at Louis Pang’s Workshop in KL. They helped by giving ideas and snapped a few photos for Ban Yew and Esther.

Here are some photos from behind the scene. (Wide angled photos courtesy of Melvin)

The Marina Barrage.

I had to pixelate part of the photo below. Teeheehee.

Andrew taking a beautiful shot of the couple.

Melvin lining up for the shot.

What was not to like about the sky that day! It was pure awesomeness!

As the sunset came, we definitely walked away with several great shots.

Me showing Esther how to pose. (Photo courtesy of Andrew ;-P).

I’m very excited as there are so many great shots that we got out of our little trip to Marina Barrage. Ban Yew and Esther were also very accommodating as we shot from 5pm to 9pm. However, I’m sure they would be very pleased with the shots we’ve got. The next update would be a two-part series of the pre-wedding session.

For now, here is a shot we took from the shoot that day…