Things to note to me while photoshoot

alright, all of the photos here are taken from other sources. If you see this, please allow me to use these photos, there are just too awesome!

anyway, I try my best to credit to the source as some of them I don't know how I get them. I just simply save these pictures and put them in one of my picture folder, namely beautiful folder. As each of the photos have manifest something that I need to learn =)

All of the photos taken in Santorini came from Sunrise Greece, the gown wear by Xia Xue came from Wedding Gown SIngapore

 I wish to take a pic like this too!

 I'm not sure whether it's Santorini is too beautiful or the skill of the photographer is too good that the photo turned out to be so breathtaking even the assistant only clad in casual wear.



Reminder to me:
1. Don't be to rigid in posing. Warm up before photoshoot, relax and make your body action obvious, big and variety, just like dance.

2. act cute doesn't harm..LOL, I mean not neccessary you must smile all the time during photoshoot. Shoot with various expression: missing, loving, sad, naughty, sexy, emo, appreciate.......

 I like the expression of VIVian here, her expression make this photo so outstanding!

 Like I said, act cute doesn't harm......display some interaction between you and your hubby! in not-so-intimate-yet-loving way!

Like, angry to him?

Feed him/her

look at him with puppy eyes?

3. shoot in abundant of different places!! like Placessss~~

 Totally different look from the previous, I mean the attire.

 Also, take some time to set your hair. Not necessary must have style in the conventional bob hair like nurse, air-stewardness one. Unless...you really look super elegant in that look. Not much people can pull off that hair style from as far as I have seen.

 why set a hair is so important?  When make up is manage to make you look more attractive, your hair will make the complement the overall look even when the gown is not so attractive.

Hence, it is very important to choose a right gown base on the setting.

I wish that I can choose a right accesories too! but I am poor in this. I prefer a balanced look.

Hair accesories : Floral band, cloths

Face accessory: ear ring, ring, necklace

I like cheesie's hairstyle here! This photo remind me to take some effort to do research about how to style my hair in the future! It totally complement the overall look!

4. Be careful when select your attire for shooting. Make it variety. Set a theme. a theme will give you a lot of directions! Girly, grecian, .... of couse, when you are doing a wedding photoshoot, make the choice of your theme not only one, but variety. Variety in a sense that..... each theme must be so different from each other. Like....Bohemian........and then in the kitchen.......he cook for you?? 

also you can make your photoshoot to have a story-like fairy tales. 

5. I saw both Xia Xue and Cheesie shoot with contact lens on. I not sure I will look good with contact lens or not. but I want to make sure I am the prettiest on that day. So I should try put on contact lens , and compare the photo taken without contact lens. ...COz for me, eye make-up is good enough.

6. choose your attire that suit the setting!

7. Important reminder to me:
Have fun while shooting! prepare meticulously, check everything (attire, make up, accesories, shoes, his attire) to ensure everything is match perfectly, and only have fun while shooting without need to care about anything! Hassel free shooting I want!


8. Take care of yourself
take care of your
skin,
eye bags,
 the shape of your body (hourglass),
your hair (smooth),
 nail(does it really matter? just have a basic treatment on my hand and nail lar~~)
- have a mask everyday during the shoot

make sure you just look healthy and indeed so healthy before everything is put on!



9. Practice to walk with High Heels so that your movement won't be limited by HEELS!

10. Standby a portable fan in case it is too hot!

Four days and Three nights with him

30th April 2014 - 4th April 2014

I really like that our university location is only about 30-40 mins journey.And our Class, Sem Break and Final are almost the same period too!

After I completed my 30th April-paper, 

Headache

asked him to come and comfort me,hehehe

and this time he did!

I mean I always asked him to come me randomly, 

but he always busied with school stuff.

 this time...

He himself asked whether he need to come or not, 

on the day he finished his final

(this is the moment when I felt what he say:" I will see you where there is every possible chance.")

Initially, I asked him to come after 2nd May, 

Cause I wanted to finish my Grammar Paper first

But headache is a valid reason to ask him to accompany me

hehehe

And guess what,

on the 2nd day (1st May-the Labour Day)

my family come to Kampar too! 

They came here all the way from Kemaman

just to ship some furniture into my new Kampar hostel~~~

Really felt so blessed

I mean my parents can opt not to come to Kampar

but rest on this day

instead they chose to drive 4.5 hours to here 

and help us to clean the entire house

And going back again the second day

Before my family going back to Terengganu

 We(family + bf) dinnered together 

Literally Eat Play and Love these few days

Since I was moving house, we went out to eat everytime

It was fun lar, coz I don't always go out to eat,

and eating during exam really help to relieve stress

Taken while in Sweet Hut, didn't take much photo this time, coz I always look pale, deprived from sleeping since I need to revise my paper=)

See! prove of studying hard~~ makan also on the floor~~ LOL.


Thanks for helping me in moving house.Both my family and him
My family:
1. clean the entire house
2. sweep and mop the floor
3. arrange and relocate the furniture
4. my mom washes my room's toilet
5. buy padlocks, hook, rope for hanging clothes
6. a lot of others I didn't know cause I was in exam when they were busy for moving house.


My bf:
1. Move my entire stuff from old hostel to new.
2. Tie the rope
3. Repair the light(with my dad)
4. Find carpet with me
5. Help me to deal with the wireman while he came to repair the light.Was studying also that time.
6. Accompany me to TM to switch name.


Thank you for being my ah Sei (slave) and help me to move things around. Really appreciate it so much, would feel very fatigue without you. You are just there for me =)

 Makan Makan at 71. =)

Really so sought after it open at 6pm. But it's ady very crowded at 5.55pm.

 And this boy addicting to Clash of Clan like so much. Even I asked him to help me move the wardrobe.....I need to wait for 2 mins for him to snatch somebody's village.  If you didn't get it, I doesn't sound sarcastic here, I mean...he is a very responsible boy...or man? Really so responsible I can proof it myself, he  completed everything without me to worry, and urged me to study somemore.Just that it's a bit fun to see how he was so  into the game. Like.....a little boy who is so responsible,completed every task which is given to him, but can ignore everything when he play the game...the kind of adorable lar~~~


And we did quarrel too. He wanted to eat some ais, so we went to Face Cafe cause seeing there are a few ais at the entrance there. But dude, we got duped. The ais is not yet available....haiz.....He already asked me not to order anything since no ais is serving. But I ignored him and ordered my Tom Yam....that's when I could feel sour mentally and physically.

He don't like to eat something hot or anything that can make him sweat in outdoor, or non-air cond condition.Summore, his fist intention was to eat something sweet and icy cold.Tomyam is totally opposite of this. End up I  ate alone with the grumpy ambience while he played his clash of clan lor~~~

The next day, after his anger subside a bit. He made jokes of this.

What is AIS?
A. Tom Yam
B. ABC
C. Sayur
D. Bodoh



And then on the final day, while he was laying on my bed..

WS:Dear, do you think we are kind of  co-habitate now?

Me: Oh really?  Then would u still want to co-habitate with me in the future? (thinking that world with only 2 of us is quite boring also. Boring as in...even though we constantly flirt with each other, we still have our own world, own circle of friends, hehehe, quite amaze at myself I felt only in a mere 4 days)

Ws: NO, I don't want to live with Brainless people

Me: (punch him). People who live in Glass house should not throw stone away. (没有脑的人不要讲别人没有脑)


............

So far, 4 days 3 nights is the longest time we have been together. Previously, it was only 3D2N. Really wonder how if we stick together for 1 week continuosly....will we not there enthusiatic as 3D2N? or how? Thinking in this way, it make me feel that Absence really make the Heart grows fonder. 

Anyway, I love him, ok?!


P/s: 

In the same room

out of boredom,hehehhe

Valentine's day 2014

 Today is the First time we celebrate together!!

Actually I think everyday is Valentine's day lar, but on the real valentine's day, the ambience of the Love is in the air is more festive.

and also for the first time

He gave me this Valentine's present

Never expect I will get this from him

Thank you so much!!

Although the Nude colour of this tote is not impressive at all.

and then got a little folded mark that quite ruin the overall aesthetic.

BUT but

it's branded wer!! The name of Charles & Keith is quite flatter lor...

Above all

I received this as a totally SURPRISE!

Double excited when it come as surprise.

And it's your sincerity too!

So much of sentimental

will keep it even when it's broke in the future

Thank you! 

On the other note, I blog for our first time too lar`~~~

First time going back to Ipoh together with him on January! 

It's 11th January 2014

and 

First time eating Ginger Vermicelli with him in Bukit Tinggi

Christmas 2013

 Harlo!! Are you  shock seeing this big photo of mine? Testing the lipstick in Guardian while window shopping in Guardian.=)



It all start with a celebration of Christmas.WS's friends planned to throw a Christmas steamboat. And They invited me! LOL, as Wei Sheng's girlfriend. hahaha, another benefit of having boyfriend. You can join any of his events like his friends are my friends except that we are not that closer. But they still consider you as one of their members!! Muahahaha.

Thank you for inviting me, PJ!


So,ealier that day, on Christmas Eve, WS drove from Dungun to Kemaman to fetch me to Mesra Mall. And we have our sweet dating and window shopping there!

*cough*

er hem er hem

skip the 2 pics below by just quickly scroll down for the next =)

The photos are quite indecent, but I already warned you to skip it,right?After all, this is where I put the every bit of ws and me.=P

We watched Ronnin 47 after buying the foods needed for steamboat.I love the moment spending with WS. He just take care of me to the most detail.For example,  I no need to carry heavy handbag, cause I can ask him to carry whenever I am tired.Also, you can lean on his shoulder for not reason.Everything is just at ease!

 1am in the Mesra Mall, the bunch that I spending the first hour of Christmas with! From left, Bao Foo, Christina, Pei Jing, The girl who write this blog, and the girl's bf, simple adress him WS.

 

We both taking English, I am closest with she in the bunch.


Oh yea, I forgot to mention what is the significance of this post.Christmas Celebration has compelled my first time stay in WS's house. I doesn't stay for one night o! I stay for 2 nights!


It also signify that both my parents allow me to get closer with him. Previously, my dad would say

女孩子一个人去男生的家住， 人家的父母会怎么看你

I also quite surprise my parents will allow me for staying over there.Thank you so much to my parents for see me as a more mature grown-up.=) =) =) =)~~~ (I think that's the reason for their approval )


And then another benefit is I can eat a home-cooked! I had never eat a home-cooked from my mom not because she doesn't want to. but the flood has ruined almost everything in our house. Our time before I came to Dungun is all about cleaning cleaning cleaning. The next day woke up cleaning cleaning eating sleeping.

WS's parents have been always be kind to me.Like the way they treat WS lar~~

 And then that afternoon/evening, we went to Jack's house for the preparation of steamboat. It's not mainly about wrapping the dumpling lar~~~ There were still 2 pretty ladies there made the qing tang(清汤)and Tom Yam soup later.

here is another example of how he taken care of me.He doesn't allow me to do anything like wrapping dumpling, washing. or anything that deal with the food.I sat that like a statue and sometime shoot them only.





Went back to bath and came back again.The steamboat was about to start!!

Yen Ting's mom made a really nice chocolate butter Marie. I already get the recipe!Will try to make it this holiday.

 Why did you look like a patient here?? Couple in stripe.

 

Gift exchanging moments after few rounds of game and washing dishes by them. 

 FromLeft: Jing Mei, me and Yen Ting

King's game before end the...party. I really had a fun time with people who I =)came into contact then. <3 <3 <3 =) =)

I havd glutinous rice ball on the third day.I think WS told his parents I want to eat tang yuan.His father even taught me how to prepare the peanut, sugar, soybean, sesame mixture in the ratio of 3:3:2:1.

 

 

Tadaa!非常好吃的福州汤圆！

a very tasty Fu Zhou Rice Ball.Only in WS's house.LOL

 

And then the kuih-muih that I ate in his house. A lot of Malays delicacies that I didn't savour even in Kemaman.Nasi Minyak is awesome!

Ok, sign off this post with pics of WS and me =) The purpose of this post is to show that I had stay in WS house for 3D2N! From 24-26th Dec 2013.

Recap : Self Service Wedding shooting

结婚那件事 - 寻找心目中的婚摄
Wedding Bells - A,B,Cs to find the right bridal style for you!

Retrieved from http://when2meets2.blogspot.com/2013/11/wedding-bells-abcs-to-find-right-bridal.html

After I have read her blog, I plan to make my wedding shooting DIY one, means I found the photographer myself, dresses myself and choose the place of shooting myself. Here is a list of quality photographer that specialise in indoor and/or outdoor shooting. Big thanks to the author of Twenty Two for providing this!(I knew her husband name, but she never mention her name ma~~ so I don't know lo)


https://www.facebook.com/dee.ho.395?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/pages/perhapslifemoments-by-Kurt-Ahs/104662312905808?ref=br_rs
https://www.facebook.com/Framesstudio?ref=br_tf
https://www.facebook.com/adamongphotography?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/edwintcg?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/kevintanphoto?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab
https://www.facebook.com/deviews?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab
https://www.facebook.com/zung.thephotoz?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab

Sorry for disorganize of the links, since my main purpose is to jot down the photographer to consider in the future, so just put them like this lar~~





can go to Liked the FB page if you want to get the instant update from the author herself.

在还未结婚前，我一直都有留意婚摄方面的资讯，

在面书只要看到喜欢的摄影师都会加以关注留意动向。

一开始我就摒弃了商业化或较有门面的婚纱店，

就感觉到那里不会有我想要的东西。

我心目中锁定的目标是国内几个知名的独立婚摄摄影师，

譬如Adam Ong等人的作品都是我的菜，

但一方面我又想要到国外拍摄婚纱，

想到这一层花费自然是庞大的。

这些摄影师的作品拍出来的画面都非常到味，

就整个故事都呈现在照片里了，这就是我想要的感觉。

在真正要开始寻找婚摄时，这一些就不在我考虑之内了，

因为费用真的不是一般人可以负担得起的，

单是包下摄影师和造型师到国外已是要花费十多千以上了，

更何况还要负担我们俩的旅费。虽然无法实现这方面的心愿，

但我还是找了另外一个独立摄影师作为我们结婚当天的婚摄负责人。

这一层留待我们明年婚后再分享他的作品咯，

他的作品我也是一看就喜欢上了。

没有了以上的选择，我开始寻找国外的婚摄单位，

前提为花费一定是要我们俩都负担得起的。

听说很多到台湾拍摄的朋友说那里的场景都很不错，

本来没考虑过台湾作为婚摄地点的我开始动心收集起资料来了。

虽然大马有很多婚纱店有和台湾当地的婚纱店合作，

但他们家的作品依然不能达到我想要的感觉，

总觉得太一板一眼了，没什么情感在里面的。

这些婚纱店自然的也是让我摒弃在外了，

这时我的目标开始锁定台湾本土的婚纱店和独立婚摄工作室。

附上的照片全是用手机拍摄的哦，
毛片还没有拿到啦;p

其一选择台湾作为婚摄地点的原因也是因为我们俩都是超怕热拍晒之人，

想像着在烈空下拍婚纱照我就想晕倒了，

妆不融化我都先融化了。

平时在室内也会流汗的达达更是不可能叫他站在太阳下拍照几小时，

考虑到这点再加上我不喜欢摄影棚内的拍摄，

我成功说服到他答应我出国拍摄婚纱照了（≧∇≦）

台湾目前很流行自助婚纱形式的婚摄，

有很多新人开始选择聘请独立摄影师，另外自己再找婚纱来拍摄，

就相等于我们这里的独立摄影师的拍摄方式和程序一样。

若我们找当地的摄影人再另租借婚纱的话，其实费用也不少，

所以这想法也被我排除在外了。

庆幸的是自助婚纱形式的婚摄崛起让许多独立工作室也开始冒出头来，

所谓的婚纱独立工作室就是他们会提供婚摄配套，

譬如包含婚纱、交通和造型师等等的服务，

但同时不包含新郎服饰、场地租借的费用、道具和相簿等等的服务，

很多细节方面的费用还是得自己去吸收。

但是好处就是毛片他们都会给完，

不像一般的婚纱店只提供仅有的50张，

加多一张就要几百元的那种。

我如此爱拍照，区区那50张照片是不能满足到我的，

毛片这一点就足以吸引到我了。
在网上搜寻到了几家自助婚纱工作室的资料，

看了作品和比较价格之下，

最终我选择了一家价格和风格都接近我喜爱风格的工作室。

这一家提供精修照片50张，毛片至少给300张以上，

你说是不是很吸引人！至少毛片拿到后我还可以自己修改调色，

不需另外多付几百元就可以拥有很多照片了，

那对我来说是非常珍贵的回忆啊。
自助婚纱的另一好处是自由度大，
新人可以自由选择拍摄的场景，
而且是全外景哦，风格也比较多元化。
事前可以让摄影师直到你喜欢的风格是什么，
再让他们拍出你想要的感觉。

这家工作室有三位摄影师，

看过了三位摄影师的作品我最终选择了作品带有温暖色调的女摄影师。

她的作品很有故事性，调色是那种暖暖唯美的感觉，

整个画面很柔美，也很爱拍逆光的照片，

这几点加在一点就成就了我选择她作为我婚摄的指定摄影师了。

之后在网上看了她的个人资料才发现她的前身是做电影的，

也难怪照片里的画面都有电影海报的感觉啊。

在下订前我先到他们家面书查看所提供的婚纱选择，

当中有几件都是我喜欢的款式，婚纱这一关算是过关了。

接下来就是看配套所提供的婚纱选择，

四套里包括了白纱、雪纺纱、晚礼服和短礼服，

我不喜欢短礼服所以需要加价来换成长礼服。

这一层我并不担心，反正只要花少许钱能买到自己喜欢的感觉，

一切都可以搞定的。

配套里所提供的婚摄时间一共是9小时，全都是外景拍摄，

这一点也是我最喜欢的一点，我还是偏好自然的景观多一些。

婚摄场地和造型等等事前都可以在下订后通过电邮和摄影师与及造型师沟通，

虽然不见得忙碌的他们会有时间回复你啦 ;p 

不过还是可以大略让他们知道你想要的感觉，

待见面商讨时也比较容易进入状况。

在这情况之下，照片就扮演着非常重要的角色，

建议新人把喜欢的拍摄风格和感觉的照片收集起来，

届时可以让摄影师看看你想要的感觉咯。

其实在整个过程中最麻烦的就是汇款的程序了，

因为他们没有提供线上汇款的服务，我们只好通过银行支票来汇款。

这样转来转去的，我们一共亏损了近两百多马币了，

真的很不值啊！除此之外，他们家也不接受刷卡只能现金付款，

所以这一次台湾之旅我们可说是带了相当份量的现金出国，

可还是差一点遇上钱不够花的窘境，

这种感觉真的是太可怕太没安全感了 @@’’

汇款订金后，接下来就是和摄影师及造型师沟通的时侯了。

基本上我没什么机会和他们沟通，因为他们的行程都太紧凑了。

很多程序上的事都是和工作室的负责人沟通，

整个过程还算是愉快的。

这样一来一往的电邮沟通肯定不比一通电话或亲身见面来得方便，

但这就是唯一我们能尽量做到沟通的方式咯。

若你问我这样不会没有安全感吗？我想那是肯定有的，

但既然选择了就不必担心那么多了，只要自己有做足功课，

其实要担心的部分已是大大减少了。

在寻找婚摄的过程中，我其实没找太多的婚纱店来参考。

我普遍知道大马市场的价格是多少和所提供的服务配套有哪些，

再做出比较就可以略知一二了。我虽然很重视，

但也算是懒人一名，只要看中了喜欢的我就不再做他想，

只把眼前决定好的事情办好就是了。我不需要找到最好的，

只需找到适合自己的才是最重要的。这点我相信我是办到了，

而且还多了许多意料之外的惊喜，算是值回票价了。

若你是个怕麻烦的人建议你还是找回一般能提供完整配套的婚纱店来拍摄，

至少你不需要花费太多精神和时间去准备细节上的东西。

若你是个重视细节和想要不一样感觉的婚摄，

那自助婚摄会是你想要的形式。

在花费上还是需要去考量哪个才是自己可以负担和值得的，

我的婚摄价格算是中规中矩吧，

若没把额外加价的婚纱费用和租借咖啡馆的费用算进去，

配套的价格还是挺可爱的。

我的员外新郎 (*^o^*)

说了那么多，你们一定很想知道我选择的婚摄是哪间吧。

可我还是想暂时保持一些神秘感，这样照片出来时才会有惊喜的感觉啊。
（我知道我很欠扁 ><ll)

至少现在你们还不知道那家我所指定的摄影师风格是怎样的，

对照片的期待才会多了一点点的是吧！（＾∇＾）

其实我也不晓得照片的效果出来会是怎样的，

但我对自己所选择的摄影师功力有着十足的信心，

至少她让我感觉到她是明白我们所想要的感觉和画面，这一点就足够了。

大家就和我一起期待成品的诞生吧，

拿到成品后也会来个小小分享，
届时也会揭晓我的婚摄是哪家的作品哦。
若大家有兴趣我会找时间收集几家台湾自助婚纱拍摄的资料和大家分享，
希望可以帮到想去台湾拍些不同感觉婚摄的人咯！
下一篇结婚筹备文会和大家分享我试婚纱的过程哦，
相信这是很多女孩都爱看的东西吧^^

自助婚摄心得：

自助婚纱拍摄和其他婚纱店的配套一样，也是有很多的hidden cost。
譬如加价婚纱、租借场地费用、停车费等等细小的额外费用都是需要考量在内的。
我不敢说自助婚纱拍摄的费用是否比其他的婚摄配套来得优惠，
因为加了新郎的置装费、道具和相簿等等的费用，
我想价格已经和一般的婚摄配套无异了，或者可能更为昂贵些。
更何况在国外拍摄是不包括结婚当天的婚纱、车子布置等等的服务，
这些额外的费用都是事后我们需要自己另外寻找吸收费用的，
并且还得支付旅费和住宿费这些费用。不过这些选择都是见仁见智的，
看你需要的是什么，可以负担的是什么，而我们只是从中寻找平衡点，
找到一个适合自己的婚摄形式来完成人生大事里的重要一环，
让我们留下最美好的回忆 ；）