We did a quick Lou Hei together, but instead of the Four Lettered Words, we spewed things like “10 boyfriends for Susu”, “早生贵子” for Ben and Becky (even though they’re not yet married) etc. It’s a 乱七八糟乱乱捞 lou hei session for us… and we actually forgot to say RPP HUAT AH! Hahahahaha! That gives me the excuse to Lou a second time… then I can feast on the yummy Yu Sheng again. Kekeke.

Anyway, Roy and Amy engaged Raymond to do their conceptualised pre-wedding where Ben and I assisted for the shoot on two different days.

Conceptualised pre-wedding by Raymond Phang – this was shot when the Adidas Sundown Marathon race was about to begin. Chaotic, mad rush, but glad it turned out well.

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And here’s the set of actual day wedding images by Ben, with MooMedia for the Cinematography;

Ben will tend to take note of little details on the wedding day, such as the time, the surrounding area (which most people don’t really take the time to have a good look despite living there for years), couples’ love momentos to each other, trophies etc… which speaks a lot for the couple throughout their growing up years.

While Amy was in the room having her hair and make up done by Joanne Low, here’s what happened on the outside… Love the mood here.

Here’s Amy the bride and one of the jiemei peeking out. Love her expression! Hahaha~

Top :: The convertible dresses on the sisters are really versatile, you can wear it in a million ways! Maybe not exactly a million, but you get the drift… you can wear it in many many different ways! Love the royal purple color!

Just a side note, for brides looking for bridesmaid dresses, maybe you can also check out this shop named Occasion at Raffles City Shopping Centre. If I’m not wrong, the shop is located at #03-29B. I happened to pop by few months back and saw quite a number of bridesmaid dresses in different patterns and sweet colors. Price is reasonable, and if I didn’t remember wrongly, they have a price tier for the number of dresses you purchase.

Bottom Left :: The cakes seemed too good to be true for a gate crashing right? Heh heh heh heh…

Bottom Right :: Here’s the actual one… instead of delicious Nasi Lemak wrapped in Banana Leaf or Fried Hokkien Mee wrapped in Opeh Leaf, the sisters wrapped the food in diapers. *coughs*

The bride is ready!

And now… let the gate crashing begin!


Roy is now a certified and highly trained daddy because he now knows how to take care of a Baby! Kekeke.

Yes, an empty red packet for the sisters.

Moving off to Roy’s place…

We have Vince and Yubing here for the tea ceremony!! Vince and Roy are brothers, and we shot Vince’s wedding in November 2010!

This image came about right after Roy carried Amy into the bedroom. Teeheeheehee~ So cute!

Loving the cute moments… I mean, how often do we get to see something like this when the wedding ceremony is over? Especially the image on top where Amy fed Roy with the Tang Yuan?

Here’s one of Ben’s Feet Touch Feet!

The view from opposite.

Love Nicole and Kaylyn’s expression.

Here comes a ring shot.

An image of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Wedding Cake.

Roy and Amy had their solemnization on the same day, and they engaged my favourite Justice of Peace/Solemnizer (JP) Dr Phua Tan Tee!

Dr Phua Tan Tee gives people a warm fuzzy feeling with a fatherly figure, he’s good with English, Mandarin, and also Hokkien! He never fails to liven up the ceremony with his jokes and advices.

And I loooooveeeee.. the way you loooook at meeeeee….

Amy’s beautiful wedding dress is from Divine Couture!

A close up shot of Dr Phua Tan Tee!

Here’s Kenneth & Martin the awesome emcees for the evening.

Ashton the Page Boy holding the bouquet of flowers, quietly following behind Nicole and Kaylyn the two flower girls.

Lights dimmed for the next segment of the dinner banquet – The Wedding Dance!!

Champagne Popping – one of my favourite part because of the interesting expression when couple try to pop the champagne. Hehehe.

Again, it’s the various interesting expressions which works for me here.

Couple gave a speech..

And the guests don’t know whether is laugh until cry or cry until laugh. :p

YUUUUUUUMMMM SEEEEEENNNGGGGG!!

The farewells with plenty of hugs..

Love this image too!

More hugs..

And a kiss to end the day.

Mandarin Oriental is one of our favourite hotels with impressive quality of service and food. Not forgetting they have a powerful weapon – the all capable Bethany!! She has a super duper powerful memory, she remembers the slightest details and names of couples getting married in Oriental even though their wedding is not handled by her! Do consider Mandarin Oriental if you’re clueless on where to hold your wedding banquet. Of course it will be good to check for availability and book early to avoid disappointment as well. That’s a piece of advice we give to couples, and the same advice that couples feedback to us after the wedding too. Hahahaha!

Have a happy weekend! Cheers!

Lots of Love,
Angeline

The next photography contest that Raymond Phang entered was the ISPWP (International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers) Fall 2011 contest. We received seven placings in different categories, and was placed third in the Top 20 Overall winners of the Fall 2011 Wedding Photography Contest.

The following are the seven individual images;

5th Place in Movement and Motion Category

7th Place in Venue/Location Category

1st Place in Engagement Portrait Category

1st Place in Venue/Location Category

11th Place in Venue/Location Category

10th Place in The Wedding Dress Category

2nd Place in Bridal Party Portrait Category

Time now is 2359, just nice!!!!! And no lor sor naggy long winded stories…  Hehehehehehehe~ Do keep a lookout for our Promo entry tomorrow in celebration of these mini achievements which we couldn’t have done it without our awesome couples!! Cheers!!!

Love,
Angeline

Believe it or not, we actually have 3 people throwing the food for this shot!! Chopped carrots, Spaghetti, dried mushroom, green apple, chilli padi, corn, there were oranges or something as well but I guess it missed the frame. We had fun throwing the food, and some of it hit the ceiling, the whole place was super messy after that (felt really bad about it though), sometimes an apple will land on the couple’s head or thighs as well….. but they were really professional, and gave us awesome expression! Fearless, nonchalent, and not a blink of eye. NICE!
 
 

This was a hot and stuffy shot – it’s actually an “oven” to dry the paintwork of the car and we were actually waiting for the oven timer to go off before we went in to do the shoot cos they had a car inside for drying. I guess the spray of water was an enjoyment in this case. Everyone was hot and hungry and thirsty during this shoot, and they had to wait while Raymond set up his angle and lights, but look at their expression!
 

Naughty naughty!!
 

This is actually a real place where we managed to recce for the shoot. The planet Earth was fake though… kekeke. But I like it!
 

Last image to share from our latest pre-wedding shoot in New Zealand – The STAR TRAILS!!!! Here’s an excerpt from Raymond along with the image posted on Facebook;

Contrary to the belief that the lunatics at Raymond Phang Photography are dummies to Romance, we present you with our latest pre-wedding work from New Zealand – TADAH!
 

Kudos to Colin and Emily the awesome for braving the wind so strong it can almost carry us away, and the teeth gritting cold that instantaneously transformed us all with chicken skin!
 

Getting this shot of the couple – sitting in the SUV holding hot steamy coffee mug in their hands, with the tent and a mini campfire isn’t all just me. I am extremely proud of my team that made it all possible – Angeline for making sure everyone is comfortable, art directing (nit picking so that the final image comes out as envisioned), holding lights and getting her hands all extremely icky preparing the Vaseline for the campfire. Not to mention Susu our talented awesome Digital imaging artist, who helped picked the dry wood and got a splinter on her finger as a result, hold lights, run around chasing tents that flew away in the strong wind and working her ass off back in the studio to put the final image together.
 

Colin was our “guest assistant” helping us to set up the tent and mini campfire, holding our “secret weapon” together with Susu in the wind (extreme arm muscle training!) to shoot the car panel so that it looks just right, both risking their eyes being blinded by the flash gun that Angeline was holding in the process. Colin didn’t have to do anything originally, but for the sake of protecting his princess Emily from suffering in the cold, he sacrificed. *bite lips with a distant look – everyone please say awwwww*
 

Without this awesome team I would not have gotten away with this image. I am truly blessed. This single image alone took a total of 4.5 hours from the beginning (setting up the scene) to the end (packing up in the wilderness) and when the camera was in the midst of capturing the startrails, I could clearly see Angeline and Susu dozing off in the car and that really pains me. We worked hard and played hard, and we hope this image is well worth our efforts.
 
I can’t wait to share the rest of the images from the New Zealand and Prague shoot!! One of the bestest things that we did in Year 2011!!
 

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Pre-wedding images aside, here are a quick few shots from our New Zealand travel.

Moo Moo Cow.
 

We drove all the way from North Island down to South Island – it was free and easy, and we drove all the way up to the Sand Dunes when we were on our way to Cape Reinga. Love the sand dunes, cold nice fine sand!! So we had to take a group shot there. Hehehe.
 

Next we went to this mini waterfall, and I had to take a picture with grumpy Su. :p
 

And we went to Cafe Eutopia!! Quaint little place selling organic yummies, and I bought a really pretty pendant called the Tree of Life. AHHHH!!! So many things to share on my travel!! I wish I had the time to post the images we took and the places we went to and the things we experienced!!
 

Susu had the most yummy Bagel!!
 

And my organic Lemonade tasted ssssssssssolidddddddddddd…
 

We went to another Cafe, and Susu had a hot chocolate. Susu is forever having hot chocolate.
 

And we went to Hell’s gate…. NICEEEEEE….
 

And a group photo of the five of us – Raymond, Angeline, Susu, Terence, and Scooby Loon!! Hehehehe…
 
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Till the next when I have more time, I’ll share on how I dumped my boyfriend and how Raymond dumped his girlfriend in New Zealand. Muwahahahahahahahahaha!!! Cheers!
 
 
Lots of ♥,
- Angeline

Currently we have tons and tons of wedding backlogs to edit and share, so do be patient with us while we find the time to update constantly ya? We’ll also have images from Raymond’s editorial shoot in Silk Road (where he met with some misfortune during his birthday), some images of our long overdue Kelong trip as SAR, maternity shots (yes, maternity), more amazing pre-wedding images (confirm never seen before, once in 16 years and never again), and more images of recent actual day weddings! We just did one for Kenny and Sherry’s AD on 3 July 2010 (super popular date!), one of the group shot taken for the groom and the brothers is really nice! To the brothers, the sacrifices your shoes made were all very much worth it!

At present, Raymond is enslaved to the nation for his Reservist and running his ass off to make sure he pass that darn IPPT. We’ll see him when he’s back by the weekend for the actual day wedding shoot of Sam and Shen Hwee.

 
Raymond has also won himself a First Place for the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) 2010 Q’1 contest for the Ceremony category. It’s our first time participating in the WPJA contest, and we’re very humbled by the achievement. We’ll share the winning image on a seperate entry with the rest of the couple’s wedding images. Lots of images which we personally like, and definitely lots of emotions happening during the wedding as well.

Another piece of good news to share, Raymond has been selected to represent Singapore for the ASEAN Young Photographers’ Award 2010 which will take place in Singapore in August this year. I’m sure he must be really excited to meet the other representing photographers from their respective countries. It’s a very good opportunity for him to interact and exchange ideas with photographers from abroad, and I hope it will change his perspective be it towards photography or even Life.

We’re super excited for the plans we have for next year as well, and we’ll share with all couples once we have the details finalised! The SAR has even made a pledge to make sacrifices for it just to see it come true! Emily and Colin has been really supportive, and we’d want couples to take advantage of the opportunity too! So do stay tuned for more updates ya?

That aside, couples have feedback to me that my SMS-es are like emails, and my emails are like story books! I’m so sorry to be this long winded again, blame it on the lack of writings and updates!

Seriously, I would also like to share with everyone another piece of news update. One of the couple whose wedding we shot this year has been featured on the front cover of the current issue (July 10 – December 10) of Blissful Brides magazine. Their wedding is also featured in the Real Weddings section from Page 340 to Page 343. Do grab a copy of the magazine at all major newstand and vote for your favourite cover ya? You’ll stand a chance to win an Elegante Diamond necklace worth $3058 from Goldheart Jewellery. Voting form can be found on Page 48 of the Blissful Brides magazine, and contest ends 30 November 2010. Good luck to all who have voted, and enjoy the images taken during Qi Wei and Hsiao Hui’s actual day and pre-wedding! It’ll be a looooong post with lots of images. Loading of images will take abit of time, so do be patient ya? Hehe. Cheers!

Front cover of Blissful Brides Magazine

Real Wedding feature
 

Contest Form on Page 48

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Hsiao Hui getting ready

Merrymen and groom’s arrival… groom seemed a little nervous…

Kena tekan by the sisters during gatecrashing, begging for mercyyyyy~

That’s Eileen, one of the bride whose wedding we shot on 6 June 2009 last year!
To view the blog entry on their wedding, visit http://www.raymondphang.com/blog/2009/ho-wei-eileen-6-june-2009

Evil sister dangles the key to the padlock infront of the helpless Qi Wei… So… it’s key, or money?

* Qi Wei ponders*

“Bo bian, have to eat grass for the next few months already…”

The sisters opening up the red packet with delight!

“HAR!! Only 10 bucks ah!”

The last resort, if still cannot clear stage, have to go sell backside already….

Wah headache, how come my wifey’s girl friends so scary! Heng they accept my last ang pow!

HA-HA! See if you dare to bully me or not!
 

There’s something I like about this image and I cannot explain why…
Maybe it’s the atmosphere, or the way everyone is focusing on the couple who is offering prayers with all sincerity…

Must be the soup not nice to drink right…

Actually amongst the many brides we’ve photographed, Hsiao Hui is one of the few brides who has the most expressions!

I think the bowl of something must be pretty hard to swallow down the throat… =x

I love red umbrellas! If i have the time, I might update a post on all the red umbrella shots we have done. You’ll then see the different expressions from the brides, and it’s really interesting!

Personally I haven’t visited their place, but when I first saw this image I thought their wardrobe looked amazing! It looked like there’s an attached bathroom right beyond the wardrobe!

Eileen in the wind~

Tea ceremony! I never used to appreciate tea ceremonies, and I thought they were one of  the most boring part of a wedding, next to table to table shots and group photos. But recently somehow I had a change of perspective. I came to value human relationship more, and trying to appreciate the much elder folks. There’s a few images from Kangwei & Shuqin’s tea ceremony which I’ve listed as my favourites. Might seemed like some extremely normal shots, but nowadays I tend to look beyond the surface of the photos and realised that the ties or meaning behind it is worth much more than anything else in the world. I’ll update an entry of their actual day wedding (18 July 2010) once the images are ready.

Tricky tricky part! Unpin the wrong one and you might destroy the hairstyle! Maybe the sisters ought to collect bribery from the groom for completing this task for them.

I seriously wonder what’s the piece of paper they’re looking at. Love the expression and the whole feeling/tension!

Instead of the usual traditional Kwa or cheongsam, Hsiao Hui wore a gorgeous traditional peranakan outfit!

Intricate details, and it’s not easy when the shoes are handmade and every beads have to be sewn on individually. Takes alot of patience and skills!

One of the must haves for weddings! When else do you get a chance to hug the groom like this, take the opportunity to poke his waist and squeeze his butt!

Now’s the eggies eating time!

Start of the evening session with Ho Wei and Eileen goofing around..

Who’s the Karaoke King!!

A picture of the mum and daughter getting ready! We call Hsiao Hui’s mummy as  星妈 (celebrity’s mum). Hehehe! Don’t you think Hsiao Hui has the looks of a celebrity? When I first saw her, I thought she looked like Zhang Zi Yi! But of course Hsiao Hui is the super friendly, warm and outgoing version.

Hsiao Hui’s gown with a super long train! Gown from Bridal Veil by Michelle Hui Min.

They had time for some quick photo opportunities around Raffles Hotel where they had their banquet.

Love the tone and lighting for this one.

Hsiao Hui had her hair and make up for the evening done by Cleo Chang.

Putting on the shoes~

This picture reminds me of the day when my uncle got married. I was only a primary school kid’s age at that time, and my parents decided that my brother and I will sleep over at my uncle’s place together with my granny. I couldn’t sleep well, probably too excited and didn’t know what to expect. So I had my granny to tell us stories of her life, and probably what marriage is about. The next thing I know, my uncle’s alarm clock went off, he immediately dashed out of his room, washed up and got ready. He was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo nervous, until he actually forgot how to put on socks!! Hahahahaha!! I can never forget the scene, and I’ve decided to use that against him if he ever teases me on my wedding day.

“Na, you hold it like this and you push it like that ok?”

“OKIE!”

“Grrrrrr… Vrrrrr…..”

“Nonono, hold it like this, and then push it like that…”

“Heh heh heh, seems to work now!”

“Woooooaaah, suddenly fly out like that!”

Kids on a high…

I must say Hsiao Hui’s Kwa is also one of the most beautiful one I’ve seen. The cutting fits her perfectly and look at the colours + details!

“Our Huihui is a very good daughter, filial and prettttyyy… so lucky to marry a good husband…”

SIAMI HUI HUI??? Where’s my Zhang Ziyi???

Muwahahahahaha! I’m a little in the cranky mood today, thus the weird captions for the images. Luckily I postponed my driving lesson. Else I would have given my instructor a heart attack since yesterday I almost made him choke on his sweet when I swirve the car to almost mount the pedestrian walkway at the slip road. HEHEHEHEHEHEHE! Rainy days make it easier to drift… oops! I drive golf buggy can mount kerb, drive car can swirve elsewhere, so please don’t invite me to a go-kart race cos I will confirm flip and toss the car in mid air and do the mid air car explosion stunt. I don’t mind Daytona invites though.

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Now for a few selection of the pre-wedding images at Raffles Hotel, with hair and make up by Cleo Chang as well.

That’s all for today’s super lengthy update! I hope you’ll take a looong loooooong time to finish reading so that I’ll have more time before I update on the next entry! Hehehe. Cheers!

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

Throughout the first half of the photoshoot, Raymond was the one driving the buggy from point to point, while Susu and I sat and grumbled at not being able to hold the wheel. It seems fun to drive a golf buggy, especially after we experienced how Raymond manoeuvered the vehicle over steep slopes and “canals”. We thought we were going to crash and die whenever he did all those supposedly dangerous stunts which to Raymond was common.

Finally my chance to drive the golf buggy came when he needed clearance for one of his angle. So while everyone was fussing over the bride and groom, I was tasked to move the buggy to the other side! YES!!! I do not have a driving license, but I thought it’s like driving a bumper car! The instructions were pretty simple and easy to comprehend, and I happily drove the buggy with success!! FUWAH! What a feeeeeeeeling!! It was damn fun!!! I got addicted to it, and so I waited and eyed at every opportunity to drive the golf buggy again.

Done with first half of the photoshoot, and we wouldn’t have done it without the help from Mia and Clarabelle – very nice friends of Kangwei & Shuqin who helped toss the veil, hold the speedlite, provide tissues etc!

So Raymond drove the golf buggy back to the pick up and return point. On the way back, I wanted to take over the wheel and he let me!! So I was sitting in the middle while the wheel was on the left, I totally enjoyed myself driving the golf buggy!! I drove like a pro, until we met with a vehicle parked at the left side of the road. I had to avoid it so I drove closer to the right. Looking at the pathetic battery left, plus I didn’t want the three of us to be stranded in the middle of nowhere, I stepped on the accelerator with all my might! Especially so when I saw that we were approaching an uphill slope! Jialat I thought…. the golf buggy sure don’t have enough horse power to take us up… Who knows, if it rolls backward I will surely be laughed at by Raymond. My bimbo moment strucked, and I figured by stepping the accelerator pedal fully, it might help a teeeeeeeny weeeeeeny bit. 

Fuwah, indeed the golf buggy seemed to respond better. Ai seh, I thought I was a heroine!! Muwahahahahaha! But I didn’t anticipate that there’ll be a downhill turning slope right after, so I happily mounted a kerb! Maybe cos I played too much Daytona, watched too much Need for Speed or Initial-D and the likes, I swirl/swirve (don’t know how to spell) and thought maybe by doing that the golf buggy will drift and move to the right track! Fuwah! I always thought those drifting scenes in the movies are really cool! But I forgot I’m a no license driver, and I’m not driving a vehicle built for F-1 races. Tsk…..

Seconds before the Mayhem… Look at my expression!! Something doesn’t seemed right…………… MUWAHAHAHAHA!!!

Right after Raymond took this self snap picture of us three in the moving golf buggy, I mounted the kerb and Raymond flew out of the buggy, turned and did a few rounds of summersault with his hands holding the camera high up in the air!!!! Fuwah my goodness, it was like a “jump car” scene out of the movies!! I saw it happening right before my eyes! So i jammed break and ran to Raymond. He was laying on the ground motionless… Luckily it was all superficial injuries and the pole didn’t poke him and pierce through his body. Phew!!! He thought I’d be crying like the Nigeria falls, but who knows my first reaction was a giggly “sorry sorry”… HAHAHAHAHA!!

I picked him up, and he limped his way back to the buggy. Luckily the camera was perfectly good too! All thanks to his professional dedication for passion  - he saved and protected the camera instead of his body/head.
 

I forgot what happened after… forgot who drove the buggy back. But anyway, here’s his battle scars! If he didn’t fly out of the buggy, the whole vehicle would have overturned, crushing his ribs and the three of us could have just died like that… freak accident!

Pretty badly injured, and he had a suuuuuper big piece of bruise on his waist area. I would love to drive the golf buggy again if given another chance!! Hehehehehehe… =p

 
Anyway, here’s a few images from the day’s shoot to share!!

We spent the entire day for the shoot from morning to night, and even when it rained during the night, Kangwei and Shuqin was really cooperative with us!! Must also thank the couple for being so patient and trusting even though they could have fallen sick, they had to rush off for an important birthday dinner right after, risk their makeup getting all smudged, risk falling off the building etc etc etc.

More to come, and we’re also really excited to share a recent series we did for Eddie and Aileen!! Something never seen before… hehehe… Till then, cheers!!

Lot of ♥,

- Angeline

Finally I mustered whatever little courage that I had left inside of me, I composed a text message on my trusty old Blackberry, closed my eyes and pressed the Send button. Raymond happened to be sitting at the desk next to me when I sent out the text message. That wretched SMS tone took forever to come, and when it finally rang from Raymond’s mobile phone, my eyes brightened! I was suuuuuuuper excited yet kind of shy to see how he’d react after seeing my text message!

The following is the text message I sent;

The following is a recipe for a happy marriage;

                    Start with a big bowl of Trust

                         Pour in a capful of Patience

                         Add a dash of Forgiveness

                         Stir a spoonful of Kindness

                         Sprinkle a palmful of Encouragement

                         Sweeten with plenty of Couple Time

                         Spice things up with lots of Surprises

                         Top it all with a generous serving of Passion

Are you willing to cook a meal of happy marriage together with me on

20 Nov 2011 Sunday?

I watched how his face turned from black to bored to puzzled to happy to delighted when he was disrupted from his photos editing to read the text message.

Yes, that was a proposal coming from ME. So did he say yes? NO!

Trust me when I tell you I almost cried when he’s reading the text message. Too happy mah! End up I got rejected. Tsk.

You must be wondering why 20 November 2011. Because…. that happens to be a Sunday, that’s next year meaning sufficient time to prepare, that’s a nice number, that’s an easy to remember date, and that also happens to be my birthday.

Anyway, that wasn’t the first time my proposal got rejected (my courage got lesser and lesser with every rejection. Sigh!). You guys do realise that Valentine’s Day falls on the first day of the Lunar New Year right? Know what I did depsite having to focus on my work and album layout? I specially took some time to bake Pineapple tarts. Not just any Tom Dick Harry’s, or Aunty Lucy’s Pineapple tarts. I baked some reaaally special pineapple tarts! And because we didn’t have a proper baking oven here at SOHO, I actually spent much longer time GRILLING them. Luckily it was quite a success!

(Don’t mind the wording on the top right, it was for my personal blog)

I made an effort to create something for Raymond – a smiley face! Which is what makes the pineapple tarts special, cos I made it with him in mind, and definitely with lots of Love!

And then, here comes the Love message. Something lovey dovey which I don’t normally do or display.

Besides the lovey dovey wordings, I attempted to make a heart shaped one as well! Not very successful, but at least I tried! I also made one shaped like our doggie’s poopoo. Kekekeke.

I hope my tarts managed to show how happy I was when I was making the pineapple tarts! I made a volcano tart (at the background), super mini tarts about the size of my little thumbnail, and I even make one shaped like a snake!

And then, here comes the point of it all…. Can you figure what’ this?

It’s actually a DIAMOND RING! I made a smiley face, I ♥ U, I also made a proposal ring!

When it’s finally done, I presented to him and did he say yes? NO!

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Sigh…. after numerous times of trying, my ego kena deflated already. Not forgetting I’m quite a traditional/conservative person with the thinking of an old fogey. If you were Raymond, won’t you be pretty touched by the sweet little things that I’ve done? You would say yes right?

Sigh…. I shall leave the popping of question to Raymond instead then!! Maybe demand a 10 carat as a form of compensation for causing such trauma to my poor little soul. HUMPH!

Or perhaps if I made one pineapple tart in the shape of a camera or his favourite prime lens or his favourite car or his favourite laptop he might say yes….. Darn!! Now why didn’t I think of that!!

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Okie dokie, you guys enjoy your weekend while I nurse my wounded soul ya? Cheers!!

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Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

Here’s the beautiful bride – Cindy! Pretty seldom we get to see brides with short hair for their wedding day. I guess a big part of the reason goes to the lack of variety in available choices of hairstyle. But in thise case, Cindy looks radiant and very refreshing!

I call this the reusable wrist corsages, cos this one actually has pearls and clips instead of the usual ones where we tie around the wrist with ribbons and dump them away after the wedding.

Here’s a sneak preview of how KC looks like! It’s actually a photo mug of the couple. 

If Raymond and I have such photo mugs around our place, I guess it’ll burn a real big hole in our pocket. For times when we have fights and arguments, the photo mug would be a good target to vent our frustrations since we can’t vent it on each other. Hmm… maybe we’ll print out some enlargements of ourselves and throw darts at each other’s faces when we’re angry instead. Kekeke.

So sweet.

KC and his band of brothers! Er… were they in their sports attire??

Evil sisters demanding “entry ticket” for their very own RIP gantry. Errr… I meant ERP gantry. Hehehe~

EEEEWW!! Evil sisters make poor brothers chew on Giant lollipops, together with Wasabi toothpaste to brush their teeth. Such deadly combo!!

And now for something auspicious – The RED UNDIES!! Must stare at this picture for a longer time because CNY is coming, and it is often said that red undies brings luck!

Somehow he reminds me of the cute cartoon character – Pucca. So cuuuute!

Source: nguoichacuanhanloai’s photostream at Flickr

I didn’t know there’s an expander thingy for the bra! I must have lived in the mountains for too long a time!

And now they revert back to childhood wearing the bibs and pacifiers.

I think the ERP gantry rate just increased again. MUWAHAHAHAHA!

The MUST HAVE contract to sign for all couples during gate crashing.

Yay! Destination reached!

I love Audi cars…… kekekeke~

Once again, Raymond’s signature car shot during Actual Day Weddings.

Proceeded on to the solemnisation ceremony.

I like this picture! The kid holding the mic is damn awesome, and the handsome boy on the right creating a frame with his two fingers! Thankfully it’s two fingers, and not the one longest finger. :p

At the end of the wedding day, here’s an awesome image specially taken for the couple.

I’ll be posting more from KC & Cindy’s wedding on our Facebook Fan Page tomorrow, so do keep a lookout for it ya!

Link to our Facebook Fan Page, click here: Raymond Phang Photography Facebook Fan Page

Hope you guys enjoyed this series! Raymond and I gotta return to work already! Been working through the night very dilligently with the photo editings until we’re able to catch the sunrise every single day. We don’t get to sleep till about 7+, and sometimes 9+am in the morning! Phew!!

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Anyway, here’s a little piece of dry but interesting joke to share with everyone for the coming lunar new year + valentine’s day:

In my 26 years of life, I have never once received any love letters from anyone on Valentine’s Day. But this year, I’m finally receiving Love Letters on Valentine’s Day! =D

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Er… can’t catch the ball right? Okie, I’m currently 26 years old, so that’s a fact. Let me know if you’re riding on the same wavelength as me! If you happen to be looking for a wedding photographer for your wedding day, and you’re able to figure out the dry joke of the link between the love letter and valentine’s day, email the answer to us at contactme@raymondphang.com with the header [That Darn Dry Joke]! Couples with the correct answer will receive a 10% off pre-wedding/actual day wedding photography packages! Kekeke. And since it’s gonna be the month of Love and Friendship (Feb 14), we’ve decided not to limit the number of winning entries, so offer ends…. 28 February 2010! Have fun! =D

* Contest promo not valid with any other offer or promotion

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 Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

Actually I feel really blessed to have known them, especially couples like Guan Lim & Jeslin, Jack & Grace, Michelle & Sam, Desmond & Jolene, Jonald & Yutong, Andrew & Clarice, Richard & Wendy, Eddie & Aileen, Max & Mui Hui, Kok Meng & Cassie, Edwin & Eunice and a whoooooooooooooooooooolesome lotssssssssssssssssss moreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!! In fact we love them all for inviting us to be part of the special team for their biggest day, and also very appreciative that they engaged us because they genuinely love our works and not because we’re “spares”. Much more than that, we’re really really happy that we get to take the relationship further from being just clients, to friends and very good friends! So looking forward to Year 2010, and hopefully meet more interesting characters!!

Year 2009 was pretty fruitful with the achievements Raymond bagged from the [AG]WPJA – Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association, the MPA – Masters Photographer Association, establishment of the Wedding Photographers Guild, collaboration with the preservation of monument board and CDL in producing the book – Resonance Songs of our Forefathers, addition of Susulini the DI artist to our family, and lots lots more! Learnt a lot of things, widened our horizons a bit with the travellings and attending the Schembri workshops in Sydney, plucking enough courage to drive overnight from Sydney to Gold Coast within a day etc!

Come to think of it, even though Year 2009 has been 365 days of work for us, it’s actually still pretty colourful!

Now for my Year 2010 resolution: Stop work at 12 midnight, start work at 7am, find one activity to do together with Raymond (we’re pretty lifeless cos of work!), spend more time with family & friends, eat more fruits! That’s all for now! Maybe i’ll get susulini and Raymond to share some day!

Okie now, here’s some images from my personal snap snaps collection. Hehe.

I actually fed the machine with 2 dollars and out came this love struck looking froggie… I got this because Raymond was mad at me for some reason which I cannot remember. So next morning I went over to his place, outlined the shape of my hands and fingers, cut and folded them in such a way that the middle finger is pointing out, stuck it to the body of the frog and pinned the whole thing to his mirror!

I find it funny cos the whole idea of it is funny to me, and at the same time it gets to express my anger and frustration too… Oh well, things I do to “spice up” our relationship. :p

Bought this during our furniture hunting at IKEA few months back. Raymond likes it a lot.

Sometimes he’s really sweet cos he actually bothers to take time off work and divert his attention to me by doing little things like sewing my buttons back for me when it dropped off.

Interesting things we spotted together..

Having late night supper… it’s actually lunch + dinner combined in the middle of the night after 12 midnight!

Sharing a biiiiig mug of hot chocolate..

Yesterday I spent half the day accompanying my friend Shahidah. I call her Shark He Duck, or Duck for short.

I know I have a lot of emails to reply, but Duck is having some personal problems and she needed someone to talk to…

Raymond and I puts relationship above everything else, so instead of sitting down replying emails while she talk and share her problems, I felt that someone who needs a listening ear deserves all the attention…

Tried to cheer her up so I suggested snapping pictures!

Glad it made her smile…

SUCH AN OBSCENE PICTURE!

Duck and I knew each other since 1997, and she’s like one of my best friend… such a coincidence we’re both wearing checkered top!

Then I suggested playing with faces!

A picture of the naked face…

A picture of the painted face!

Duck has a big eyering, floral murals, bird (which I cannot tell!), stitched up wound, sun, and a Mr Pringles look alike face.

I had two uneven eyebrows, some wrinkles on top, double eyelid, arrow love, whiskers, pink nose, mustache, moles and eyebags.

This image is damn cool! Looked like I had fake teeth!!

That’s duck’s frontal view!

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And here’s two images to share from our piles of backlogs of wedding images!!

Taken on 3 November 2009 for Scott & Wee-Li for their outdoor pre-wedding. Susulini came with us on that day and assisted. Very happy that the images turned out to be pretty nice! Sweet and cheery, bright and pretty!!

Taken on 10 November 2009 for Qi Wei & Hsiao Hui’s outdoor pre-wedding. Susulini joined us too, and we had a yummy dinner of Botak Jones right after! Love this series as well, and we really think Hsiao Hui looks like Zhang Zi Yi from certain angles!

We have a whole lot of other backlogs to share, some of which are already completed long ago. Do keep a lookout for more updates ya? Back to emails! Merry Christmas to all!!

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

But before I start with the pretty images, here’s a picture of Raymond’s very sexy legs! He got home yesterday from Daryl and Raine’s actual day wedding shoot and we both got a shock when we saw his knees after he came out from the shower. Bruises all over! No idea how and why it happened, but we both suspect it has got something to do with kneeling for an hour to capture the tea ceremony segment at Daryl and Raine’s wedding. Muwahahahaha! Wonder how are the couple’s knees! I guess that’s where the cushion comes into place!! I gotta start sewing shoulder pads in Raymond’s trousers already to prepare for any just-in-case cases. =_=”

Here’s Raymond’s sexy legs with Baileys our mascot + security officer. All who come to our studio have to pass his security checks before they can even get near the couch area. He’ll sniff and sniff to make sure you’re not hiding any food in your pocket to munch on secretly in the midst of our discussion.

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I love this picture because Jann look very bright and radiant here! The night before she couldn’t get to sleep, and it was almost 12midnight already yet she’s still conversing with me via SMS! Must be too gan jiong already. But glad she still managed to keep up the good mood and not appear grumpy!

Hard at work! Hey, it’s your special day!! Throw away the darn laptop!!

I think very soon Raymond will be famed for his sexy lipstick marks. The sisters were preparing games for gatecrashing and decided to rope Raymond in as well! Jann applied lip gloss on him and got him to put his marking on a piece of paper for Terence and the merrymen to choose. Guess whose lipstick mark did they chose? RAYMOND’S!! MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Part of the gate crashing where they had to use their belts + shoes to form lovey dovey words… like “Love You”.

Wig reminds me of one of our past couple whose wedding we shot earlier this year in May….

Mummy handing her precious daughter to Terence.

And she teared. So touching!

I share this love and hate feeling for moments like this. I love it when Raymond managed to capture all these wonderful emotions on frame, yet I hate to see anyone crying. Not because I don’t like it when people cry, but because the feeling of seperation makes me sad. Oh well, gotta get used to it I guess.

Love pretty red umbrellas!

And as always, Raymond Phang’s signature car shot taken during the actual day wedding.

They went outdoor for a quickie shoot, and here’s one of the group shots!

Love the framing.

Terence removing the veil for Jann, and tried to wack her with the veil! Muwahahahaha~

And then… hiak hiak hiak! Love Jann’s smile! Very beautiful!

I super love this one!!! Surprised me when I browsed through the 888 images (Yup! Such an auspicious number!) he took for the morning session and I spotted this! Amazing that even though he’s sick and half dead after a long day of wedding plus only 2-3 hours of sleep the previous night, he still managed to put in the effort to think of something different! So cute!

I cropped out this one on purpose just because I like it. Hahaha! It’s for my own personal collection. Raymond did a series for the outdoor and I took out 1 of the images from the series for this. Don’t you think the veil looks like the shape of a horse?? If I didn’t crop it out, the whole picture will look as though Jann is setting off a white horse from the left and it is galloping towards Terence who is standing on the right. Haha.

Hope you guys enjoyed this series!

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Anyway, congrats to Eadwine & Jen, and also Ezra & Twinkle! it’s pretty exciting and interesting to see fellow wedding photographers getting married!! Hehehe. Cheers!

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

And when my maid cooks, he’ll always doll himself up by wearing sexy outfits. Look, he’s wearing a tube top!

And sometimes, he’ll wear something to show his midriff. So sexy. Hehehe.

He’s always game for anything I suggest, so he’s a real good maid!

When I said Pink is for Girls, he took the Pink one and wore it on his head.

He doesn’t mind me looking like a Vampire when I was having my Braces on and needed to wear the “rubber band”

He didn’t faint when I made this Ping Pong Fishball pose infront of his camera.

He gets me local costumes of countries he travelled.

He snaps picture of me even though the quality of the camera phone was so bad.

When I say he’s not supposed to show people his nipples, he fry Sunny Sideup Eggs, deep freeze them in the freezer and then wore it over as a shield.

He celebrates my birthday.

He make it a point to celebrate my parent’s birthday too.

He’s so good to his buddy that he helped his friend Marcus source & rent a Projector & personally bring it down to Fullerton so that Marcus could propose to his wife – Kris.

And he’ll make do with just a piece of Towel alone for use as a blanket while I have to myself the gigantic piece enough to keep 3 persons warm.

He makes time to bring me out, and wears whatever clothes I picked for him.

Oh well, since it’s the new year, so I thought it’ll be good if I can do some mini think-back on the past year. I haven’t made any new year resolution (since I never make it a point to make sure I follow through), but maybe I’ll do a “Everyday I Love You” entry to jot down the nitty gritties on why and what made me love him everyday.

I guess it’ll help a lot in the decision making on marriage. OOPS! Did i just say marriage?? WAHAHAHAHAHA! And then I thought of a wonderful excuse for him to propose too!

Excuse of the Day – “Oh, because you have never brought me to Ford Canning before, and I haven’t been there since I was born too!”

Muwahahahaha! I thought of this excuse when I was looking through Stephan and Gam’s ROM pictures earlier on.

Alright, gotta sleep now already! Cannot believe it’s 4am, and I gotta wake up in an hour’s time! Happy New Year to all! Byebye!

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline & Fluff Fluff the Panda Bear