Our Portrait Shoot

Stamped: July 30th, 2009

Since Alex’s birthday was in July and with our 3rd year wedding anniversary approaching in August, I thought it was really really sweet that we got such lovely photos of ourselves as gifts! Ever since we got married 3 years ago, we never really took time to get some nice shots of us together. So I was really excited when Alex suggested we take photos of each other during our Wedding Story retreat in Langkawi recently! Click here if you’d like to watch this cool video that Kee Sitt created.

Being in front of the camera makes me realize how tough it must be for the couples I shoot to feel natural. It is pretty intimidating and especially when you’re told to pose in a certain way, look sultry etc. I cannot take myself seriously and end up laughing cause I don’t think I’m the sultry type! Hearing certain phrases from the photographer, like “You look beautiful!” or “That’s the shot that I want!” definitely gives some sort of confidence. So I think it’s really important to talk to your client while you are photographing them. Sometimes I show my client the shot on the spot so that they can see what I have visualized in my head.

So here are some cool photos of us taken by Mark, Ian, and possibly Kee Sitt (possibly cause I can’t remember who was pointing the camera at us that day!).

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  • Grace Tan July 31st, 2009

    Hi Jack, You have to go to a place which has naturally beautiful sunsets like this! :) Putrajaya was amazing as it was that day when we took your pre-wedding shots. Surprising sunset for Klang Valley! For the lens, any wide angle ones will do, but you need to use a flash so that you can expose the people correctly and not get silhouette shots. Enjoy your trip in Bali!

  • Ban Jack Min July 31st, 2009

    OMG………. beautiful sunsets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Makes me wanna reshoot of my pre-wedding picssssssssssssssss !!!! i just love the photo above n below!!! can tell me wat type of lens i needed for a nikon? will be goin to bali tis sept for my sister wedding……

  • Ian July 30th, 2009

    Mark, that lalang shot was taken by me… ;)

  • Asther July 30th, 2009

    Pheweeettt! You two looks awesome! :D

  • Cheng Leng July 30th, 2009

    Love the matching shoes! That’s such attention to detail.

  • Grace Tan July 30th, 2009

    Thanks Avril! I don’t know what the Kelly dress is! Hahaha but I bought it in a shop in Bangsar Village. Thanks for visiting!

    Mark, haha ok, thanks for the info! A bit shy to put kissing shots online. :)

  • Avril July 30th, 2009

    I LOVE THAT DRESS! Is that the Kelly Dress? Oh, stumbled upon this site via Twitter :) Beautiful pictures!

  • Mark July 30th, 2009

    I think the 2nd one was taken by Kee Sitt because I was asking him why he focus on the lalang for some of the shots :P

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