Hi Kai,
Me replying you
regarding the photographers..
I find both very nice.. And service good also..
As I only hired David for ROM again, because of the pricing of just $150.. I'm quite happy with him too, the timing for us to meet him is 12 noon. We were late coz of some delay at YC for makeup.. David helped us to take a lot of outdoor shoots, by right, ROM dun hv that much outdoor shoots, plus he carried a big big bag and endured the hot sun from 12++ to 3+.. end up I got a full CD return of 400+ shoots...
David got me to take pre wedding shoots for free coz he was building his portfolio too, the make up was $100, but he offered to pay half of it. And I got my pre wedding shots free.. Anyway, David is very very not those rough rough kind of guys.
I didn't hired David for AD coz that time, I think I booked the 2 photographer based on the pricing only.. I haven even got David service yet. I almost wanted to get back David's service coz find him good, but I booked Andy liao.
Anyway, Andy for AD photograhpy is very good also, he drove to meet up clients and very easy to discuss type, during my wedding day, it was raining heavily, he got my sis to park his car when we reached my hubby's parents' place, and my sis even forgot to off his car light and ended up his car cannot start up when we are going to our new house..
Andy didn't throw any temper or is unplease at all. I very paiseh leh.. He simply tag with us along and chat with us on our way back in the bridal car.
Also, here's our initial plan and what I told Andy when I booked him..
9pm then reach my house..
11 then reach hubby's parents for tea ceremony
before 1pm reach own house
then around 2 reach my mum's house for tea ceremony
then Andy can go off at 2+ or 3pm until dinner time afound 7pm then come..
the timing is supposed to be very short wan..
BUT! on actual day, hubby's side give me plenty of complications, die die wan me to go early (we already told them auspicious time is 11pm to 1pm)
They Teochew ma.. normally the bride must set off b4 the sun rise.
(got one auspicious timing is at 1-3AM, they had even suggest me to go that hour, then some back to sleep!!)
But I tell them I want 11pm coz it's good hours.
Anyway, my mum said since we are going to live in our own house, not with hubby's parents, step into our own house more impt.
So the plan is to reach hubby's place around 10+ lor.
When we reach, most of his family ppl not there! End up cannot hv the tea ceremony, his side very unreasonable, we tell them to have the ceremony at the restuarent since not enough ppl, even the Andy said that too, he say like that everyone will be wearing nice nice in air con place, everyone will look nice nice etc..
Anyway, the result was we need to go back after the tea ceremony at my mum's place.
Poor Andy followed us all the way, he also didn't charge me extra at all. He left around 5pm coz he needs to go and recharge the batteries coz he cannot risk having hipcups for my dinner shoots..
(A few I asked eg: someone quite famous in forum named Desmond, will charge per hour if I extend his hours! and he also intro me to buy some hugh party poppers.. when I dun wan, he is not happy, I told him bout my quotes from others, he say others are new free lancers, uses lousy quality paper, while he uses some crystal-dunno-wat-technolopgy paper) I asked Andy if he uses such 'good' quality paper, Andy laugh and tell me, it's the most commonly use standard type of paper, it's good, but everyone uses that too, it's nothing to boost actually...
But Andy is a full time professional photographer, got his own studio, and is also tied to one or two BS, and he still gives good rates.
Anyway, I'm happy with Andy's service, he helped me to rush thru all my 33 tables even when the timing is very short (coz hubby side again lah, anyhow go and change my tables).. Perhaps some might find him no good perhaps he is very straight forward and not afraid to tell others what to do to get good pics, but I find him very good, helpful and is able to control the crowd, timing, etc..
Maybe if he is gently like David, so counteous, then the guests will take things for grants and things will not go smoothly
I dunno. Anyway, most impt is that Andy 's rate is very good.
To me, all photographers for the AD are the same, coz the stuffs to take are quite standard too.. the procedures.. the angles (eg: when the hubby sits in the car with the windows of the car acting as a kind of artistic framing.. Or when bride sits inside her room with the door half opened and the photo was taken from outside... Ppl can find that artistic too and starts saying the photographer can take things from a differenent view..
Or, some might like the way the photographer capture certain ppl's expressions?
But they didn't reeally think of the 'actors' (eg. couple, family, friends) potential in giving the good photos. If all the actors were like zoombies, Even if Chris Ling could hardly get good photos lah.. eg: My jie mei were a bunch of quite shy and boring girls, except for one who is also a part time model, even when she dun pose, she looks like smiling when she talk, not to mention that she can dress more nicely then the rest. As for me, the photographer quite like a few of my pics, why? Because I'm never serious lor.. I give funny faces, happy means happy is written on my face, when I'm not happy with hubby's side, my bittergrourd face yet trying to cheerup for others sake also give another twist to the pics. I pop my head to catch the photographer's attention at times and my playfulness is another thing coz I jump & hop around, pull my own gown up to walk.. While my silent is another kind of mood he likes which he find is at times 'cool' or 'elegant' ..
I told him since he likes those pose, he can show to other girls also ma.. he tells me, diff ppl exert different mood and expression even when they are doing the same thing. Some are naturally elegant, demure type, some is very serious, some always fake smile, some simply freeze when they know the camera is shooting at them, some needs longer to warm up, n their pics are only nicer during the noon n dinner time
Anyway, just keep yourself happy like the rest of the brides here and you sure wouldn't have lousy pics
Hi Gladys,
Me ok lah.. hates working.. how I wish I can be tai tai..
Haven go see doc yet though..