are my wedding photos contemporary style or wedding photojournalism?

According to Wikipedia, “Photojournalism (sometimes called photo-journalism) is a particular form of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that creates images in order to tell a news story”. In recent years, this approach to wedding photography has lent itself to the practice of capturing matrimony by many top wedding photographers around the world. This artistic, documentary style may entail black and white or color photos, film or digital wedding photography. Wedding photojournalists work in a documentary manner, easily replacing the narrative itself.

As defined by Encarta, Photojournalism is “journalism using mainly photographs: a form of journalism in which photographs play a more important role than the accompanying text”.

Wedding Photojournalism is characterized by its candid, creative and natural results spanning serious to humorous scenes. While traditional wedding photography dictates the setting, a wedding photojournalist documents the moment as it naturally happens.

What do you think?

I really appreciate Wein & Adeline to be my 1st night shoots at bukit bintang area for their prewedding shoots. Initially, both of them are so shy for public kissing but after an hour later.. with us as the evil master, they love it and wont want to stop.. hahah, it was a great experience for both parties. Thanks again Wein and Adeline, sorry for all the delay..and see you again in your Singapore ROM at Sept 2008.

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Ryan and Antra’s wedding in June 2008. A fantastic actual day with all the fun time with the hengdai and ji mui games, I still remember Antra non stop laughing it when she hear it from her room. Their dinner was held in Sime Darby Convention Center The Decoration and the unbrella shape lighting is gorgeous. Let me share some of the photos highlights. For more photos, pls click here (Morning Session) & (Dinner Session)

I always come across the questions during some registration or setup or self introduction which make me stuck and keep wondering what answers should I insert. Let me share some that I can recall:

• What colour you like most? lol, i like all colours wor
• What movie that you like most? oh come on, I watch thousands of movies since I can remember, really not sur. I watch horror, romance, war, action, documentary, musical, love story, you name it. However, there are some movies which I watch more than once, like Stephen Chow’s movies series, Jet Li’s series, Jackie Chan series, and Titanic, Star Wars,… wait a minute, haha, seems a lot of movies I watch more than once too.. so, how could I tell the answer?
• What are your hobbies? When I was teenager, I don’t have PC games and console games, so my hobbies will be listening to music and writing to my pen-pal. When I start working, after I purchase the game console, I start focus all my free times in gaming and then now photography and one more… most important one, Sleep!!! not enough sleep!!!!!
• What food you like most? If you look at my tummy, you will know, beside beef, I eat anything that offer to me, of course la don’t talk about exotic food like bugs, but I did tried snake before too. Indian, Chinese, Malay, Holland, Japanese, Korean, I like all foods.. I like to taste on new food whenever I come across. Sometimes I wonder if I could be a good food critics or not?
• What book that you like to read most? oh this question, I use to read romance of three kingdom, the journey to the west, all the 5 important books in China history in fact..then of course I read a lot of textbook hahaha, then 10 years ago are all marketing and management books and now are all photography books. Nothing specific here…
• Which Countries you like to travel most? well, I love travel, in fact I do hope I can get travel photography too… too bad, commitment, commitment,commitment. I have read a lot of articles said, don’t think and drag your ideas, go for your dreams.. full-fill it, there is only one life that you have now. I know that, I understand, if I am single, I will do so… but I am not, I have other to depend on me, how to chase my dream, yes, traveling is my dream, my day dream…but I want to make it come true, lets do it!

Starring: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Kretschmann

Not sure why Angelina & Morgan Freeman pickup this movie, it does not work well for me. The storyline is too unrealistic. I have been watching a lot of movies and are open minded to all sort of theories but shooting in curve line, healing in the pool? this is way to comics to me.

The movie mention the theory that : Kill one and maybe save thousands

But who have the right to issue such order? a loom that gives the names of the targets through a binary code hidden in weaving errors of the fabric?

Beside those usual gun fights and car chases, don’t think this movie worth for 2nd watch.

Just came back from Tampin on today’s wedding assignment shooting a lovely and energetic couple. We begin our shooting from 930am till almost 6pm and the bride were still having the same smiley face, it is really fun taking their photos and my office colleague Zamrose was there too having his 1st trial on wedding shooting but I see the results is not bad..he learn fast.. another wedding photographer in making, ..

and I am now totally exhausted……

Just a quick view on today event:

Just came back from a very nice garden wedding at Ipoh Indulgence Hotel. Couple, Jeremy and Jamie engage our service since last year and from the date we accept her booking, I was so worried about the low light condition that mention by Jeremy. Worse of all, both of them know photography. In fact, both of them have been carrying around their camera during the whole day event today. Both Jeremy and Jamie are very details person. Like Jamie’s blog to us, it is fortunate and unfortunate as it is a big challenge to us. I was thinking of 5D and 85mm f1.2 since the day she booked us and she have wrote a very details guide to us (33 pages) of photographer must take note information to us in her blog as a guide for us.

Oh, I do remember your best man speech, single men’s life is incomplete and once you married, your life is finished hahah, that is really a good one…But no worry, I will say, once you married, your single life is finished, and your new chapter of your life will begin with your partner...

Indulgence is a very nice restaurant and I am lucky that during our slide-show preparation Jeremy bought us some sandwich and I have a chance to taste on their famous warm round cake. The taste? fantastic!!! Their staff are all friendly and nice to us. The newly open hotel room is even better..nice bathroom and deco. If you have a chance to visit this place, don’t forget, they are not open on Monday and Tuesday.

As for Jeremy and Jamie, this is our first garden wedding and I do appreciate you have trusted us as your wedding photographers. Hope our 2 hours slide-show will be able to fulfill your requirement and do stay tuned for more photos after this… and lastly, congratulation on your marriage!!

Thanks to Sean Lim who help us up a lot during this shooting

Just to share a few photos based on afternoon quick slide-show touch up.