Pre-wedding photo album (Outdoor album)

I like my make-up artist, Regine from Jazz Bridal as she was able to do up the hairstyle and make up in accordance to my gowns and perhaps, my style. I told her to decide on everything so long as the end result looks ok for me and only requested her not to be too exaggerated.

We were pretty satisfied with Adrian too, the freelance photographer for Jazz Bridal. We didn't communicate a a lot before the photo-shoot besides sharing with him on the props that we had, the whole environment was comfortable with Adrian being the photographer, more laugh points then embarrassment.

1st destination - Preserved train track site. It was very difficult to walk with my heels and despite the burning sun shining on us, we are not allowed to frown! Whew... but am happy with the photos!

It was through pure coincidence that we managed to get the yellow gown for our outdoor photo-shoot. Tried on many outdoor gowns as we are not allowed to bring the indoor gowns out to prevent it from being spoilt, but nothing seems suitable.

Luckily Liang asked if there is anything yellow to match his shirt! Ta-da, this gown fits perfectly and is so pretty! Most importantly, it's easy to wear and light!

2nd destination - Lorong Halus bridge. Weather was a bit cranky today! Just as we were perspiring non-stop beforehand, it started to drizzle when we reached punggol. Adrian made use of the rainy weather and managed to get the 'winter' and 'cold' feel. 

Rain stopped soon after and my gown was already semi wet. We were both in white and took chances to sit on the bridge (ignoring the wetness and chance of dirtying Liang's white shirt and pants)!

Loves the sunflower photo effect, and the I'm flying post is not easy! Without the support of the sunflower stem, i don't think i'l be able to 'fly' as high... -.-'

3rd destination - Punngol waterway, where Bingcai and Lijun is waiting for us, with 100 balloons. However, it started to drizzle again and we braved through the rain and took some quick photos before the sunset is gone! The balloons were sagging due to the rain :( and we couldn't get the effect we wanted as wind were coming from all directions.

The dome could not be tied with the ideal 'flying in 1 direction balloons' scene. We had no choice but to put all the balloons together in the mist of the getting heavy rain. Very reluctantly, we released all the balloons to get the below effect! We made a wish and let the balloons fly high (ouch, $$$)! This photo is very expensive ar... haha! 

I can't even try to jump as my dress was already very wet by then, too HEAVY! But I'm glad my make up is still intact at the end of the day!  I didn't even have time to touch up, nope, not even lip gloss. Ku-dos to Regine! 

Thank you Yiting, Francine, Bingcai and Lijun for making themselves free on the photo-taking day and helping us to collect the different batches of balloons and running errands. 

Thank you for helping out with my dress and changing of gowns! I couldn't tie the gown on my own for sure! 

Thank you for shielding me with umbrella and also, shielding the photographer with umbrella while he take his photos of us! 

Thank you for worrying on behalf that rain is coming and the balloons are no longer floating as strong as it is due to the long hours in sun and then with the rain! 

Thank you for being around on one of the most memorable day in my life :)

Pre-wedding photo album (Indoor)

The feeling of going through the pre-wedding photos again is amazing, it felt just like yesterday that we were still running about to buy props and getting ready for the photo-shoot day.                                                                                    

Such moments are definitely worth a mention and deserves to be blogged about!

Ater selecting the photos, we made another trip to Jazz Bridal to confirm the photos layout and were pleased to confirm their design as there is nothing much that we can change. Think we only changed 1 of the photo positioning and everything else remained.

Main bridal gown

My favorite black gown that is only used for photo-shoot

Navy blue evening gown

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Pre-wedding photo shoot

We took about 500+ photos during the whole photo-shoot session for both indoor and outdoor, and had a hard time choosing 42 pieces out of the 500+ !

As usual, we were being adviced to buy all the photos at $2,000 and further negotiated to $1,500 i think. It was tempting enough but no! I rather spend that additional budget on our honeymoon instead of buying photos to keep in the computer.

Made a final decision to choose within the number of copies that we have in the package, and bought 0 photos as any additional photo chosen, will cost me $100. Better deal? $80 per copy is still considered expensive to me. Boo~

Enjoy the finest photo selected!

My personal favorite!

   

 I love you! Thank you for all the precious moments~

Check out the next post for the full pre-wedding photo album.

Dim Sum Lunch and photo layout selection

Arranged for a dim sum lunch with family at Peach Garden, Thomson Plaza and the queue was long... many of them were already waiting outside before the door is open for their dim sum lunch buffet!

Had our fill even though it was crowded, enjoy the photos!

Laksa

Spring rolls

Potato croquet (if I don't remember wrongly)

Fried wanton

Mushrooms

Vermicelli vegetables wrap 

Siew Mai

and I can't remember this, can't recall if I ate this too. 

Food was good overall, typical dim sum standard that you can find elsewhere. However, if you would like to have your dim sum craving fixed, I'll recommend this place as the selection is more then what is shown above. They have a buffet line for other food such as Chee Cheong Fan, soup of the day etc. 

Went ahead for our pre-wedding photo layout selection after lunch. I still recall that there were too many photos to choose from and both the photographer and bridal shop sales person had to do their job to ask us to buy the whole album at $x,000 amount. I'm glad that they wasn't pushy after we rejected them. As much as I would like to have those photo saved for future memories, I can't bear to part with my money! It was too expensive to buy and have it stored in my computer, even though it will be with me for the rest of my life.

The layout came out pretty well arranged and here's one for preview! 

Wedding preparations (Pre-wedding photo-shoot)

This day has finally arrived and after all the preparations that we have done, it will finally come to use today! The wedding band, props, list of outdoor photo-taking venues, balloons and etc were all prepared and packed on the day before. And our friends who were booked weeks ago were confirmed and activated for our 'weee-o-weee' day. 

Woke up early in the morning, took dad's car and headed to Tanjong Pajar before the peak hour congestion. Reached slightly early and rested a while in the car before getting off to start the busy day!

Some of the props that we are using today includes:

the impromptu purchase of the lovely earrings

(I got them only 1 day before at Compass Point)

 

Movie ticket posters that we've designed

Huge sunflower

It's time to get pretty and handsome :)

While Liang's doing his make-up, it's my self-potrait time! 

Back on table for my hairdo, for the first white bridal gown!

 

2nd hair-do for the black bridal gown...

  Last hair-do to last me for the whole day out for outdoor photo-shoot

Regine's my make-up artist!

 

Then, we are ready to go!

Another venue that requires balloons was the jewel bridge at Punngol Waterway! Thank you Bing Cai and Lijun for collecting the 100 balloons on our behalf and also, getting to the place earlier to decorate the bridge. Although it was raining and most of the balloons can't float, your effort is appreciated! I'm sure you 'gan cheong' for us when the rain came and the sun start to set. 

Thank you Berry for keeping my gown safe

It was raining and the balloons were affected as most were flying in all sorts of direction and some were semi deflated. The balloons didn't float straight as we expected but we still managed to take some nice pictures with it. The last resort was to take all the almost delated balloons together and took photos of it! My gown was drenched and heavy as you can tell from the photo; I can't even jump with it!

We let go of all the balloons just for 1 photo! Expensive!!! 

After a long out, everyone was famished! Went for a feast at Hong Kong cafe after we returned all the gowns and accessories to the bridal shop. 

Thank you Yiting and Francine for taking time out to help me collect the balloons for photo-taking at the railway track! Time would be very tight for us if you wasn't collecting the balloons on our behalf! Also, thanks for learning and applying the 'tie shoelace' method while I changed for the 2nd outdoor gown. I wouldn't be able to change into another gown without your presence!

Thank you girls

Photo-taking wasn't as tiring as many have said. It was a rather fun and eventful day for us as we have experienced the hot sun, rain and night chill. I'm thankful to have the help of our friends, who has made the day and planning easier. Everything went along with what was being planned. Not forgetting the wonderful help of our MUA and photographer! 

Random: 

This is the longest and heaviest fake eyelashes that I have ever wore! 

Sneak peak, this is the only photo that they managed to shoot as they are not allowed to take pictures of us. Sobs.

Photo credit: Francine Low

 

 To my husband-to-be, you have done a great job today!

 I love you, and you are an amazing entrance to my life.