It was one LONG day. Started around 10 and finished past 1. Headed to the grooms in the morning, then to the brides, then to the brides parents place for the ceremony. Very unique wedding with the groom being lebanese and the bride vietnamese. Lovely couple. Then went into the city for some formal shots, then back to Bankstown Maxim for the reception, and then back out to the city for some night shots! First time we have, well I have done night shots. Was a good experience. Basically just needed the couple to hold still, smile and look at each other. Simple really. So here are the pics:

Groom getting ready (he wanted dramatic shots – made me nervous!):

Wonderful bouquet and an even more wonderful podium:

McMahon’s Point:

Loved the car (first convertable I’ve shot – wish we had more time with it!):

Testing out Vince’s new toy – lovely ice sculpture and cake!:

Cant remember what the team is called, but the groomsman runs classes all around the place. This was one of the guests who is in this team – in my opinion, just an organised bunch of trickers \ performers, but had some martial arts involved. They are based in Lakemba:

Loving the colour:

This was my “concept” shot – love the concept, possibly more could’ve been done to it. Saw it, and thought great idea:

So more pics at www.vlblog.net .

Again, was going to post a personal entry, but I’ve been busy with work, and rest. Tomorrow I dont think I can get it up, but I will definately try to get it done by the end of the week. Just noted, its been 5 weddings now since I’ve posted, and that means over a month! I’m assuming it will be quite a long rant about absolutely nothing!

Written by Milton Lai

This was my FIRST solo wedding!!! Was so nervous leading up to this day! So its been 4 days since their wedding! So congratulations to them! John’s a uni mate of mine. Lovely day, one of the most relaxing and fun (personal) weddings I’ve ever had. So might not remember everything that happened on the day, but here is a quick rundown.

Started at Emily’s place, with her getting ready and the WHOLE family. Church was at Wallacia Christian Church, which had the sweetest ceremony with many family and friends. Then we headed to Emily’s grandmas where we had some formal shots, then to John’s place for the reception. All this started at 9 and ended around 5pm. The reception was more of a lunch thing, with great finger food. In my opinion, it had so much class without over doing things, by keeping things simple, it looked amazing. So here are some photos:

The georgous flower girl getting ready:

You can see the lovely dress in the background:

Hair done and ready for her dress:

Georgous bride (John could go on for hours about her) :

Lovely the both of them:

Well we WERE out west! So why not see some of it:

What they were best at (clowning around) :

The bridal party at John’s place:

UTS uni guys:

Loved the decoration on the car (I beleive they drove to Katoomba with all that) :

Lovely wedding, one I wont ever forget! Hope you guys are having the best time on your honeymoon! See you guys soon enough!

Personal blog… still yet to come, been flooded with so much work its unbelievable…

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Its been more than a few days since this wedding. In short, I’ve been so busy with helping people out with assignments, I havn’t been able to get my own things sorted out. Nearly 3 weeks without a personal blog. Its coming.. soon. Anyway, to last weeks wedding. Started at the brides place, then to St Bedes behind Star City in Pyrmont for the ceremony. Lovely little church which was full of guests. Formals were taken at Jones Bay Wharf area and Martin Place. Then the reception was at the Star Room on top of the Imax theatre. Didn’t realise there was a function room up there. Great view.

YNOT is the question:

It was a lovely day until just before it got dark, the rains came. Very Candid.

Saw this across the place. Does it work? Something different.

Bride and groom had an amazing “bridal waltz” which was more of a showcase so to say. You can only guess what song is playing:

Fantastic wedding, sweetest couple. More pics at www.vlblog.net .

So on saturday I have my first SOLO wedding! So its a mates wedding and its all down to me. I’m so nervous about it, just the fact that the pressure is ALL on me for the day. We shall see how it goes, and I’m sure there’ll be photos up here on Sunday. Hope to also blog about the past couple weeks before then too.

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So, yesterdays wedding was a lot longer than I anticipated. This was due to three stooges that endevoured to ruin my day as well as ruin my shots. I guess the only positive thing coming out of it was how candid my shots really were. I mean I saw what everyone else saw, three guys running in front of everyone to get their shots, not caring for me and vince and especially the guests. One was armed with a D70, another with a panasonic camcorder, and the last with a video light. So started with the tea cereomy at the brides place, which was fantastic. The stooges took charge over the whole running of show. Moved onto a tea ceremony at the grooms, which lead to my most demoralising experience, having the video stooge, grab the top of my head to move it aside for his shot. This was followed by him literally talking behind my back, straight into the video camera mind you, about where I was and how i was getting into his shot. This was followed by him exclaiming to Vince how he can move all around the place and how versatile he is at being a video man, and I started thinking to myself, “if you are so versatile, I should never be in your way”. Luckily enough they didn’t come along to the formals. I was having a rough time dealing with it. Then came the ceremony at the Mariott Hotel as well as reception. This time, the photographer stooge, managed to walk infront of my lens, as they were exchanging rings. I managed to get one shot out of it. Then came the signing of the certificate which again, as the witnesses were signing, he again managed to stand right in front of my lens. Not just in front of my lens, but in front of everyone, so there was no where I could’ve moved to even get a shot. Then came photos with the bride and groom where he continually stuck his lens next to Vince’s to get a shot. This just lead to many of the guests staring at his lens instead. It didn’t register to the guests that they should’ve been looking at Vince. Then came reception – cutting the cake. So the MC announces “could the official photographer please come up first”, and guess who runs up there, the three stooges. They arrive there before me and Vince. Also standing in front of everyone again, the videolight stooge was shining it on them, in a way, it was good, but from a guests point of view, it looked disgusting. Then came the speeches where they stood a table away from the mic, and proceeded in shining this horrible light at them, and again, in front of everyone. Finally, end of the night, bride had changed into another gown (3 in total), and as the video stooge was recording, out in the open foyer area, STILL managed to push me out of the way to get his shot, even though, there was no one around me in a radius of 2 metres!

The point really is, that what they have done, is ruin my day, which isn’t so bad, but moreso, ruin the images that I have to take for the bride and groom. So I guess my work had suffered yesterday, and I was unable to cope with these guys. I just hope for the bride and groom, that I managed to get some good ones out of the day. Of course, Vince, being the rock that he is, doesn’t crack under any pressure at all! and carried me through the day. Thanks Vince! Pics:

Adorable cat:

My ring shot. I really love this shot. I don’t normally have detail shots.

Bride and groom arriving at the grooms house at Milsons Point.

The view from the apartment. You can see Watersedge, where we were on saturday.

As the bride and groom get seated…

The speeches… (The stooges…)

I’d have to say though, it was a nice wedding, lovely couple. Just a shame that those stooges got to me as much as they did.

More pics at www.vlblog.net .

Written by Milton Lai