PLUS BRIDES - QUEST FOR INNER BEAUTY

ABOUT THE SIX PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING PART IN THIS CHALLENGE;

JON LOW

Jon Low loves photography. His portfolio consist works from wedding celebrations by various ethnic races in Malaysia. This includes Malay, Chinese, Christian, Indian, Sikh Weddings and more. Jon is currently loving wedding portraiture, where he challenges himself in creating dramatic, timeless wedding fine art pieces.

Jon Low is the main preson behind Ideal Wedding Studios who are dedicated to listen,plan and execute your needs for wedding portraiture, actual wedding day and would love to be part of your wedding celebrations. For more information, please visit http://www.idealwedding.net

ANNA-RINA

A fast-rising wedding and portrait photographer, bubbly Anna-Rina has made her presence felt in the local scene with her intimate wedding photography as well as projects with local publications such as Cleo and Men's Health.

Anna-Rina has also appeared in a 3R/Dove TV feature about women working in male-dominated industries, won the 2008 Cleo Young Achiever's Award for 2008 and was also a featured speaker in the 2nd National Youth Entrepreneur Convention in January 2009.

Ever the optimist, Anna-Rina dedicates time and energy into making those close to her happy. That is clearly
reflected in the photographs that she takes, as she immortalizes the best moments of our lives in beautiful photographs with an unconventional twist.Her recent projects can be seen on her blog site at http://www.anna-rina.com

JOSHUA K.

Joshua K is a wedding and portrait photographer. He founded Inlight Photos in 2007. Joshua is well-known for his passion in creative photography and is also well-admired for his positive approach to life and for his friendly personality.

Joshua especially loves capturing people with the intention to encapsulate every distinctive emotion and memories of his subjects. Contemporary, creative, innovative, natural and dynamic are dominantly Joshua's photography style. For more information, please visit http://www.inlightphotos.com

ZACH CHIN

Zach Chin is a wedding photographer who believes that the relationship between a couple and a photographer is not solely based on a piece of a black and white contract. Instead, it is a far more meaningful one where he is passionate on sharing his expertise and creativity to capture photos of your wedding that are engaging, personal and simply breath-taking.

As he understands the significance of this wonderful occasion, he will do whatever it takes to ensure you are able to relive the beautiful moments of your wedding experience over and over again. From a simple gesture of adjusting your wedding gown to securing the best location for that perfect shot, you can certainly rely on his unrivaled commitment to deliver you the memories you have always dreamt of.

Zach Chin can be aptly described as a visual artist who appreciates that every couple is unique and is always keen to hear your stories. Stories of how you first laid eyes on each other to how you finally realized that he or she was the one you would grow old together. By sharing your personal anecdotes, he believes that this will help him understand your distinctive personalities and allow him to translate them into photos that you will cherish and leave a lasting impression. For more information, please visit http://www.zachchin.com

KENNETH TAN

Great photos are not taken with eyes, but with imagination and passion; this is the simple belief of Kenneth Tan, founder, Fabulous Chapter Photography bases on.

Kenneth loves to see things in a different angle while capturing moments and details unobtrusively; natural is the key and alertness is essential. For an important date that marks a new chapter in a lifetime, he believes in recording the essence and true emotions of the day that brings you right back into the wedding.

Fabulous Chapter is a team that offers photography services for your solemnization ceremony, wedding day and personalized modern wedding portrait. For more information, please visit http://www.fabulouschapter.com

ADAM ONG

Adam Ong is known for his outstanding visuals in his works focusing mainly on pre wedding. Starting out as a bridal photographer with numerous established bridal houses in Malaysia, Adam quickly rose the ranks to become a Creative Director of photography with his last posting. He then decided to come out on his own in order to broaden his horizons and fully explore the extent of his creativity. He has amassed an impressive portfolio in a short time and is now dabbling to refine his art via artistic tools.

Much of Adam's work is based on his interactions with his clients, giving them control over the entire outcome of the photography, while Adam works within their confines to bring out the best in them. Highly sought after by couples around the world, Adam is now fast becoming one of the most notable young photographers in the region. For more information, please visit http://www.adamongphotography.com


This is an opportunity not to be missed as we have assembled 6 young and talented photographers for this project .... if you would like to know more, please click HERE;

OUR CHALLENGE .... AGAIN!

Brides are beautiful regardless of their size, but plus-sized brides face a challenge in finding a wedding dress that makes the entire planning of your special day pale in comparison. The wedding dress of your dreams is out there, but if you’re a plus-size bride, you will often run into the problem that most traditional bridal shops don’t even carry your size.

Bigger brides (we like to say voluptuous) have hope. There’s no reason to starve yourself or start feeling ashamed of your body; first, we’re going to look at ways of accentuating your beauty and then we’ll tackle the harder task of finding someone to give you what you want – a wedding dress & photo shoot that makes you feel like the goddess you are as you walk down the aisle.

And that is our challenge. Come and join our specialized team in realizing this event.

FEATURING GOWNS BY :

Pretty In White - Designer Evening & Formal Wear


FEATURING THE TALENTS OF PHOTOGRAPHERS :

Jon Low from Ideal Wedding
Kenneth Tan from Fabulous Chapter
Joshua K from Inlight Photos
Zach Chin from Zach Chin Photography
Anna-Rina from Anna-Rina Photography
Adam Ong from Adam Ong Photography


WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are looking for 3 voluptuous brides who have difficulty in looking for bridal gowns and good pre wedding shoots.

All of our partners has decided to waive their professional fee's for this project and hence we will only offer this package to 3 voluptuous brides at our cost of RM1,350.00 Nett. The normal prices of such a nature I believe would be well over RM4,000.00. What you will get in return is;

1. A wedding gown for your pre wedding photo shoot and your actual day on a rental basis.
2. 6 photographers taking photos of you at The Heritage Station Hotel, Kuala Lumpur at the end of May.
3. A photobook of you and your hubby featuring the works of all 6 photographers.

We will be holding a consultative session on 3rd May 2009 at Pretty In White in order to qualify the couples. Please note, consultation is by submission of applications only.

This challenge is opened to all couples that are going to get married soon and/or recently married.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?

Simple. Just send us the following information;

1. A picture of yourself and your future hubby.
2. Your mobile number.
3. A little write up on your experiences looking for the right gown.
4. Your email address.

Please send all applications to brides@prewedding.info

Please note that we will chronicle the couple from start to finish followed by an actual exhibition at The Heritage Station Hotel, Kuala Lumpur at a later date. All couples selected will be invited to attend this exhibition.

POSSIBLE UPCOMING PROJECT ... A SNEAK PEEK

I am very, very anxious and excited about our new upcoming project. I have been speaking to loads of brides and couples who have been here, online and friends from local publications. What I find interesting is that not many people are really doing projects of this nature.

In actual fact, I find that everyone is beautiful. Every human being on this earth is blessed with beauty, you just have to dig a little deeper to find it. In the world today, many people are quick to point out one's weaknesses. I am sure many of us can find numerous weaknesses of your colleagues, friends and even family. What we fail to realize is that; the very same person has strengths, only perhaps it is taken for granted.

I am also a firm believer that at times, many of us are moulded in terms of body size by genetics. Yes, I have read and heard many, many success stories about people losing weight and so forth, but what about people who are born with a big build? I also know for a fact that many brides go on massive diets prior to their wedding dates/photo shoot for the sake of looking good. Is this what it's meant to be?

I mean, look, fashion is supposed to make you look good together with make up and the photographers skill, in relation to wedding photo shoots. It should not be the other way around, in my humble opinion. I guess it's just that in Malaysia we may not have sufficient exposure and expertise for brides or grooms of the bigger build. Perhaps we are of the opinion that Asian people in general are of the petite type .... and I can go on rambling all day about this.

So here lies my challenge to the people out there ........ here lies my next possible project, currently in progress ........ I challenge all of you in the Wedding Industry to take up my call!!!

PLUS BRIDES CHALLENGE

Watch out for it ......... or drop me a comment on this blog to show your support!!!

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST PARTNER!!!

Ladies and Gentleman, Guys and Gals,

It is an honour and it gives me great pleasure to announce that MalaysiaBrides.com has now officially become a partner of our community based projects from now on. On behalf of the team @THSH, Mr. John W. Ishii, Pretty In White, Dailylifestyles.com, we would like to welcome you on board our project. Lets make this a bigger and merrier event up north!!! (Die lar, Die lar ... then I no time to do anything else.... like this, ar ...... I dowan!!!) Plans are afoot to tour the whole of Peninsular Malaysia now!!! Get out your calenders as we will be heading to a region near you soon!!! (Once we can confirm the dates lar .. sorry!!!)

A good place to get wedding tips, advice
& to share other peoples experiences.

As you all know (or some of you ar ...), this community project does not generate any money and Malaysia Brides has so graciously offered us some forum space for us to post our events officially, (instead of curi curi .... Gwa Ha Ha Ha .... ) so we do hope that everyone would make this Community Project #2 - Road trip to the Northern Region a big and happy event! I am counting on your support! All of our partners have thrown in tremendous time and effort, and in some cases our own money, in realizing this Project, so please help us out!!!

Updates coming shortly ....... If you are looking to register for our Northern Region Community Project - The Road Trip, please click here.

FRUSTRATIONS & EXCITEMENT!

You know, ever since I opened my doors @THSH for pre wedding, wedding and model photography for free just asking for a copy of the photos and rights to post it on this blog with credit given back to the couple/model and the photographer, I have been getting a lot of response. Thank you to all.

When I meet the photographers, they actually are very nice and agree to almost anything I ask, all for free, but I am getting frustrated. WHY? Well, its very simple. I have to chase and chase and chase them for the photos, and you might even add, some are from reputable places and names. VERY, VERY, DISAPPOINTED. I think I have shown enough kindness and respect to all of them who have come here. Ar well ... maybe I should just CLOSE my doors to ALL then ... then I would not have such disappointments .... hurm, food for thought.

Where the h*ll are my photos that were promised to me???

Now on to the EXCITING NEWS!!! The Team from the original Pre Wedding Community project is now PLANNING A FULL SCALE ROAD TRIP!

We will be heading to the northern region at 2 Places ..... PENANG & IPOH to launch our community projects .... so now we are on the Hunt for 3 + 3 = 6 Couples, who are interested to participate in our event. If all goes well, we will be looking for 15 + 15 = 30 Hobbyist photographers, for PENANG AND IPOH!

We will give preference, to couples from the Northern Region for this project because we are going north!!! How are we going to pull it off? Ha ha ha ... you'll have to wait and see .... so please send us all your interest soon!!!

Pre-requisites for our upcoming event can be found here : [link]

From our first event :

• Photographers : [link]
• Couples : [link]
• Event Completion Pics : [link]
• Other Pics : [link1], [link2]

I will be away for a business trip from 18 -24 August 2008, so please excuse me if I do not reply your mails .... Please help us make this a successful event too!!!