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;

MERDEKA! MERDEKA! MERDEKA!

Happy 'Merdeka' to all Malaysians in and out of the country! I hope that this Merdeka will bring us all closer together and from the team @THSH, we wish you all the best in all your future undertakings! Sorry for the late post because I was in Seremban (no internet) today and just came back in time for me grand mum's b'day .... hopefully I can still make it before the clock strikes 12 ...

What was very surprising to me today, in the morning when I just blur blur, waking up from my sleep, I received an SMS from my colleague, Rosli, telling me we came out in one of the local dailies .... so I got my dear wife to pester her niece to buy me that daily and when it arrived about lunchtime, I was like errr ......... take a look for yourself! What a surprise, in conjunction with our 51st Merdeka! (Please note that the files are quite big cause I didn't want to scan, I actually took a photo once I came back.....)

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Doesn't that photo look familiar??? Erm .. I wonder where I have seen it before ... anyway, I will try and continue to give my fullest commitment to the projects that I have been doing and THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT GUYS AND GALS ... WITHOUT YOU, WE WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR ... This one's for you!!!

WEDDING COUPLES - THE 'REAL' DEAL

Stepping out from my makeshift office door, I looked at the watch ... goodness, already 1.15 pm ... scheduled for a meet with Mr. John W. Ishii, Wesley Wong, Tommy Yap at 2.00 pm ... going to the photocopier to make some copies of our almost confirmed itinerary .... as I stepped out, I saw John and Wesley sitting at the bar having a drink (images of 'play it again Sam' flashes before my eyes, now what movie was that?) ... *wow, thats really early* ... so I hurried on the copier to try and make some copies, but whammie, a guest of the Hotel just lost her passport. She was supposed to take the bus to Penang at 1.00 pm, but missed it already. Great. So I had to deal with the situation and put John and Wesley on hold, luckily, there was still time ... after advising the guest on the next course of action, Tommy walks in, great, we can start the meeting then ... after the introductions, as I was just about to get comfy, whammie, a pre wedding couple comes in for a shoot without an appointment. Great. Getting rid of the formalities with the pre wedding couple, we adjourned to a table to discuss, or so I thought, whammie, the guest that lost their passports don't know what to do next, ok, so I advised them again and asked my chef to lend them a helping hand to send them to the Police Station cause I didn't drive today. Great. Its really tough at times to just juggle everything from blogging to work to these events... *sigh* Missed my lunch time too ... luckily after the meet, Tommy and Me secretly goes to mum mum!

Ok Ok! Now lets get down to the happier stuff! So now you know who our photographers are, but you don't know who our couples are ... well, our real couples were selected by our board of moderators (different board lar) after some screening and interviewing. They are not models. They are the real deal. Not imitations unlike Petaling Street ..... so photographers, please meet your going to wed couples. Our photographer picking board, please meet the couples. World, please meet our 3 selected couples for our community event on 10 August 2008!

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So what do you think? Pretty aren't they? Now its up to our photographers to perform. I personally would love to see what comes out! *can't wait!!! anxious .... *

Our Couples lounging around in Pretty In White.

I personally loved the atmosphere
in great company!

Now I can go and get some rest (Really? You gotta be kidding, got tonnes of backlog and more stuff of the event to tie up. Geez ....) Oh, btw, I will not be posting anything about the event proper, you will have to navigate and wait for www.dailylifestyles.com. However, post event, I will, on this blog, hold an 'electronic exhibition' of sorts of the photographers, one by one ... so my dear photographers, you better start eye and finger exercises now! Also get an early night on Saturday and skip your usual hangouts at the pubs ok?

SU & RAY

'Episode IV - A new hope. A long time ago in a Hotel far far away .... It is a period of a change for the people @THSH. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the woeful enemy who usually barred people from taking their personal photos here. During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the ANTI 'LOVE' STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy all photographic equipment in the galaxy. Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, the THSH Team races home aboard their starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save their people and restore free personal photography to the galaxy....'

Source : Star Wars Episode IV's Crawl
with apologies ... :)

Dramatically corny isn't it? Well, my itching fingers just won't let go of the keyboard ... been a fan of Star Wars since young ... anyway, the real story was, way before I had even cemented my ideas to allow couples into the Hotel for their personal pre-wedding photos, I was having my hands full with the daily problems in the Hotel. It felt like I was being slowly braised in a pressure cooker. So, i decided to take a break and have a brisk walk outside, taking in my nasty habit. I began toying with the idea that if I did tidy up the hotel, it would look a little nicer, wouldn't you think? Then I could get some wedding couples to come and take photos! *idea hatched* As I was busy daydreaming (oh no! not again!), I spotted a wedding couple escorted with suspicious-looking (like) photographer.... clasping my palms and rubbing them, eyes glinting ... (can't you hear my evil laughter?) ... why not try out the idea on them? (Didn't I say I was impulsive?)

'I'll always be your pillar of strength'

'Your glass will never be empty, ever again'

'Longing'

'A quiet moment, under a canopy of lights'

'Waiting'

I wish to congratulate Su & Ray on their wedding and just for your information they were actually from Australia. They were very pleasant and pretty excited about being able to shoot @THSH, and gave me their consent very fast. These pictures were taken way, way, way before I even had the notion to advertise on forums and my community project plans, photos were dated 21 April 2008, when I was still very much a newbie @THSH. From Su & Ray's photos, I proceeded to tidy up the Hotel, making small changes here and there to make it more conducive for photo shoots. I must also thank their photographer Alex, for being so helpful with my suggestions back then. Hey, Alex, where in the world are you now? For more photos from Alex, please visit www.alexmoi.net