Modelle en Hôtel Heritage Station, Kuala Lumpur, Malaisie

"Bonjour monsieur , je voudrais parler au directeur Hôtel", said the caller on the line. What? What was that? Ok, ok, I did learn French years ago when I was still in college, but the guy really sounded fluent on the other end ..... imagery of Suave French-ness came to my mind ... and when he introduced himself, I was even more amazed! Modelle, the French Based Magazine has finally arrived in Malaysia and the caller was none other then Shaiful Nizam Mukhelas, the Managing Editor of this Magazine. They had wanted to do a launch of their Beauty 50 for their "Girls Next Door" Series for aspiring models in Malaysia and they were doing it for  free, something which we understand and support! They also wanted The Heritage Station Hotel as a Venue for one of their photo shoots and as it was a great effort, we agreed! After 3 grueling days of shooting, we leave you with the results of MODELLE MAGAZINE MALAYSIA, inaugural launch; October issue 2009.

New Procedures for Photo Taking ...

Dear Guys & Gals,

Please take note; THE HERITAGE STATION HOTEL, KUALA LUMPUR, is implementing new procedures for PHOTOGRAPHY SESSIONS at The Hotel. We are now doing away with the old application forms and will be introducing our new online booking forms effective 15 NOVEMBER 2009. We will honour all applications that were made directly with us previously and will allow photography on our old terms and conditions.

Would appreciate if you could also take note of the following;

• We will now allot 2 slots per day (4 hours each) per Photo Shooting, Per Couple/Model.
• Photo shooting time period will start from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm only.
• You will have to sign our standard Terms and Conditions when you arrive at The Hotel.
• The Heritage Station Hotel, Kuala Lumpur will levy a token sum of RM50.00 Nett per Photo Shooting session which will include the use of a changing room, and to partake in our Gallery (The Hotel will print and buy frames for this).

DAPHNE & ZHEN

Considered our first 'official' wedding shoot (despite actually having 3 others before this), we were approached by Mr. John W. Ishii, a renowned photojournalist who wanted to do a pre-wedding shoot in our hotel. At first I was like 'what?', but after talking to John, I realized we shared something in common; the challenge of taking on something new and giving back to the community ... in this time and age when I would have sworn that passion has died and commercialization has taken over, meeting John was definitely a breath of fresh air, and I must say, very motivating for me to continue with my plans and projects @THSH. (The Heritage Station Hotel lar ... too long to type). Anyway, he came on 27 May 2008 to shoot his 'free pre-wedding couple' which, coincidentally, John was offering for free! Less talk and lets get to the pictures @THSH!

'A Walk Down the Stairs, Hand in Hand'

'Forlorn'

'A Prelude To A Kiss'

I actually never thought THSH could look so good in photos and I honestly think that John's eye for photography with his composition is really great! To me, it really captures the mood of the couples. For more photos from John W. Ishii, please visit his blog entitled "F8 AND BE THERE". I am providing you the link below, oh John, btw, if you are reading this, I really love this 'self portrait of yourself' and please excuse me for posting it here 'without your permission!' :)

'Ladies & Gentlemen, presenting .... Mr. John W. Ishii'

Looks like a frame within a frame ....

http://johnwishii.blogspot.com