sharonlili photography

01.01.2012 - Justin and Audrey got hitched!

2012-01-06T23:16:00.000+08:00

I celebrated 2012 New Year's day with a wedding dinner shoot for my cell members: down-to-earth Justin and lovely Audrey. It was indeed an evening of laughter and celebration for this happy couple. It was even a reunion for many friends from their universities and fellowship for others.

Congratulations dear friends!

Perks of My Work Life

2012-01-03T22:59:00.001+08:00

The perks of my work life is the one thing I won't trade for anything else. In the short 6 months that I'm with this department, I've met and taken personal photos with numerous artists like Anthony Morse from History Channel's Hidden Cities, Dave Salmoni from Discovery Channel's World's Deadliest Towns, Kimora Lee Simmons, the ever popular diva who isn't quite a diva in person, Datuk Siti Nurhaliza, Phineas and Ferb from Disney Channel, and Kim Sun Ah & Lee Dong Wook from Scent of a Woman on OneHD.

Some photos are in hard copies but here are some to share.

Media Conference for Scent of a Woman on 06.12.2011

Media Conference for Datuk Siti Nurhaliza documentary on History Channel on 30.11.2011

Phineas and Ferb 3D installation at Pavillion KL launch on 25.08.2011

Lunch with Anthony Morse of Hidden Cities on 11.11.2011

Phineas and Ferb Meet-the-Fans in PJ Hilton on 14.12.2011

Kimora Lee Simmons Media Conference on 05.10.2011

I'll upload the photo taken with them when I have them in softcopy.

Boon & Vee Mei at the beach

2012-01-03T22:45:00.000+08:00

Tanjong Sepat is not only famous for yummy and cheap seafood, it is also a good location for casual couple shots or simply a day trip away from town. Last October, Sam and I had the sweet opportunity to take some casual couple shots with Boon & Vee Mei. Delightful couple who's up for anything even though it was scorching hot (the sunburn marks has not faded on my wrist). Their faithful friend, Dee Leen, was equally game to tail, assist and be our photo blogger of the whole trip.

Thank you for a wonderful day out and congratulations again!

Sakura flowers in a small town ....

Chee Leng weds Christine 20.11.2011

2012-01-03T22:00:00.003+08:00

An auspicious date for an auspicious event. Chee Leng and Christine were married on 20.11.2011. It was indeed a happening day beginning with a traditional 'chuk-mun' session at Holiday Villa Subang. It was my first time witnessing the tradition of a mock dinner session in broad daylight. Very interesting. :)

Congratulations to the happy couple!

Love the bridal bouquet!

A chance meeting with tourists in the hotel lift.

Dinner at Jaya 33

Fuelled - YA Getaway 2011

2011-10-21T00:05:00.000+08:00

The YA Getaway this year saw God at work in every aspect. From publicity to recruitment and camp proper, He was always present to dispel the surreal roadblocks. A miraculous save at an accident on the eve where the committee who was involved was not hurt at all and the other car survived a write-off crash. My first-aid kid items which was added last minute were all required at camp. An emergency ride to the nearest hospital saved a committee's life with the presence of a certified doctor at camp and quick respondents. It never rained till camp was over as everyone had to walk in the open from the hall to their rooms during this rainy season. A delay in the itinerary avoided another accident for a camper on the way back.

Though quite a few were down with viral fever for a week after camp, many lives were fuelled and changed at camp. I saw people who became more patient while others turned more friendly, helpful without an intention and many clicked though they were strangers at first sight.

God was indeed present. He provided the safety nets and the medical aid required. He saw ahead of us and truly this camp has blessed me lots.

The activity board that Allan and I put together which served as the camp studio backdrop.

Room keys.

Photo by Acao, my diligent assistant.

Photo by Acao.

Games time.

Best dressed group with "Life's a Beach" theme.

Yee-ha!! to the cowboys and cowgirls!

The committee.

The worship team.

Pastor Eric Lau who shared his experiences on strengthening relationships.

YB Hannah Yeoh inspired us with her strong trust and faith in God.

Pastor Chris Kam's cute jokes.

Campers unite.

Dinner Reception: Hian & Carene (11 Sept 2011)

2011-10-20T23:20:00.000+08:00

Empire Hotel's Grand Ballroom has an interesting ceiling design and a large bird cage decor at the entrance. Hian and Carene has been dating for the longest time and everyone was thrilled to see the love birds settle down so grandly that night. Both are care free and always ready for a photo shoot with a big, gorgeous smile. Love her red dress! I had a great time admiring their energy and congratulations to the happy couple once again!

Violet turns One

2011-10-20T23:05:00.001+08:00

Violet Chai turned one on 1 Oct 2011 and her birthday party was filled with lots of cheerful and playful kids below 12. Proud parents, Jackie and Jason, dressed the cozy Papa Rich in Cheras with sweet violet, white and fuchsia balloons and every child got a party pack full of chocolates.

Both are old friends of mine and we were joined by Mabel, Daniel, Hock Guan and his family.

Marcus Ng loves making cute faces.

The fairy cake.

Lucas Ng - a happy , smiley baby (with Nicole)

Violet with mummy and daddy.

Mabel with Lucas.

Simply a sweet, sweet day indeed!

Alan & Jernni Weds (13 Sept 2011)

2011-10-20T22:00:00.000+08:00

Had a wonderful 2 days shoot with Eugene and Sam for sweet Jern Ni and compassionate Alan. The spark between them was endearing and family members were really courteous throughout. Both are in the medical line and we're blessed to have such passionate people in this industry.

Congratulations once again!

Here's an email note from the couple today (20 Oct 2011):

Dear Sharon,

Thanks for capturing all the wonderful moments of our wedding. We are very happy with the work of you and your team. Shall look for your help again when organizing functions in the future. Definitely will recommend you to our friends. Take care and do keep in touch.

Regards,

Alan & Jern Ni

Some low-res photos to share:

Suara Kami 2011 Event

2011-09-18T01:37:00.000+08:00

It rained. People scattered. Rain stopped. People started gathering in front of the stage. Show started punctually at 8pm. Audience was hysterical. I sat at the grand stand right next to the VVIP box.

Unexpected night of surprises awaits me.

Firstly, Naresh Iyer came and sat next to me after his performance. Before that, my friend and I were curious that an Indian Aunty next to us were thoroughly enjoying herself during the Indian artists segments. Before we knew it, she is Naresh's mom and he came to sit next to me in the public bench area. He's such a sweet young guy as he was very obliging to people who kept coming up to take photos with him every few minutes and he even entertained my questions when I asked about his mom, the dancers and his time in Msia.

Next surprise was the Prime Minister (Datuk Seri Najib) & his wife waved and looked towards where we were as he was talking to a group of people in a t-shirt labelled NFC who were cheering for him.

Bernama posted the news at midnight today:
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=614120

It was a memorable evening after all.

Suara Kami PC 17 September 2011

2011-09-17T17:52:00.001+08:00

Part of the privileges of new full time job is having the chance to meet with or come close to superstars and today is one such day.

In conjunction with Malaysia Day yesterday, Astro helped organised Suara Kami, a youth concert and carnival day at Stadium Merdeka. I was privileged to be at the press meet this morning with the artists performing at the concert tonight. Security was tight so only managed to take these and there were a whole bunch of media photographers - really gung-ho ones.

Seems like a really busy weekend this is. Had to turn down a baby shower, an open house and another get-together for this concert. Can't wait to watch the concert tonight!

Chinmayi & Naresh Iyer from India. Naresh seems really excited to be here and it's a first time for both of them.

Nelly from US

Rania - the K-Pop girl band. They didn't speak a word of English except for one who's a Siamese and they were really obliging and lovely.

The local artists performing tonight are: Pop Shuvit (right), Yuna (second from left), Faizal Tahir (far left) Altimet, Hujan (opening act and it's actually raining now), Pyschounit, Rabbit Mac and Soul Krazy.

*Photos have been resized to low res.

Client Testimonials

2011-07-05T11:59:00.001+08:00

It's great to hear testimonials and thank yous from clients verbally and today is a sweet one as this client still love her photos from 4 years ago. I'm so thankful for God's gift and am blessed to have grateful clients.

This is what she said:

An Event

2010-09-04T23:55:00.004+08:00

I recently did a job for a Japanese company's dinner in celebration of a launch and the hotel rooms were really amazing. It was at the Legend International Water Homes in Port Dickson and the rooms on stilts had a private pool and mini pantry and a glass to look at the water below. Here are some pictures to share.

(Above right) The private pool in the room. (Below) The rooms on stilts.

The beautiful sunset that day.

Some of the yummy-licious platters for the night.

Bali Beach Fun June 2010

2010-06-05T23:39:00.002+08:00

I feel fortunate to be working with AMP and having a paid vacation overseas every other year. This is my second time to Bali on company expenses and the experience was unforgettable - the good and the bad. We were there for 4 days, 3 nights and though the dizzy journeys from the airport to the hotel or from the hotel to Kuta (for entertainment & food) or Ubud (for shopping) or even all the way to the volcano slopes were horrible, I still had my share of fun nonetheless at the company annual dinner and walking by the beach and of course, taking random shots of the sceneries.

From the windows of the plane to the bus:

The awesome Nikko Hotel Bali room which is about RM800 per night:

The 'chun' view from my room balcony:

Lotus flowers by the lobby:

Some blocks of the hotel:

The pool from the observation deck on the 15th floor:

(right) Lamps on the lobby ceiling:

Peddlers were everywhere and I must warn you to totally ignore them as they are pretty cunning and dishonest. I pity the children but I guess in a poor country, everybody needs to earn a living.

One of the partially active volcanoes that took us 2.5 hours to reach the viewing slope:

A closer look at the hotel pool. It had a really fascinating slide too on the far left which is not in this pix:

The infamous Wiwaha Chapel where many weddings happen. It's beautiful but really small:

Condensation effect on my lens. Kinda like it.

Here's the famous Luwak Coffee which is said to be made from the stool of a 'musang' that only eats the best coffee in the world. It sold at RM120 per pack of 200gm. Below is the competitor brand which is much cheaper.

Overall, the trip was good minus the con I got myself into at the international airport, Ngurah Rai, in Bali where one of the duty free shop cheated me of RM150 with my purchase as she quoted the price in USD but billed me in Rupiah and my currency conversion failed me.

A word of advice, be really careful with your money and the locals there. Expensive lessons may be in store.

For more photos, check out my FB album: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=228167&id=564300085&saved#!/album.php?aid=228167&id=564300085

Hun Loong & Sook Ling

2010-05-15T17:06:00.001+08:00

Hun Loong & Sook Ling will be walking down the aisle at picturesque St Andrews Church this coming 22 May 2010.

Two weeks back, Sam (of www.thedigitalshoebox.net) and I had the pleasure of shooting their pre-wedding at a secret location in Klang Valley and we all had fun throughout the few hours.

Thank God for the beautiful, rustic landscape and the good weather. Here are a mix of mine and Sam's shots:

Love these series of pictures! They're so adorable.

Both were really sporting as we asked them to practice walking on the tracks a few times. :)

She's so gorgeous, isn't she?

Love the children's natural expression. This was so impromptu for the village kids were loving the chance to be part of our photos.

Love the lighting effects here too. :)

Can't wait to be at their wedding day. :)

MY FM Promotion - MY Brands Superstar

2010-04-15T22:39:00.001+08:00

Did another commercial shoot with the MY FM Breakfast Team in March 2010 for a promotion we ran, the MY FM Superstar Fugitive. The background wasn't important so I shot somewhere in my office with the tele lense.

I actually have not seen the actual Brands box with their faces. Anyone seen it? Maybe no more stock by now as it was a special edition print.

The pix I took.

The box design where the pix was.

Another shot of them. Took some individual shots too but wasn't used.

* Pix were resized so may be slightly blur.

Ewan Chua

2010-04-12T14:06:00.000+08:00

Steven and Joey welcomed their firstborn, Ewan Chua, 3 weeks ago. He's so tiny when I saw him but already he could smile while sleeping and is quite cheeky like his Dad for he peeps when we're not watching and posed for us willingly.

These are some pix of Ewan and Odie, their faithful 5 year old Maltese. He's simply adorable too but Ewan's even more adorable!

Ewan looking absolutely angelic. :)

Odie the poser Maltese.

Leslie & Kim

2010-03-16T23:02:00.012+08:00

The pre-wedding shoot with Kim & Leslie last weekend was simply wonderful!

Kim is a sweet and beautiful Korean bride while Leslie is a smart and handsome Korean looking Malaysian business man. The sky was clear and hot till the drizzle fell in the evening. Neither had dampen their spirits even at the end of the day.

This first pre-wedding shoot opportunity came with the popular photographer Weng of www.wengyapphotos.com when he asked me to tag along and assist him. I had great fun thanks to the couple and Weng & Pei Yuh!

Poses all his, I only chose my angles. These were some of the shots I stole away with:

(Pix have been resized)

Kai Tee & Suit Wan - 16 January 2010

2010-03-03T14:12:00.004+08:00

Shooting a bride who's always smiling and excited on her wedding day is such a huge blessing for every pix comes out beautiful without any effort. Suit Wan & Kai Tee's wedding was simple and yet happy. We love the smiles and the love that comes from both side of the family.

Enjoy the video on my partner's site for now. I will upload some of my fave shots of the day soon.

http://www.thedigitalshoebox.net/?p=834

Blog on Home Depot

2010-02-08T16:14:00.001+08:00

I think Home Depot wanted free advertising on blogs and so they came across mine and has placed my blog on their site.

Right now, it's on this page but not sure how long this will last.

http://homefurnituredepot.net/blog_awards/index.php?id=8434

Happy or used? Indifferent.

Wedding of Wei Ming & Elizabeth - 29 November 2009

2010-01-01T14:12:00.012+08:00

A sweet and simple wedding with lots of smiles was how Wei Ming & Elizabeth wedding proceeded. It was an early start at 5am as she had really long hair (all the way to the floor) and so did her mom and sister, Amanda. The make-up artist sure did a great job on them all. This wedding was shot with the help of Lee from www.lightframephotography.com.

Best of all, they were both very photogenic!

These were the soft corsages Liz made for her girls. So incredible! :)

See how long her hair is.

The girls that the heng-tais had to face.

I love this shot!

This was a cool sauce plate for the guests at the dinner. Too bad ours disappeared when we got back to our table after a few rounds of shoots. :(

DYue Mall Celebrity Nite - 14 November 2009

2010-01-01T13:49:00.008+08:00

DYue Mall.com is an online shopping gallery founded by Mr Xavier Tan and 14 November 2009 was a night to celebrate the achievements of the members and also to crown their new superstar singers. It was a really happening night. Not a moment to miss with lots of well-dressed and goodlooking guys and girls! There were also some local artists performing that night but I'm a banana so not sure who they are.

There's website if you wanna know more: www.dyuemall.com

(bottom) The 3 local artist judges for the night:

(bottom) This is Mr Xavier Tan, the founder:

(bottom) A local artist named Serene.

(bottom) Best dressed lady for the night:

(bottom) Best dress award for the men:

Wedding of Bryan and Jane - 5th Dec 2009

2010-01-01T01:51:00.011+08:00

It was a sunny day and everyone was in a sunny mood. Bryan and Jane got married in little quaint Melaka and it was a fun day. The pleasant live performance at the dinner was a wonderful touch to the school hall where the crowd was huge and many eyed for the couple's attention.

Congratulations to both!

For more photos, view at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=179592&id=564300085

The first Jerry Ghionis Workshop in Malaysia - 25 Sept 2009

2009-11-09T22:46:00.006+08:00

I had the privilege to attend Jerry Ghionis' first workshop in Malaysia and it was very educational. Many professional photographers and hobby-ist were there to soak in his every word. He's so friendly and down-to-earth you can't believe he's an internatinal Australian photographer specializing in wedding photography.

I don't fancy taking photos indoors without flash and window lighting but for this workshop, I had to like how everyone else were doing that day.

p/s: The buffet lunch was fantastic! It had almost everything Chinese, Japanese, Malay, Italian - yums! It was at Park Royal KL.

Spot anyone you know from here?

Thank goodness for good company like Weng from www.wengyapphoto.com and ....

Olivia from oliviaoonphotography.blogspot.com.

Meatballs! Meatballs! Meatballs but not Cloudy.

2009-11-09T22:24:00.005+08:00

Last month, I helped a friend take pictures of her new food product: fried pork meatballs. It reminds me of my mom's meatballs when I was growing up. According to Beatrice, this type of meatballs is a rarity in KL and I believe so even though I grew up with it in Melaka.

This special recipe is available on her website at http://easymom.wordpress.com. It's the easiest thing to make, freeze, unfreeze and cook for any busy mothers or working ladies out there.

You can even buy them from her if you still can't find the time to make them yourselves. It's absolutely yummy-licious!

Taken using window light and one off camera flash:

This was taken using two flashlights as the light source:

Marcus & Esther 20.09.2009

2009-10-06T01:18:00.003+08:00

It was indeed an auspicious day with the date the couple chose and though some trials did leave a mark on that day, it went well and the couple looked happy even after so little sleep and so many hours of smiles.

The heavy downpour during the portrait shoot didn't dampen their spirits. The incident with the auto gate which scratched the BMW wedding car didn't caused extended anger. The super busy and rushed Chinese traditions didn't hinder them from stealing glances at each other throughout the day. Such high spirits and the cameras loved them!

Here's a slideshow of some moments from my camera:

Congrats to the happy couple!

TGIF Fun turns Sour

2009-10-04T00:25:00.006+08:00

I bet everyone of you know that TGIF is well-known for its rowdy, loud yet fun birthday wishes and tricks. Well, it ended badly tonite at my friend's bash in the Curve outlet as this was what happened.

As usual, a whole group of more than 10 staffs would gather around the birthday boy / girl's table, in my case, my friend's a 'he' - they did the usual tricks tonite like every other birthday celebrant in that restaurant - made him stand on a chair, make him say a speech, make him stick out his tongue and pretend they were gonna pour chili sauce on him, sang him 3 TGIF songs which no one can make out what's being sung (thank God coz I think I heard some bad humour in the lyrics) and finally, make him blow out his candle.

Tonite's fun and games ended differently however for my poor friend. After he blew his candle from a distance of 2 feet, the guys all crowded round him and asked to be taken a picture. However, these same guys also made him hold the ceramic cake plate and then they did the unexpected.... all of them shouted Happy Birthday at the top of their lungs into his ears! I was shocked and my friend was struggling to close his ears but he wasn't able to coz he didn't want to break the plate he was holding.

His ears rang for more than 20 minutes after that and am not sure how long after as we all went our separate ways after that.

When I brought this up to the manager before we left, he only apologized twice. Is this how an injured customer should be treated?

Worse still, my friend is in the hospital now for an ear infection due to this today.

SO, DON'T EVER GO TO TGIF for your birthday as it may end sour and you may just loose a limb or an ear!

UPDATE: 6 Oct 2009 - After writing in to TGIF nternational and TGIF Malaysia and speaking to the secretary of TGIF owner, my friend managed to get his complaint across and a simple compensation from them plus a warning letter to the employees involved.

So, you can still celebrate your birthday in TGIF but get a good friend to be on his toes at all time in case any such thing happens so he / she can rescue you instantly. :)

Pei Pei - a week before Rachel

2009-08-24T21:44:00.004+08:00

A week before Pei Pei was due for delivery, she gave me the opportunity to take my very first set of pregnancy photos. She looked lovely as always and ever so pretty even with that baby waiting to come into the world. Baby Rachel Lee arrived on 2 July - healthy and tiny.

These are some shots of the beautiful Pei Pei. Eric is so blessed. :)

Sports Unlimited

2009-06-29T13:11:00.025+08:00

Efficient E-Solutions had a Sports day a day after Labour Day, 2 May 09. Must be a company policy to never rest I suppose as it was a 3-day weekend break. The employees were, however, very enthusiastic about the event and they came all gung-ho-ed. There were 4 types of sports running at the same time - Badminton, Futsal (ladies & men), Netball and Bowling while Tracks was right before the Closing recemony. It was held in a conspicuous stadium in Shah Alam, Panasonic Stadium from 7am till 8pm on a Sunday.

I'd say that there were enough volunteers to run the whole show as many were in the committee t-shirts but as a photographer, there wasn't enough photographers as they only hired me alone. Kinda impossible to capture all the events running simultaneously. Can't really split myself into 4 right?

Anyway, these are my favourite shots for the event. Praise God for Yew Leong who came to fill in my void for the tracks and closing ceremony sessions in the evening.

25 July 09 update: Unfortunately, this company is a lousy pay master and the bosses kinda lack integrity as I've not been paid in full yet after 3 months. Additionally, they have requested a discount as they were not happy that I didn't manage to cover all their sports activities. Any photographer would know it's impossible to be at every event when it is running simultaneously at different locations, right? Anyway, just a word of caution if you happen to have to deal with them.

3 Oct 09 update: I finally got paid the balance with a 20% on 18 September 09. That's how bad a pay master and definitely a cheater employer Efficient E-Solutions is. Beware if you're gonna take a job with them.

This was the pre-sports day bowling session:

The registration morning - it was 730am and there was already a huge crowd of employees:

The company even have their own flag:

The futsal players had their own team supporters all around the stadium:

The netball all-girls teams were really good at the match and the referee was super strict! She kept blowing her whistle to stop the match even for the slightest movement mistake.

Ready, set, GO!

The closing ceremony had a marching band and loads of happy participants & supporters & hopefully bosses:

Portraitures: CKY

2009-06-29T12:24:00.005+08:00

An friend of mine, who is an established accountant, is also a Malaysian writer now. He has published some amazing short stories in this collection called "News From Home" by Silverfish Books (Read more: http://www.silverfishbooks.com/Silverfish/Version4/Writing/WrtitingProgramme.html). Grab that book and read it. I simply love the spellbound and mystery of each story's progress.

Recently, he gave me the opprotunity to take portraits for his upcoming book. Can't wait to read his new stuffs and see my photo on a book! :)

Here are some pix I did for him. By the way, his name is Chua Kok Yee.

Portraitures: Rain

2009-06-29T12:14:00.010+08:00

Last week I had the opportunity to work with Weng Yap Photography (www.wengyapphoto.com) on a studio shoot for HerbalLife distributor, Rain. She's a very sweet and pretty girl and her pictures were stunning! Here are a few of our favourites.

Food photography

2009-06-29T12:02:00.005+08:00

Food pictures may betray the actual taste of the food shown but in My Elephant Thai Restaurant in Sec 17, PJ, this is not true. The food is as good as it looks (I hope I gave them justice with the pictures I've taken here). Sadly, I can't recall the names of the food we had but here's a little description of them:

Fruit taufu in curry. Yums!

Omelette..another yums!

The spicy tom yam soup which had a good mix of herbs.

Green curry chicken. Very thick with coconut milk & curry; and absolutley scrumptious.

Paku or kangkung belacan. Yummy as well! Spicy enough and the vege was young and fresh.

Brown rice. Very tasty rice!

Do visit the restaurant when you have the opportunity and bookings are a must!

My Elephant Thai Restaurant & Café,

Block C - G4 Happy Mansion, Jalan 17/13,

Section 17, Petaling Jaya.

Tel: 012-328 5028, 019-360 8911

Business hours: Tuesday to Sundays - noon to 2.30pm, 6 to 10pm except Sunday lunch.

Milk, Glorious Milk!

2009-06-13T15:35:00.005+08:00

Milk is nutritious!

It is the first thing a newborn is fed with and also the best thing to feed our bones with to prevent osteoperosis and now we even have milk that can lower cholestrol e.g. Nesvita Omega milk has been proven to lower 36% of cholestrol after a month of daily consumption.

Milk these days comes in all sorts of flavours and even soya bean drinks now comes in the form of soy milk.

As chocolate flavour is my all time favourite flavour for anything, chocolate milk is the best! It's rich, its yummy & it's healthy! What other healthy food can taste this good?!

Last year, World Milk Day became a known event in Malaysia because Dutch Lady did a promo on it and now Tetra Pak is having a promo on World Osteoporosis Day. Cool eh? What other day would we have in the future?

Vote for me on: http://www.milklovesyou.com/blogcontest/default.aspx?type=BLOG

LiteFM Dial & Dine @ Prego, The Westin KL (9 May 2009)

2009-05-21T00:29:00.011+08:00

Fine dining at a 5-star hotel in the Golden Triangle sure is a big treat for me. My colleague asked me to take some pix of the LiteFM Dial & Dine event and the perk was I get to eat for free with my guest, Wendy. :)

The place was classy and classic. The hotel car park was rather unexpectedly dodgy. The food was fantastic. Its a really suitable place for celebrations, romantic candle light dinner (there were no candles that day) or any other daily dinner for the rich and famous.

These are some pictures of the day.

My guest.

The starter bread which came with a chili dip and an olive oil vinegar dip. Simply yummy!

A winner's adorable daughter. She was really obedient - she didnt make a sound.

The little girl's father when he talked to the LiteFM breakfast DJ, Sara Lo.

The appetiser soup, Zuppa di Funghi (Cream of field mushroom). Sluuurrrp!

Sara Lo, the LiteFM Breakfast DJ signing an autograph.

The main course, Steam sea bass. Baby potato. Fennel salad & Salsa verde. Another scrumptious delight!

The open kitchen concept that Prego is known for. This is the view from upstairs. See, they're preparing dessert.

Non, a LiteFM DJ, with his wife and some of the winners.

My colleague, Kerwin, talks to some winners.

A sweet end to the 4 course meal - Hazelnut ice-cream bar. Rich and chocolatey!

Poser image for coffee break at Westin.

A Q&A session with the Chef who will conduct a cooking class for the winning recipients.

Non in action.

Chin Yee willingly posed for my reflection shot. :) She's so photogenic!

A secret room we found behind some curtains. It's such a glamourous place. Probably reserved for the rich and famous as it was decorated with wine bottles and there was a huge mirror wall.

For more photos, check them out at LiteFM's facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/photo_search.php?oid=16140731643&view=all

Baby Kelly (Mac 2009)

2009-05-09T16:33:00.007+08:00

Allan's sister-in-law just delivered a healthy baby girl named Kelly last March 2009 and we took some pictures of her when she was only 1 month old. The baby is photogenic and adorable in every angle.

Allan sure can take beautiful baby pictures... :) Here are some of our favourites:

Baby's toy.... Kelly's elder sister, the pretty Chloe:

Wolverine & Lara Croft

2009-05-09T14:56:00.005+08:00

It was a pleasure working with Ern Yi & Kim as they got all dressed up as Wolverine & Lara Croft for a portfolio shoot in Taman Tun. I didn't know that cosplay costumes were all custom made and Kim did a lot of them herself - the wolverine blades, the toy pistol, the belt and she is also in the midst of making a Sherra shield costume. Amazing!

It was a blast shooting Ern Yi & Kim as they are great cosplay actors, and the mosquito invasion didn't deter them from keeping to their role.

Here are some pix to share:

Hon Yuen & Amanda - 21 Mac 2009

2009-03-24T23:10:00.018+08:00

Hon Yuen married his love and friend of 10 years, Amanda Ong, today. Amanda is the sweetest girl I've gotten the opportunity to work with in my company and am so glad I was there to capture this happy moment for her and him.

The day started with a ROM at the KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall and ended in a beautiful garden dinner in Mines Palace & Beach Spa. It was indeed a pleasure to shoot as they and their family members were always smiling and were genuinely happy for her and Hon Yuen. Congratulations once again, Amanda & Hon Yuen.

Check out this first ever 360 view of the wedding dinner by my partner, Sam of DigitalShoeBox.

1 . Garden dinner
2. Make-Up session

Amanda making her lifetime commitment.

The happily married couple. :)

A wedding car which was decorated on their own.

A make-up session before the dinner.

We took a stroll around the hotel for some pre-wedding shots.

Some shots of the garden dinner ....

Charge Up Conference 2009 @ Penang Christian Centre

2009-03-04T15:25:00.011+08:00

This year's Charge Up in PCC (26 Feb 09 - 1 Mac 09) was rewarding as I attended as a helper to the mentor in the Photography stream. It was a great time getting to know new friends like Adrian Pui, Karen Wai, Alex Wong, John Wong, Rachel Kedung, Marie Peh, Evelyn Lim, Eleni Krishnan, Mei Yen, Siew Ching and many others. I have friends in so many churches now. Yippee!

The Power Up sessions with Ps Victor Wong was a blessing as his sermons are indeed funny and real. Fellowship with people I've met before was refreshing as well and Jonathan Kwok was a real huge encourager to my group and me. Grace Tan was a wonderful teacher to the group and during her special sessions on Exposure and Post-Processing. It was also an honour to meet a truly humble yet popular Penang photographer from WhizArts, Ke Wynn. I feel touched by his humility when he helped take out garbage though he was our guest trainer. Joseph Siew was the gadget guy as he did upside down shoots with his camera and talked about accessories. :) Mark Leo & Ian Salang were cool peeps to be around with. Though the hours were long and there was much to do, kudos to Choon Ean, the chairperson for successfully organizing this event though she had a cast around her sprained right leg all the time.

I haven't found the time to download the pix I took of the people I met and the behind-the-scenes pix but stay tune and it'll be up soon.

These are some of the random ones I took during the 4-day sessions.

Cactus pix to show depth-of-field.

Low angle to capture the flare. That's Lilian in the pix.

Beautiful tree just outside the PCC.

Pix of things in the beautiful antique Peranakan Mansion along Church Street:

The pretty broken brick pathway at the Protestant Cementery where we went to do our group project shoot.

MY FM Living with JYN Launch 19 February 2009

2009-02-19T18:08:00.008+08:00

19 February 2009, KL: At Sg. Wang Plaza main entrance, KL today from 6am to 10am, the MY FM Living with JYN campaign was launched with 700 participants. The selected candidates came to redeem their cut-outs and then took a mass oath.

See the amount of people with the cut-out of the pix I took. :) So happy. It'll be out in the local papers soon.

This is the website that's live on http://www.my.com.my/. Check it out: http://www.my.com.my/oap/09/myfm_brands/default.asp

Design done by Jason Ding: http://jasonding.wordpress.com/

My photo on MY FM Living with JYN campaign

2009-02-16T12:34:00.011+08:00

The final photo has been chosen and made into standees, posters, wrap-arounds and a press ad by the client's creative agency, Speers.

It's a happy day.

If you see them in the newspapers, BRAND'S essence of chicken packaging or posters in the chinese medicine shops, you'll know who took the picture. :)

Too bad there's no credit mention and it was a free job but it's ok. Of course, can always do better than this.

This was the original shot:

These are the POSM ads done by the agency.

This is the group poster:

This is the 5ft standee to be placed in shops:

This is the individual posters to be placed in shops all around Malaysia:

This is the ad on 15 Feb 2009 in Guang Ming newspaper:

This is the BRAND'S package wrapper / sticker:

MY FM is the number 1 Chinese radio station this year, with 2.2 milion listeners, and also for the past 10 years in Malaysia. The 3 announcers photographed are the number 1 Chinese Breakfast Crew in the country.

Shooting with MY FM

2009-02-05T19:53:00.011+08:00

Though I've told myself quite a few times to not take a free job, I gave in to this one as they needed immediate photos of the announcers for an upcoming campaign and red tape work would take at least a week while I can do it in 24 hours.

As a virgin user of portable (or big & bulky) studio lights, I tried to jump over the hurdles of having to set-up in 15 min, being chased to finish the shoot in half hour due to the announcers' tight schedule, having no physical guidance from a guru (had a crash course on studio light set-up from Sam 2 hours before the shoot), not having any suitable white backdrop but using what's available in Astro building and having to make do with a few experiments to rid the shadows on the clothes - I came up with these pictures. Unfortunately, the shadows problem was not resolved.

Hope the sponsoring client will be happy with them. Only heard a compliment from Jack, the announcer and one from an agency doing the cropping. :)

Anyway, if any of the pictures are chosen, you'll be seeing them in life-size at chinese medicine shops around Klang Valley. :) Will update that when I see them displayed.

MY FM is the number 1 Chinese radio station this year and also for the past 10 years in Malaysia. The 3 announcers photographed are the number 1 Chinese Breakfast Crew in the country.

Chee Chew & Yen Ching

2009-01-05T14:13:00.017+08:00

My 2008 ended with the wedding of Chee Chew & Yen Ching. It was my first time travelling to Jenjarom, which was somewhere between Klang and Port Klang. Far yet exciting! The day went well as the couple was completely swarned by the amount of people who wanted to talk to them personally thoughout the day. I had a great time and this was also a shoot done with another partner, Eugene or Alluring Memoirs. You can check out his site at http://blog.alluringmemoirs.com/ or http://enegue.net/.

Here are some of my fave for the day:

Aik Liang & Sherlyn

2008-12-31T01:45:00.019+08:00

Travelled down to Batu Pahat on 22nd November 2008 to capture Aik Liang and Sherlyn's special day. Chung of http://www.lightframephotography.com/ was my partner this round and we had a blast recording the moments when she cried, they laughed and all the special performances by her young students were simply impressive. Here are a combination of Chung and my shots for the day.

Some of the performers at the magical night.

Aik Liang singing 'Have I Told You Lately' to Sherlyn.

The heng-tais and the couple.

Steven, Joey & Odie's day out at the park

2008-12-06T23:20:00.014+08:00

Today was a wonderful experience as Steven and Joey gave me the opportunity to shoot their 'family portrait' - family meaning Steven, Joey & Odie, their adorable 1-year-old Maltese. Odie was sooo adorable and active while Steven and Joey looked simply gorgeous!

These are some of my favourites:

Odie getting ready to play catch.

Steven helping Odie to change clothes half way thru the shoot for a different look.

My favourite portrait of Odie.

Another favourite.

The poise of Unabashed

2008-10-28T23:41:00.006+08:00

I wanted to create something new from a place I've shot before. Hmm...wasn't totally successful but i think I like them. Here's Unabashed's 2nd band shoot.

Ong & Sherlyn's Pre-Wedding

2008-10-28T23:26:00.008+08:00

8 Oct 2008, Putrajaya: Ong Aik Liang weds Sherlyn. What a wonderful day it was. The sun was bright and hot. The couple was happy and excited and so were their family members. After the short ceremonial signing, we went about our photographic journey. Ong & Sherlyn were a real sport as they didn't mind posing in the heat and doing the unconventional wedding poses. See how goodlooking they are! :)

2 Seconds of Fame

2008-10-20T21:38:00.006+08:00

Last September, my boyfriend and I got a chance to star (for a few seconds only) in Liang's latest MTV for the song Giggles. It was fun though the sun was burning hot. Liang is such a sport and down-to-earth celeb. Really cool knowing him.

And Aaron Chung, the video director is an old friend who did a really good job on the video. Love the idea and editing and his fantastic lighting skills. You can check out Aaron's portfolio at http://www.youtube.com/user/ACJian

Watch the MTV here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nWypTHQtNY . See if you can spot us :)

For more of Liang, visit his website at http://www.mynameisliang.com/

This was taken in the car while we waited for them to arrive at the Bukit Jalil park.

A picture of us during the shoot as we were supposed to be setting our camera on timer and then snapping a pix of ourselves.

Samuel & Meng Lee

2008-10-16T23:11:00.010+08:00

On a bright and beautiful day, gentle Samuel and sweet Meng Lee got married in Wesley Methodist Church KL on 13 September 2008. A blessing they are to my partner and I as we photographed their excitement and joy of coming together as one. This is also the first couple who sang 2 duets during their wedding lunch reception at Royal China, Jalan Ampang, and they have absoultely melodious voices. Thank you for sharing your wedding day with us!

The gift basket for Meng Lee's parents looked juicy and yummy!

Meng Lee looking radiant under the veil..

The auspicious march-in

Happily married and enjoying their walk down the aisle...

The duet.

Groom's brother enjoying the company of the people around him.

The toasting session by the bride's parents.