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Milan Teh

First of all, a big HI! to everyone who is reading this, welcome to Milan Teh Studio. Milan Teh Studio is founded by our principal photographer, Milan Teh. We are based in a beautiful small island known as the Pearl of the Orient - Penang, Malaysia and welcome to our photo-weblog! This is where Milan Teh's photography work will be displayed, his website, and last but not least, his personal blog that depicts what he did and thought - thus the name of 'photo-weblog'. Just thought some of you might wanna know, he speaks English, Mandarin, Malay, Hokkien, and Cantonese.

Milan Teh is a full-time photographer that shoots wedding, portrait, events, and commercial assignments worldwide. He loves traveling around the globe wherever these assignments take him to! As for photographers out there who are reading this, Milan is also available to be hired as 2nd shooter or assistant for your shoot. In addition, Milan offers private coaching on basic-intermediate photography and photo editing skills on a one-to-one basis. Also, Milan Teh Studio would love to contribute to the society by offering free photographic service for charity events or any kind of photographic needs by charitable or non-profit-making organizations. Just click on "Contact Us" above for further inquiries and our availability.

Being a photographer by profession was a not-so-possible-and-impractical dream a few years back for Milan but now he has made his dream come true. Milan started photography because he loves creating images that are visually eye pleasing and beautiful. He then realized it could only be fulfilled via using the camera. He started off with just a mobile phone shooting his mother's plants, scenery and later, ventured deeper with a proper DSLR camera into human portraiture, weddings and event coverage. As time goes by, what's real beauty to him is the feeling and priceless spontaneity that's captured with the camera at that particular instant.

Milan sees shooting a series of photos like creating a diary. The difference is normal people write their diary with a pen but Milan Teh Studio creates your diary with a series of photos. Hence, Milan Teh Studio's shooting approach will be based on this concept and we're coming out with several products that Milan named them as '... Diary'. Check out the "Services & Rates" above to find out more.


Joan Tan

Next, allow us to introduce you to another member of our studio - Ms. Joan Tan. Joan is our principal makeup & hairstylist responsible for the makeup and hairdo of our clients. Her expertise is on the makeup and hairdo of brides and females.

Previously, Joan was working with one of the bridal houses in Penang as a makeup artist. Throughout her service there, she had been doing makeup and hairdo for a large number of brides varying from Chinese, Malay, Indian, Middle Eastern, and European clients.

Apart learning from renowned professional make up artists, Joan also attended makeup and hairdo workshops in Taiwan. Her ultimate passion is to make her clients beautiful with her style and to excel in this field. She enjoys and is serious about what she does. She always seeks opportunities to improve herself. During her free time, Joan conducts simple makeup classes to teach the ladies the proper way of makeup so they could attend party or events confidently even with only their own available 'tools' and skills. Click on "J Area" above to view Joan's work and announcements when she is organizing a class.

That's all for now and please come back often as we will update the blog from time to time. We love comments! So, do drop us comments so we know who are the nice people out there that are reading this blog and hope that all of you would enjoy your visit! Thank you!

Irene & James

July 21, 2010 | Category : Love Diary

I plan to post this up last month but was ‘consumed’ by work, sorry about that. Have you heard of ‘Thirty Two At The Mansion‘ or the restaurant better known as the ‘Mansion 32‘ in Penang? If you have not heard of this place, it’s located just opposite the new Lexus showroom(near E&O hotel). I always wanted to visit this place, matter fact, it’s my second time visiting this restaurant after seeing so much great shots taken by fellow photographers. Almost one year ago, I was here, on the position of assistant photographer, holding studio flash/reflector for a guest photographer hired by the bridal house. That time, the beautiful scene around this restaurant and the fragrant of the food attracted me deeply! The restaurant remained great but a lot had changed in my life and I’m glad I made the change. :)

This round, Irene, James & I, we want something indoor and glamorous. And so, we decided to pick on this location and get the gown & coat from Sol Cover. In case you’d want to know, photo shooting is available by appointment at ‘Mansion 32‘ after you bought a food voucher from them ;) You can also hold your wedding banquet here too. So, back to this shoot. This marks the first collaboration of Milan Teh Studio with Sol Cover for couple that I shoot. Before this, all my clients had their clothes ready for me. That’s a good case for me as before this, I imagined that it would be a really tedious process to engage gown shops or bridal shop for gown rental but our first experience with Sol Cover turned other wise. To make things short, it’s like this for gown rental:

1) Make appointment. Visit Sol Cover, take measurement & select gown/coat.
2) Before shooting day, try altered gown (lots of brides are on a diet marathon before pre-wedding shoot!).
3) Collect clothes. Return clothes.

If you may asked, the reason we choose Sol Cover because we are alike ie: based in Penang. All their gowns, designers, tailors are all under one roof in Penang. So, our clients would have no hassle engaging their service especially when the shoot and where they live are Penang based. Therefore, all your attire needs could be fulfilled here. Furthermore, if you have a specific look/theme you’d like to have for your shoot, let us know! We have Joan, which is our professional makeup artist and image consultant, she could help out on your gown selection day to help you pick the best that suit what you love and some matching accessories. The makeup and hairstyling for Irene on this shoot is all done by Joan.

By the way, the gown above is called ‘Flume of Love’, I really love the color and design personally, it matches the venue perfectly. Enjoy the rest of the series ;)

I wonder, have everyone enjoy this blog so far since Jan 2010? I’m constantly thinking and absorbing ways to make this blog more decent from time to time. We’d love to hear what you’ll say about the experience reading this so far. Drop us a comment please ;) I’m all ears and thank you!

Mi

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July-August Promo!

July 16, 2010 | Category : Announcement

Hi there everyone! Hope that you guys are well and enjoying your days. We are glad to announce that from today until the month of August 2010, we are rolling out a promotion that are giving away freebies worth up to RM800 together with the collaboration of MOMENT, the wedding & event planner!

The rules here are pretty simple, sign up either Memoria Wedding Package or Unforgettable Wed Package by MOMENT, the wedding & event planner AND our full-day Wedding Diary photography service. In return, we are giving away freebies that you’d love worth RM600 or up to RM800! So, if you are still hesitant over where to find people to coordinate your wedding day and who to shoot your wedding day? This is a great chance for you to get almost everything you’ll need for your wedding day’s needs!

If you would love to learn more about MOMENT, click here and read more about them and this promotion from their Facebook page. Alternatively, you can email to moment.moment99@gmail.com for further inquiries or call the founder of MOMENT, Ms. Vivien Lee at 012-459 3539 to learn about this promotion. Apparently, we have worked with MOMENT before in Katrina’s wedding I shot on May, check it out especially the wedding banquet and details shot.

So guys, if you love what we do, book your slot early as ‘Early bird gets the worm’. For my part, we could only accept one or the most two weddings a week. So make your move fast to enjoy this amazing rate and freebies!

Very lastly, I would like to inform everyone earlier that we will be revising our services & rates and a makeover for this site on September 2010. Therefore, to enjoy a more competitive & attractive rate from Milan Teh Studio, make sure you book your session early before it’s too late! Thank you, stay tuned and have pleasant days ahead. :)

Mi

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East meets West

June 28, 2010 | Category : Wedding Diary

It’s the theme Jocelyn & Joe wanted for this wedding held at Penang on last Saturday. Both Jocelyn & Joe met by chance at Jakarta and it’s one of the precious examples on earth that love at first sight transformed into husband and wife. The reception was held at the Arshak Suite of E&O hotel, having only intimate family members and friends to celebrate this very special day.

This wedding has been a very special one to me personally especially the very moving and heart felt speeches one after another, they made my eyes teary on the spot and even when I’m culling the shots to be posted here this afternoon. All these are made possible by Jocelyn and Joe because they led-and-let me to be part of their special day.  I’m really glad that I’m part of their wedding and the energetic crowd and children who had fun at the dance floor are simply amazing!

Well, I think I’m not really good in telling stories in English but I’ll try to improve! Jocelyn, Joe, if you are reading this, I wanted to thank both of you here for having faith in me for capturing your special day at Penang. I was emotionally involved and had every minute of fun even that I’m shooting. :D Have a safe trip back!

Jocelyn has been very very kind. She get out from her chair like every 10 minutes in the middle of the makeup session and keep on digging every little thing she could thought of to let me shoot cause she fear that I might feel bored! She even told Joe to brush the ring so that I could have a shiny one. She’s a lovely bride every photographer would love! :D

And there I have it. Brand new looking rings for details shot! :p

See the yellow ‘thingy’? It’s a garter for the night’s garter ceremony! Which is my first time shooting it.

Isn’t that all the details lovely? Jocelyn is the master mind for them.

Under the witness of the Goddess of Mercy, Joe has thoughtfully proposed to Jocelyn few years back at Kek Lok Si, Penang.

I love this cake. They are so ‘theme based’ and lovely. Most important of all, it’s edible! ;p

Jocelyn was explaining to the guests why there’s a saying in the Hokkien language to tell the elderly to dry their tea cup during the tea ceremony. Something like this, ‘teh lim da da, sin niao ghia sai meh ni zhoh ba ba ma ma.‘ LOL. If you’re not a Chinese speaking person, you might need a translator.

Family and friends, from as far as the US, India, Indonesia, and Scotland all in one place for one special occasion.

Mi

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1 year ago

June 10, 2010 | Category : Photo Diary

Recently, there are a few deadlines for me to meet in June and that explains why the blog is not updated that often..

Well as the title suggests, this series was shot one year ago. At that moment, despite that I get to shoot subject that ranges from flowers, bugs, children & babies, ladies, brides & grooms, I have never really shot a full series of male portraiture. And so, I called up a high school friend of mine and decided to get myself a series of photos which I have not tried before. We then scout around and stopped near Island Plaza area in Penang, the Tsunami affected area which there are a lot of new houses now as the sun is located just nicely during late noon.

The shoot took about one and a half hours , I’m blessed to have the right kind of sun light and sky that I wanted on the day of this shoot. I find that shooting photos for my ownself is a decent pleasure, I get to try anything I wanted to and it’s part of a process I improve my skills and arts further during my free time.

I guess that’s all for now. Up next, I’ll be posting a series of a pre-wedding shoot I did recently at 32 The Mansion, stay tuned ;)

Mi

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Katrina & Darren

May 26, 2010 | Category : Wedding Diary

I have rested for quite some while from shooting actual days at the time I worked for bridal house. Just few weeks back, I started shooting again and the experience was fresh and like always – physical demanding. I really needed that more cause sitting in front of the computer most of the time has made me gained QUITE some extra gramS!

I get to know Katrina & Darren through Red Knot and they get many of their wedding arrangements done by Red Knot and it’s associates.

Shooting actual days are fun especially at the time they play ‘these games’, most of the time I just couldn’t stop laughing out loud behind the camera & shooting at the same time. But sometimes, it can be a little fearsome too. Cause, every time when I looked back at these game photos of what I’ve shot and what other photographers have shot, they give me goose bumps and made me wonder and imagine what’s worse that awaits me on my wedding day in the future… gosh~

The groom really don’t like the taste of mustard and I wonder if any of you remember the lady holding the mustard? She’s Kenix, I shot her wedding last year, Penang is such a small place! :)

Well, here come the warriors!

This poor fella over here has been hand picked by the girls to ‘ribena-feed’ the groom. The feeding part is a pain to watch. So… I left it out and let your imagination to run wild. hehe~

There are always kids around wedding dinner and I really love shooting them especially those that is not camera shy. Look at the boy below, his parents told him to smile for me but he gave me the first expression for about 15seconds and then only gave me his smile. He’s really cute.

I end this series with about 10 kids rocking on the stage. :)

Mi

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