My sister just had her wedding day last weekend over Penang. I’m the official photographer for her couple portrait as well as her wedding day coverage. She told my brother in law that, “You can decide whatever you like for the wedding but the photographer must be my brother. I only trust him to treasure this important occasion.”

And wow, those words are extreme heavy responsibility I tell you. hehe.. This post is mainly about their couple portrait or some of you at western countries called it Engagement Portraiture or known as Pre-Wedding Photo here in Malaysia or LOVE DIARY in Milan Teh Studio’s term. Joan did my sister’s makeup & hairdo and we’ve shot all of them in Penang, over the beach, nice sanctuary, mansion, and roadside.

Joseph is a huge fan for cycling and this has largely influenced my sister to follow him cycling around here and there. This explains why there are bicycle in the shots. The shooting process is real challenging cause both of them especially my sister is so mischievous, you’ll see why :p Enjoy the series!

&.b.t.w. – I am deeply inspired by Tofurious & love his way of ending a blogpost with personal happenings. I’ll do it more often as I think it sounds more humanly. And hey, my packages are named “Something Diary”! Suits my ‘theme’ perfectly. Hope I’m not tagged as a copy dog ;p

&.&.b.t.w. – My brother in law created his own battery-powered-leaning-mountain-bike using 6 months time and went fetching the bride with 11 mountain bikes last weekend. It attracted our local news from channel NTV7. If you wanna see the 2 minutes news, it’s available at Facebook or Youtube.

&.&.&.b.t.w. – We’re working together with Motion In Style, a group of awesome wedding cinematographer that many couples sought after to roll out something interesting on August. Please follow us for updates when the time has come (Hint: our Facebook Page is just at the bottom!)

Mi

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