Elaine and Alvin were the first few couples that signed up with me when I just started out. I didn’t have a proper portfolio then. Only a laptop full of images. I didn’t meet my client in my office and I had no printed sample albums. The best was…I didn’t have a name card. Haha…

We had our first meeting at Macdonald’s, I couldn’t remember which outlet it was but I do remember that Alvin look intimating. He even commented, “How do you meet clients without albums?” I was dumb folded in a way. :-) In my heart, I was thinking, “Die ah…will he kill me if I didn’t do a good job?”

The truth was, he is a gentle man, someone who had only eyes for Elaine. The smile that he gave when he presented the bouquet of flowers to Elaine (one of the shot I had of him below) says it all. It was full of his expression of love…in his own way. When I suggested that we should head to somewhere in between their actual wedding day for simple shoot, he suggested that we should go home early to rest. Such thoughtfulness rarely happened.

Elaine, was an awesome bride. A modern guardian angel by profession, she heals patients with her heart. She was one of those brides who simply does it all. When I reached the ballroom for the dinner reception, she was still in her t-shirt and shorts..that was around 6.15pm. No make up as yet and she was cool about it. She was busy decorating the reception table with rose petals while waiting for the make up artist to arrive. In fact, she commented that I was early which I thought I was fairly late based on the past experiences I had. The couple also ensured that I get a seat and have my meals. They thank me personally on stage and even gave me a nice polaroid of a shoot of us. :-)

I finally delivered their albums last week, brught joy to them and probably Elaine’s mother-in-law who was smiling so widely when I told her that I am delivering the albums to Elaine. Thank you so much for making this assignment a breeze. While I hope my pictures will bring you lifetime memories, your actions have left a deep impression in me. Thank you for allowing me to document this significant day in your life.

This look of love, as what I mentioned earlier (picture on the right).

For your info, this is Alvin’s dad…who climbed up the chair and celebrated!