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What I did on my holiday.
Actually it's what I did on my one day of leave today.
We finally had our photoshoot today.
It was postponed for 1 week because our photographer, Eric Khor of Studio Sago was booked by another couple for a photoshoot in Bali. In fact, he will be flying off to Thailand with another couple tomorrow.
We had already collected all my gowns and The Chosen One's suit on Saturday from The Wedding Present. Luckily when I called Eric, he was in his studio so I asked to bring the clothes to his studio directly from The Wedding Present, which he agreed.
We had already met him one week before to discuss places where we will be having our photoshoot.
Talking to him is very easy. He is enthusiastic, approachable and friendly, suggesting places and angles which he can take, places where he would like to take.
Because of his enthusiasm, we ended up in places where we never thought we would go.
We were in his studio 15 minutes before the appointed time at 10 am. Since my make up artist wasn't there yet, we took a light breakfast with Eric at a nearby coffeeshop and made small talk. As I said, he's very easy to talk to and we felt very comfortable with him.
When we returned to his studio, my makeup artist came shortly and I had to be sitted in the chair for about an hour to get ready. In the meantime, Eric played "I, Robot" on his TV screen and The Chosen One was glued to it.
But he managed to watch only half of it. Hee hee.
Since sitting for one hour is rather boring, I started chatting with my makeup artist.
Her name is Shu Huan and she's a freelancer and has quite a lot of experience. Especially with Mediacorp artists.
And...she knows Qiaoyun!
Small world!
I really had a lot of firsts today.
I put on false eye lashes for the first time.
I thought they looked weird and although they look fine in pictures, I still think they look a bit too much for everyday life.
I learned a few things about taking photos today.
All the so called natural poses are not very natural at all.
But it was quite interesting to take pictures where you are not expected to look at the camera and smile.
There were times where I had to jump or twirl, other times where I had to stand still and look serious.
The Chosen One was even given a toy gun. But he felt stupid holding it.
I lost count on the number of times we had to kiss or almost kiss.
The Chosen One even had to carry me...and unfortunately, I never did manage to go on a diet before the photoshoot.
We spent about 3 hours in his studio taking all sorts of shorts with all sorts of backgrounds.
White, grey, black, orange...using his mirror, lying on the floor....
He took around 270 shots in his studio alone.
Even after he deletes all the shots which we blinked, or looked weird, there's still quite a number of shots.
By the time we left his studio, it was after 2 pm.
I had to leave the studio in my wedding gown with veil attached and I drew a lot of stares. It's only to be expected.
We had to take lunch and so...another first in my life.
Walking into Pizzahut and having lunch there in my wedding gown.
We went to Kent Ridge Park after lunch and the sun was out in full force. We were melting after a while in the sun.
Eric has a signature shot which he loves to use. He set up a make shift swing using a plank of wood and 2 thick ropes and threw these ropes over a tree branch.
We had to sit on the swing and he would give lots of instructions on what kind of shots he was looking for.
It was during this trip to Kent Ridge Park that my white gown became very dirty.
My shoes were in bad shape too. Speaking of which, I have to find a way to clean them.
After that, we were supposed to go to Goodwood Park but he made a slight detour led us to another place in Pasir Panjang to take some shots.
Everytime I stepped out of the car, I could feel myself perspiring instantly.
It was that hot.
When we finally reach Goodwood park, it was already 530 pm.
Time really passed quickly.
It was in Goodwood Park that I changed to my more casual tea dress after taking the required shots in my wedding gown.
Shu Huan gave me some instructions to let down my hair and I tried taking the pins out.
I was halfway through when I noticed that my hair was starting to look messy.
My hair was down and I used the bobby pins to pin the sides of my hair so I did not look like a mad woman and I thought I did pretty well.
It was at this point we started to take more adventurous shots.
Posing in the middle of the pedestrian crossing between Wheelock and Orchard MRT is no joke.
Walking across the pedestrian crossing and looking backwards periodically is plain weird.
Stopping at the middle of the pedestrian crossing for a kiss (and a shot) is weird.
People stared.
When they realised there was a camera at the end of the pedestrian crossing, people siamed.
Running across the pedestrian crossing between Wheelock and Shaw House drew quite a lot of stares too. Especially from the drivers of the cars at the red light.
Standing still for seconds for Eric so he can take shots of us with blurred people walking about.
Standing still and kissing for seconds so Eric can take the same type of shots again.
By the time we were done, I was seriously tired.
I felt the startings of a headache and I knew I was dehydrated. But we still had to return to Studio Sago to gather the stuff we had left there.
Luckily, when I called The Wedding Present when we were leaving studio Sago around 740 pm, Mel was still there so we went over and returned all the gowns and accessories we borrowed.
My wedding gown was seriously dirty by the end of the day.
I was just happy that we didn't have to come back another day to return all the stuff. There is quite a lot of things and they are very bulky.
By the end of the day, I felt that I can never get cool again. I was sticky and tired and hungry.
But now back home after my dinner and a cool shower, I'm starting to feel human again.
Did we have fun? Oddly, yes!
Will I do it again? Not in the near future...but if I had the chance again, I probably would!
soOOooo FUN!!!!! can't wait to see the photos....
posted by valencia :
May 23, 2007 10:44 AM
hey great to hear that. made me smile. congrats you lucky two
posted by :
May 23, 2007 5:58 PM
You may not have managed to diet before the shoot, but it sounds like you burnt quite a few calories during the shoot... heh
posted by :
May 24, 2007 9:55 AM
Valencia : I'm in 2 minds about that coz I always feel I look super bad in photos.
Dav : How are you getting on? So long never meet...
Mince Pye : Erm...I think I regained those few calories very quickly lor!
posted by Minou :
May 24, 2007 9:06 PM
i just finished exams!! :D
i can't wait to gush over your photos .. hehe
take care of your skin, getting married is stressful and stress is bad for skin. but dont worry you'll be boooooootiful!
posted by :
May 24, 2007 11:39 PM
Wa you bet me to blogging this. Now what am I going to write... hmm then again that saves me some trouble, lol
posted by :
May 25, 2007 12:27 AM
Kerr,
You can blog about it from your perspective lor...
For eg, how her lack of dieting almost hurt your back... erhm wait, not such a good idea. :P
posted by :
May 25, 2007 11:58 AM
Dav : Wee! Enjoy yourself! Trying my best to take care of my skin!
Justin : Becoz u slow mah.
Mince Pye : KNS! /hammer
posted by Minou :
May 26, 2007 8:42 AM
Sound like you 2 had tremendous fun! I can't wait to see those photos too!
i remembered for my photo shoot, i smile until my face became stiff and wrinkles started appearing around my mouth but it's still fun nonetheless!
but u 2 super brave leh! i wouldn't have the guts to take photos at orchard and running across the pedestrian. hats off to u 2! makes me even wan to see how the pics turn out! so eagerly anticipating!!!!!
let's meet up sometime! ^_^
posted by Wang Wang :
May 26, 2007 4:06 PM
wang wang : It really is fun!
At first we never thought of going orchard lor, but he was so enthusiastic when talking about it that we just go along. ;p
posted by Minou :
May 26, 2007 11:43 PM
kel : Nah, why write the same things rite?
wang wang : Easy. When he said "Sit", I sit. Just follow..
Minou : yoooouu .. arrrrrrrrreee... toooooooo.. faaaaasstt.....
posted by :
May 27, 2007 12:17 AM
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