Sneakpeaks of our PreWed Shoot

I have been procrastinating regarding this post, coz I did not have any idea or words to spit out on how well done the PreWed Shoot went.

So as I mentioned earlier, I had my shoot done on Good Friday Hols..it started on hiccups as my friend turn our transporter for the day woke up late and thus itinerary was lagged by 1/2 hour back. Instead of meeting everyone at 930 am at Arab st, we arrived at 1030 am, with my photographer in tow! Luckily I have a tendency to add in buffer time of predicted lateness.. hehehe

Make sure everyone is well fed before we began the photoshoot. It was loads of fun! Agrobazaar was really cool and despite being a small retail/cafe area, the crowd started coming in like past noon. It is usually quiet but unexpectedly customers start entering when we were busy carrying out the photoshoot.. Glad we attracted that kind of attention for them. Since I had my cousins in tow, i always have to keep them entertained so I had to spend a dime on food and drinks to occupy them…

I had to steal the photos from my trusted photographer to show what a GREAT job he has done!!
So Nifty Degree is whom we have hired for our wedding photographer.. I am still in awe at how nice he has captured all these wonderful moments. Elfean from Nifty Degree worked professionally and make us feel at ease.. Of coz his comments were we gave him helleva fun time shooting us, the most gile gile couple..

So after 1/2 day at arab st we proceed to botanic gardens where we had alot of natural lighting and greenery to play with! Dempsey hills for aircon and ice cream break plus more shots!

I am still patiently waiting for all my photos to be transferred to me! I seriously cannot duduk diam because all the shots were super nice!

* Taken from phone! see the difference of a professional and my miserable bro-in-law camera shot…

Anyways, wardrobe and makeup is Urs Truly. No rental of baju, no hiring of MUAs because I was that cheapskate.I did my home-made curls the night before, makeup early in the morning. Shoes, props are all on my own.

So if you are planning a outdoor shoot, and its all DIY like me! here are the tips i would recommend:
Pre Day Shoot
1) Research on the locations you are shooting
2) If it is some indoor location, seek approval if there is a need to, 1 month in advance
– get all the necessary location contacts, email approvals
3) Ensure a vehicle is arranged to transport yourself, fiancee, cameraman, people involved
– I had my friend who had a van to help us on that day. We got everyone transported together
4) Set an itinerary with timings and bufferings 
– Includes travelling time
– the period of estimated time for photography in one location
– buffering time for predicted extensions, late arrival, traffic jams, getting lost
– break times for meals/solat
5) Provide Plan B locations for Wet Weather Programme
6) Inform your photographer the theme of the shoot
– Explain your ideas well, provide some idea photos to the photographer so that they can prepare well
– Tell them your itinerary a week before the day, clarify doubts if need to
7) Imagine the locations of shoot, select your wardrobe and planned them including your other people who are involved in the photoshoot.
– Prepare at least 2 outfits if you have multiple locations
– Prepare different shoes to suit places, I had flats and heels combo
8) Open a Whatsapp Grp Chat to communicate with all involved.

That’s all I have covered it so far for my PreWed Shoot!! Hope you guys have yours planned out as fun as well…coz I certainly did and it is my first activity to the wedding..superbly exciting and it is a surreal feeling..

I can’t stop thanking these people who have helped with our PreWed Shoot. I had some of the Akrab Boys helping as assistants, OUR Awesome Photographer, my videoman were there to capture certain moments. Our wonderful superdriver for the day, without his van and him, i cannot imagine how do we even go about with this outdoor shoot….my lovely cousins and of coz Mr A for being fun as you are!!

I seriously wanna go through these fun moments again…..Alhamdullilah…

~ 3 MORE Days to Photoshoot

So it is literally 3 more days to our prewedding outdoor photoshoot…
I have been in discussion with my photographer, passed on ideas such as following;

https://www.echopaul.com/ #wedding Such a cute way to share the big news!

Engagement Shoot Inspiration: 15 Couple Poses You've Just Got To Try!

Wedding Photoshoot - Night time lights

Extremely excited! I can’t wait of coz I have to always keep in mind that there is batas to jaga no lovey dovey photos and stuff..belom HALAL babe! Like my uncle keep pesan “Jangan ikot the western so much”

Nevertheless Elfean, my photographer from Nifty Degree is sooo gila-gila…after showing all my ideas, he was requesting all these

1) Mini handgrill
2) lap-lip battery
Alot more actually I could not stop laughing coz the jokes were overwhelming as well.. I could not imagine why he would need that but those were his requests.

I thanked Pinterest for providing me with loads of ideas as well! I tak SABAR Jah! for this Friday..

Photographers excited..videographer excited…my friend who will driving us around also excited! That’s sooo awesome when you are working with friends for your wedding..it makes memories feel so much more memorable and SWEEEEET!!

AgroBazaar Settled!!!

So I was looking for the last option of having a supermarket outlook which is da lama on my mind nak ala-ala grocery shopping!
First was cold storage but I was thinking it will be kind of leceh to contact them, yes I am at times a bit malas as it is….

So I did mention I wanted to approach AgroBazaar as they do have a small supermarket area which is pretty at Arab St area… I can’t seem to have proper pics of AgroBazaar because firstly it is not that well known yet despite the pretty deco!

So I really fell in love with it when I set foot the other day with my babe fiza from Bizkode. Within 5 minutes talking to the sales manager, we have clinched a spot with no fuss and best la working with easygoing people. I would just need to email his partner who are more into the events side. Will do that tonight, business card tertinggal at rumah lak!

Exciteeeeed pleaseeee!!

Photoshoot Locations

I will be having a pre-photoshoot with Mr.A + cousins + 2nd sis, hopefully with Akrab Boys as well. I love to do things in groups coz it looks more fun than just me and him in photos nak lovey dovey. Blueks! Maybe a few photos but not all.

So I was asking my dear cousins where to do a photoshoot. 1 suggested in botanic gardens, fair enough it is one huge place I could definitely play around with.

After that, I cannot think of other wonderful places. So here are my thoughts of some other locations which signifies us.

1) Botanic gardens
– We do picnics at times and loves just lying around looking at the skies

My fave shot I've shot so far! #wedding #photography #malay #traditional #outdoor #singapore #botanic #garden #silhouette #love
2) Dempsey hills
–  I love hanging out at Dempsey as Ben & Jerry’s is awesome there..super chilled
3) Singapore Flyer
– Our official 1st date was on the Singapore flyer

I have tried contacting IKEA, another favourite spot for us but apparently we cannot do photoshoots on Public Holidays and Weekends! Boooooo! It would have been wonderful if we do it there.

So another idea is supermarkets…because I spend tonnes of hours in supermarkets. Mina suka grocery shopping and that is my therapy session. So I cannot think of wonderful supermarkets that is convenient, I might be approaching AgroBazaar in Arab st area for supermarket shots. We could do lane shots as well!

Lotsa prepping as I am doing it loads of the itinerary planning on my own….

Final Vendor soooon!!

Soo I am meeeting my photographer tomorrow to drop my deposit! I must say i am a super chilled bride…i got 11 more months baru nak settle major vendors!

So I have selected Nifty Degree !! I fell in love with their photography based on casual photos as one of the photographers is Mr A’s colleague and rakan seperjuangan dikir barat! And he takes awesomeee casual photos..so bila da dapat tengok the portfolio..my heart went bloop bloop blooop…lawaaanye!!

Despite being members…his quotes are not based on members price OK! Yup of cause we have to save money but I am not a person who asks for members price because 1 thing I believe they are running a business to feed themselves and secondly if harga da munasabah nak members price aper lagi kan…

SGD1988

2 x Photographers
Solemnization & 1 Day Wedding Reception coverage
2hrs actual day outdoor photoshoot
300 x 4R with album
2 x S8R with frame
All photos will be colour corrected and to be returned in CD with customized packaging

*additional
•1 event (Sanding)
•4hrs outdoor with 16″ by 24″ canvas with frame

Total: SGD500

Grand Total: SGD2488

So that is the quote and I am very happy for it! Alhmadullilah…final major vendor will be off the checklist soon!!