Wedding date: Saturday, 23 July 2011
Dinner venue: Villa Halia, Botanic Gardens, Singapore

Kailing did something that no other bride had done before. She gave me a personal gift after her wedding. “Hey, no need,” I protested, “I’m just doing my job.”

“I want to thank everyone who had a part in our wedding,” she said. With that kind of attention to detail and gratefulness, you could see she was head-over-heels-and-happy-crazy finally getting hitched to her handsome beau, James.

Congratulations James and Kailing. And thank you for the thoughtful gift.

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ARNAUD and Joyce met at Oxford University. They share two loves of their lives: sailing and photography. And, incredibly, they often combine the two together.

They had their solemnisation in a quaint village church in France (which I would have loved to have attended). And held their traditional wedding day in Singapore. Living and working in London meant they had to choose their trusted photography and videography partners carefully.

Wedding date: Sunday, 10 July 2011
Dinner: The Sentosa Resort and Spa, Singapore
Videography: Octopus Wedding

Congratulations Arnaud and Joyce.

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ROGER joked with me that I’ve never been to a real wedding until I’ve attended an Eurasian wedding. He was right. Their wedding invite card said “WEDDING PARTY”. The alcohol started flowing from the time he hit Flora’s hotel suite door.

However the one big thing that I took away from his wedding — not alcohol — was a memorable chat with Flora’s amazing grandpa who was all of 90 years young. A dapper and spritely Englishman who lives by himself, he proudly told me that he flew all the way to Singapore by himself. That he lovingly tends to his cottage garden. That he still drives. Utterly inspiring.

Wedding date: Saturday, 25 June 2011
Venue: Grand Copthorne Waterfront, Singapore
Solemniser: Dr Phua Tan Tee, PBM

Congratulations Roger & Flora! And take care Grandpa.

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FEW people can successfully pull off getting married in bright red skinny jeans for him and black stilettos for her along with a life-size teddy bear in the audience. Well, Gene and Jocelyn did on their decidedly very unconventional wedding day.

Wedding date: Friday, 10 June 2011
Venue: Carlton Hotel, Singapore
Solemniser: Mr Chan Kai Yau, JP, PBM

Congratulations Gene & Jocelyn!

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DARREN’S “can do” spirit and Xinlei’s sprinkles of laughter meant that I enjoyed their 2-day wedding very much. And it shows in their wedding photos. Their unconventional ROM venue and the trendy crowd made it a riot of fun and merriment, some of which I will share with you here…

Wedding dates: Sunday, 15 May and Sunday, 22 May 2011
Venues: KPO and Peach Garden, Singapore
Hair & makeup: Miranda Wang
Solemniser: Mr Dennis Tan Chin Leong, PBM
Videography: A Cinematic Story

Congratulations Darren & Xinlei!

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KURT and Sandelyn’s wedding was celebrated in genteel style at the renovated Burkill Hall, Botanic Gardens. It was a nice reunion for me after her sister’s wedding, Fiona, back in November 2010. And it was a pleasure seeing everyone’s faces again, but in different roles of course!

Wedding date: Sunday, 17 April 2011
Venue: Burkill Hall, Botanic Gardens, Singapore
Caterer: Tung Lok Group
Solemniser: Prof Kwoh Chee Keong, PBM

Congratulations Kurt & Sandelyn!

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KIM did one thing that no client of mine had done before: he thanked me in his wedding speech. Well, he thanked a whole lot of other people too. He told me later that he was overwhelmed with emotion and grateful to everyone who had a part in their garden wedding.

I’m accustomed to the fact that wedding photographers are the nameless and faceless ones working and lurking in the background of your wedding, only to rise in importance when you anxiously await the outcome of your wedding photos. So to hear my name was a pleasant surprise. Thanks Kim.

Wedding date: Saturday, 16 April 2011
Venue: Graze, Rochester Park, Singapore
Hair & makeup: T.G. Goh
Solemniser: Prof Yu Shi Ming, PBM

Congratulations Kim & Angeline!

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MEET Candi, the spunky and sassy brains behind Mazzario – The Cheongsam Shop. I first knew of Candi when I came across her clever convertible cheongsam dress at Thomas & Eileen’s wedding. Little did I know that she would tie the knot herself some two years later.

My first question to Candi was: “What’s with the Mazzario by Mimi name at your Centrepoint shop?”. She explained that Mimi is her mother and that Mazzario isn’t some silent, handsome type lurking about but the label that her mother used when she used to import daring Italian designs of the 1980s.

With her feet firmly planted in the family business — despite her denials! — Candi steered the creative direction to cheongsams in a nod to her grandmother’s Shanghainese heritage. Hence Mazzario – The Cheongsam Shop was born. Check out her spanking new Wheelock Place flagship store at #03-06.

Alert readers will notice Candi’s denim dress and another done in an ethnic Chinese pattern. She’s not one to do things in a conventional manner!

Wedding date: Sunday, 3 April 2011
Outfits: Mazzario – The Cheongsam Shop
Venue: Min Jiang, One-North, Rochester Park, Singapore

Congratulations Y.S. and Candi!

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WEDDINGS don’t get more globalised than this. Take a bride from New Zealand along with her Brazilian groom — who both live and work in Tokyo — and drop them in a dreamy beachside wedding on the Indonesian island of Bintan with yours truly as their Singapore-based wedding photographer.

Looking back, the four elements of fire, water, earth and air figured so prominently and came together nicely for their wedding. And in a true Antipodean style they finished the evening with a barbeque on the beach.

Wedding date: Saturday, 26 March 2011
Hair & makeup: Miranda Wang
Venue: Banyan Tree Bintan and Angsana Bintan, Indonesia

Finally, the best part happens after I deliver your wedding photos:

Hi Yu Shan,

We received the photos! Thank you!

It’s going to be hard to choose which we want to print, there are so many great shots.

I really can’t thank you enough, you managed to capture every wonderful moment and keep the memory alive for both of us and our guests!

Maybe we’ll see you again some day in Singapore/Tokyo! Do let us know if you ever come visit Japan!

Take care,
Nicola

Congratulations Leandro and Nicola!

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SPORTS run in the veins of Duncan and Jennifer who both stand well a head and half above me. They first met in a London gym when he let out a resounding “OI!” across the room after recognising Jennifer from his old gym in Melbourne. Several continents and cricket matches later they tied the knot in genteel style in Old Parliament House and then hosted a dinner and dance well into midnight at the Singapore Cricket Club.

Wedding date: Saturday, 22 January 2011
Venue: Old Parliament House and the Singapore Cricket Club

Congratulations Duncan & Jennifer!

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