Monthly Archives: November 2009

Jit and Brell’s wedding

Excerpts from the lovely wedding of Jit and Brell.
Among the many details, I loved Brell’s vintage dress sourced from Hong Kong – the ease of movement it gives her, how well it fits her body, and how her look would outlast wedding trends when she looks back at her album 20 years on.

Then, there was Jit’s neatly shaved sideburns, which I noticed and tried to get a shot of from the moment he stepped out of the bridal car.

Hope you enjoy this little slideshow!

November’s end

November’s been such a big month for me.
In some sort of a whirlwind, I have been most privileged to witness the poor and sick, the rich and powerful, as well as the joyous ties that bind.

Just as I was choking up sympathy and heartache from the dire conditions in a Siem Reap orphanage and the flooded beaches of Sihanoukville, it was onto visiting a cancer hospital in Hanoi where patients so badly need proper beds and better treatments.

I landed in the comparatively posh Changi Airport of Singapore and was into the next flight to the madness of Bangkok.

Then back in Singapore, a string of APEC shoots await. I finally, finally saw dear Mr Obama, all the other white house guys and a whole string of Asian politicians.

They aren’t worlds apart – The helpless and those in power – but never the twain shall meet.
But what prevents action to bridge divides?
Administration, jurisdiction, all the problems invented for the man, by man.

There is just some time alone to sit down now and pen some thoughts down.

I shall start with simple, simple things that do not cause a headache, like wedding photography.

The joyous occasion of Jit and Brell’s wedding, held at the Peony Jade and the wonderful garden of LaVilla.

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UP UP and away!

Onward to Hanoi tomorrow, later on to Bangkok, back for a shoot, then hopefully off to more places before more shoots. It’s been a fairly exciting travel period and I’m looking forward!
Create those opportunities if you want to travel, I say. Work to live, live to work and work to travel.
The latter being, of course, the most important. It can be done and must, I live only once!

Then, comes the packing.
I am standing in front of multiple camera bags of different sizes. How many lenses to carry? Flash? Which camera body? And a laptop, or travel light with just an iphone? Oooh, how about mini speakers for dancing in the hotel room, in case I need to, or in case there’s time to lounge by the pool?

Plus essential albeit peripheral items like batteries, battery charger, laptop charger, card reader, plug adaptor, external hard drive. All these add up.

My hand carry weighs a cow, but I always put on a good show in front of customs in case they check and realize my pack’s over 10kgs.

ok.. back to the marathon of more post-processing work before the trip/s!

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Trish - Hi Mindy, just stumbled across your blog and love your work! I’m from Sydney Australia and I think I share your love for travel (and photography haha). All the best, keep up the great work!

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