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Darren And Celine

justinloo — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:58:33 +0000

A promised that was made more than a year ago finally fulfilled. Okay, that sounded a way bit too much. But the reality is that Darren asked me to be his wedding day photographer more than a year back way way before his actual wedding date. Seems like it was requested so so early but now in a glimpse of an eye the event is over.

Okay, that said here are some photographs that I find decent.

Interesting outdoor gown shot. But didn't really have the effect that I want.

There was a nice pond at the bride's place

DIY Makeup by the bride

Got in real close with a 58mm prime

Look at the happy face under the veil

On the way to the groom's house

At the groom's place but waiting for the right time to get out of the car

Hot sunny day with blue skies

Standard pic right?

Cake decoration

Enjoying that aircon. hehe

The entrance.

That's definitely not champagne

The CWS delegation

The rare times you see me in a picture

So, now that the job is done think, I wanna keep away from wedding photography for a while. Photographing 3 Weddings in 3 months seems a bit too much for me at the moment. Need to go out and take some other genre of pics.

And Darren, I will be sending you an invoice for services rendered soon. hehehe.

History Unfolded

justinloo — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:18:14 +0000

Today Peiwen told me something that I totally forgot.. (or blatantly chose to erase from my memory)

She pointed me back to a blog post I made previously where I wrote..

Think this is one lens that I’m going to like a lot despite it being a manual focus lens. Now … to strike that damn lottery so I can get a Full Frame (D700) camera to use this lens with!

See here for the full posting. (It’s right at the bottom)

Well, I own a D700 now.. but no lottery struck obviously else I’d be blogging about all the great Nikon lens that I’d dream of having such as the 14-24 F2.8, 24-70 F2.8 and the 70-200 F2.8 to name a few. That reminds me of course to invest in lottery more often.

Anyway, don’t know why Peiwen suddenly went and read my old blog posts but I was acting dumb when she mentioned it. Luckily, she said that she doesn’t blame me for getting the D700 without striking the lottery. She blames Darren instead!. hahaha

So Darren, it’s your fault that I own the D700 now. But that said, the D700 has captured your pre-wedding photos and will be capturing your actual day wedding photos this weekend.

P/S: In case anyone is wondering, the 40mm Ultron works great on the full frame D700 and I’m still loving it. And to Darren, no hard feelings.. just a joke.

Johnson And Xuejing

justinloo — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:11:44 +0000

Just gonna be a short post today with a few pictures from the wedding I took recently for my good friend Xuejing and her hubby Johnson.

Xuejing is my secondary school friend so I’ve known her for like more than 10 years already.

Cutting down to the chase, here are some photos from that day.

I like this edit quite a bit.

Lovely couple at home

Full length portrait of Xuejing.

This little girl just loves the camera

Just a candid shot of Xuejing with a warm white balance.

The standard I Do's

Ring exchange

A group photo with the lovely couple

All in all, honored to have been tasked to photograph the event. Really hope I didn’t screw up too much and once again CONGRATS to Johnson and Xuejing!

First Day Out With My Ultron

justinloo — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:56:30 +0000

I bought a new lens recently and only manage to go out for a good run with it last Sunday. I got myself another Voigtlander lens; this time round it’s the 40mm Ultron F2.

A pretty nice lens I must say based on the initial run with it. You can read abit about the lens from Ervine’s Blog. He loaned it from the distributor for a while and took it to his Yunnan photography trip as well as taking some wedding photos with it. You can his thoughts on the lens here.

Anyway, just a few pictures that I quite like.

Think this is one lens that I’m going to like a lot despite it being a manual focus lens. Now … to strike that damn lottery so I can get a Full Frame (D700) camera to use this lens with!