Next year April 2022 marks the end of the third year I have been photographing weddings as a full-time job. What began as a leap of faith in 2019, after 10 years of corporate slaving, turned into a real passion and the belief that I could photograph 'nice' photographs for couples looking to celebrate their special day.

Anyways - here’s the beautiful wedding from Gwen and Jeremy at the wonderful Min Jiang at Dempsey!

One of my latest adventures bought me to this place called Spruce, nestled away in a place called Phoenix Park. When J+H told me about the place, I tried to dig up some photographs of weddings held at this place. Suffice to say - it wasn't very fruitful.

Fast forward a few months later and all I know now is, why aren't more couples celebrating their weddings there? Of course, all these are not without the effort of J+H who truly made their wedding their very own... and it.is.beautiful.

While I've mentioned previously that this year-end has been a fantastic adventure for me, visiting and photographing couples at many new venues - I would also really like to thank couples giving me the opportunity to do so.

It's no coincidence that the month of October just flew by in an instant and before you know it, it's January 2022. What seemed to be yet another slow year of restrictions and somewhat half measures is almost done, and we're embracing yet another "happy new year" in a couple of months.

Here is their wedding day set, at Min Jiang Dempsey.

There is an infinite amount of combinations of what goes right and what can possibly go wrong on a wedding day. No amount of planning can cater for that. With recent weddings, couples also have to deal with expected dropouts if guests test positive (sigh).

It’s incredible how far we have progressed since the first news of Covid 19 hit. It was like wave after wave of setback, both for couples and their families, as well as us vendors. However, I would say that we are extremely grateful that weddings can still take place and the virus has sort of been contained. I only wish things would get better for our neighbours too.

Planning a wedding during the Covid pandemic can get tiresome after a while, especially if your plans keep changing due to the ever-evolving situation.

For Dionne and Wei Zhe, it was uphill from the start. What seemed to be a straightforward affair was met with a headwind, seemingly from nowhere. It has been a while since I met them in 2019, and it seemed like a whole eternity had gone by until we met again in 2021 hahaha. So glad and happy for them for their wedding day at Andaz Hotel Singapore to finally arrive, after their magical meeting at a random bus stop in Taipei, Taiwan.

For couples that are struggling, hang in there. It will eventually get better, however long it takes.

Here we are, back at the bandstand for a couple from France and Austria. Veronika and Guillaume strictly knew what they wanted for their solemnisation - a focus on the greens in tropical Singapore - a world of difference compared to their home countries. In fact, they discovered a few spots within Botanic Gardens that prove to be brilliant photo opportunities!

How optimistic are you, for 2021?

Reflecting on 2020 and starting 2021, it felt much like putting my dirty linen into the washing machine and letting it swirl and whirl around. Think about it, the clothes we needed to wear served their purpose, and now after washing it - we're going to go through the same motion of wearing the same clothes albeit for different purposes/functions.