What happened was, Ryan, a fellow wedding photographer casually asked if we should find some wedding photographers and videographers to go on a street shoot together.

So I asked on a Instagram post to see if anyone wanted to join us if we had arranged.

Eventually, the photo walk that was supposedly a smaller scale one, quickly escalated to a bigger one that I had to scramble to seek help in finding a space to house everyone lol. It seemed like the wedding scene peeps has been waiting for a moment like this, to meet and chat with industry vendors but never had the opportunity.

Until I innocently asked one day.

So, we have finally arrived in the month of August. August, in Singapore, is traditionally a lull month for wedding creatives because of the ‘Hungry Ghost Festival / 七月’. During this period, weddings are normally avoided because many Chinese believe that it is not a good month to hold auspicious activities.

I wouldn’t dare call myself a street photographer. In this day and age, who would? Oh wait - unless you’re one of those ‘photographers’ on the streets approaching pretty ladies, asking them for a photo. Heard that they are rampant on TikTok. ‘Hi I’m a street photographer, can I take your picture?” is how they begin. Cringe much. Even in China, they are getting increasingly popular. Even Straits Times term them ‘street photographers’ in this article here. Got to do your research, team at ST : (

But what I can claim, is that I love photographing on the street a lot. In fact, I got my start in this career, photographing on the streets.

April 2022 marks 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.

I’ve recently had the opportunity to give my first impressions of an upcoming unreleased lens from Fujifilm, the 18mm f1.4 WR lens. A special thank you to the team at Fujifilm Singapore and Ivan for loaning me this unit to test it out - especially when I had a pre-wed session and an actual day wedding scheduled.

Okay, we all know that Fujifilm is gonna launch the medium-format GFX100S soon, and I had a chance to hold and test out the beast of a camera, thanks to Ivan Joshua Loh, a Fujifilm X-Photographer in Singapore.

This is just going to be a short, quick post on my initial thoughts on the new camera.

After considering it for a few good years, I finally relented and purchased the well-marketed SecretLab chair. I know I know, it’s “over-rated”, it’s not as “good” as some other chairs. It’s not as “comfortable” as Herman Miller and so on. But considering the price that people are paying for luxurious gaming/massage hybrid chairs as well as best in class Herman Miller chairs, I would say that the SecretLab chair is actually pretty decent for its price, functionality and looks.

‘Hey, it’s too damn early. Gosh, waking up at 4 am for a pre-wedding/engagement shoot? You’ve got to be kidding me. I need my sleep.’

Photography is all about light. And what’s better than normal light? Golden hour light. The golden hours in Singapore, from experience, typically is around 6.30 am - 7.30 am depending on the location for sunrise, and around 6 pm-7 pm for sunsets. What’s the golden hour?

The way the Singapore government has handled the Covid situation has impressed many, here and around the world. Several countries are reporting second or even third waves of Covid infections and deaths, but here we are in the heart of the central business district (CBD) in Singapore, happily snapping away.

As it was slightly drizzling, I had decided ‘Reflections’ to be the theme of the day. I thought I had it easy.