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Merry Christmas to all…brides/bridesgroom to be and newly married couples. Enjoy your holidays and the new year 2008
Here’s wishing you a day
That stands out from the rest
Filled with all the things
That you love the best
Friends and family gathered round
Laughter in the air
Presents filled with things you love
A day beyond compare
Glasses bubbling with champagne
Food you can’t resist
Everything going smooth as silk
Receiving all things on your list
Dear readers, avoid this bridal shop at all cost. - Victoria Wedding Collection in SS2 PJ. Looks like Asther Lau had a very bad experience with them….SEE BELOW
We will never recommend Victoria Wedding Collection in SS2 to any couples who are looking to do their wedding shots. UNLESS they are willing to splurge their money unnecessarily. Come to think of it, they treated us the way they did MAYBE cos we didn’t want to get the bigger packages they offered. Heck… we’ve paid a total of RM1200 for only 10 poses with 2 poorly done frames! Later I found out that we could’ve employed a freelance photographer to do a 6hrs shoot with 300-400 poses in real high-resolution files with that amount of money spent! And each photos are retouched!
Luckily, the wedding shop we went to was a good one and so far, their service has been good. So I am happy to recommend LOYAL BRIDAL IN SUNWAY
I had fun doing the wedding photo shooting this time. My friends came and help us, and we have lots of crazy fun. I would say we had gotten a great deal from Loyal Bridal. However, it is not easy to choose the photos for the MAIN wedding album (limited to 20 photos).
You may have taken a lot of photos during the shoot and are never going to develop all of them (unless you are RICH ). I had to choose 20 out of 166 photos (about 12%).
Tips on choosing limited wedding photos: Create a folder and have all the (original) photos in them. Delete those photos that your don’t like, and minimize things to have the “actual” figure right.
Tips on choosing a wedding photos package:
I would like to share some tips on selecting the right wedding photo package since I had done it twice in my lifetime:
- Get the whole picture of your wedding photos package. You may need to “ADD-ON” later in terms of number photos and $$$. Because you will love the photos you had taken after the make up.
- Hidden cost behind the scenes! You may need to pay more $$$ for extra make up/makeover on the day when you have the photo shooting. I am SURE you are going to pay because you want to look extra good in those photos.
- Free DVD or CD. The shooting package comes with a complementary photo slideshow CD/DVD BUT it is just a Slideshow. With some packages, you need to add more money to add in special video effects.
Therefore, while having your negotiation for the wedding photos package, GET the NETT price. It will be good if you can have all your soft copy of all the taken photos. Trust me! It is possible to get it; because I did it for my first wedding photos shoot in IPOH.
Am I getting it this time? The answer is…. To save money, and go with your original package.
- You may let your man to make the decision.
- Leave all your credit cards at home.
- Be firm! I know this is hard, but you must BE FIRM to stick at your original plan / budget.
6 Nov 2007 (TUE) - Here’s a picture of Michelle trying to choose the best pictures to go into our new wedding album. Mind you, we already had a bridal shoot back in 2005, so we only needed a smaller budget shoot this time. We took the cheapest package that only allows 21 photos to be touched up and put into an album. It was not easy as we took about 166 photos and 10 hours to do it on 2 Nov 2007.
Before I went for the wedding shoot at Loyal Bridal, I had tip sheet given by Cindy. Its states what should be done or what to bring on the shooting day. Too bad they did not add in the “enough sleep” as my wife says she looks a bit tired in her photos. Hehe.
Pre Wedding Shoot Tips :
For the bridegroom,
1. wash hair and face, do not apply anything to hair or face
2. Black pants
3. dark colour shoes and socks
4. tie and coat
5. Food ? (nah, they crossed this out) I had KFC at Sunway that day. The coleslaw was awful
6. Color shirts
7. Bring an extra spectacle frame without glass attached ( I guess this is to prevent glare from the flash)
For the bride,
1. wash hair and face, do not apply anything to hair or face
2. no tshirt
3. strapless bra or push up bra as some call it
4. high heels - white and black ( I suggest red ones if you are taking the Chinese costumes)
5. stocking
