Lunar New Year Reflections

It is the time of the year when all wedding photographers are either worn out or almost ‘zombified’ while trying their utmost to edit the weddings photos so that it will be in time for each couple to share them with their loved ones during the Chinese New Year visits. It seems like an universal deadline even for those sets which has deadlines after this coming festive season. No we are not complaining, in fact, it is a happy problem to deal with as we know there are couples out there who appreciate our work and philosophy in wedding photography.

As we have ‘closed shop’ for our editing work and delivering the pictures to their destined hands, it is time for us to reflect upon the past year….

Since about a year ago, we started Top Photography. It was like pressing the ‘reset button’ for our wedding photography career from our past 7-8 years in our past company. With the tough decision to drop an already established branding, we start anew with Top Photography and felt the challenges faced by the new photographers who try to make it in this challenging market. At some point, we felt like newbies again. That we realised may not be all bad exactly as we were forced to re-evaluate our photography and business directions.

In the past months, we come to conclusion that 2 is better than 1. We have been trying to find the right people who can do a good job as our second photographers and we are happy that we have found the right people now (at least that is what we think). This let us be able to capture much more unscripted moments from different perspectives at the same time. It does mean that we have to raise our prices (we kept it nominal) for this extra efforts though. Some couples may not see the difference from our portfolios but on the ground, we know that much extra has been captured with a good second shooter around. It is really worth it.

On the pre-wedding and bridal photography side, we have also tried to encourage our couples to think beyond having nice, dramatic and eye popping pictures of themselves. We took steps back to go for simpler images of them and at the same time, tell their love stories in their pictures. We felt that many think the simpler images as less impressive portfolios, but back in the hearts and minds of the couple and ours, we know these are the images we want to hold the memories of that chapter of their lives.

Philanthropy is In also in our hearts though not within our might financially. We believe in giving and making lives a little better for others. Though we are unable to give much financially, we have used our craft to bring joy and happiness to a couple of worthy charitable activities over the past year. Most significant ones we have done is for children with special needs where their families had hardly thought of having proper family portraits. We made it come true for them and also opened our eyes to see their lives which are often less open to public.

In this coming year, other than furthering our efforts to gain a little more branding traction and awareness in our photography principles, we will also like to find more ways to offer value with collaborations with the essential service providers. We are also looking to find more time for education to widen our perspectives in photography.

We hope you will be part of our journey as much as we hope to be part of yours in this coming year.

We cannot end this without thanking our friends, couples turned friends, families as well as mentors who offered advise for the unwavering support and help through the past years. Our passion in photography continues to burn while in this challenging market because of each and everyone of you. THANK YOU!

And yes, we would like to wish everyone a Happy Lunar New Year, bestest of health and joy to you and your loved ones!

CNY 2014

Regards
TOP Photography Team
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Posted in Bridal Photography

Solmenisation ROM of Alice and Arnaud

Experience the effects of globalisation in Alice and Arnaud’s simple wedding at Tamarind Hill. Alice is from Italy, Anaud is from France, they met each other in China (Shanghai) and they had decided to settle down and get married in Singapore.
 
It took us a while to realise that upon our first meeting as we hear them uttering random French and Italian words in between our conversation, which got us wondering at first.
 
Their wedding was really simply how a wedding should be. Heartfelt, loving, happy and being with close friends and relatives who came from all over the world to attend. There are no bells and whistles like fancy decorations or flowers but it was all driven by joy.
 
Now let’s have the images to do some talking.
 
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You may view more of the photos in our facebook page.
 
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TOP Photography Team
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Posted in Bridal Photography, ROM Photography

Engagement Photoshoot in Tokyo

Stunning plum and cherry blossoms with cool weather.
Piping hot ramen and fresh melt-in-your mouth sushi direct from its origin.
Latest fashion trends from the streets of Shibuya and Ginza.
A holiday in Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun.
What more can one ask for?

Let us play a part in your love story and capture your beautiful memories.

info@topphotography.com.sg

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TOP Photography Team
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Posted in Engagement Photography, Overseas Pre-Wedding Photography

WPJA Q3 2013 Award

Xmas present came a day early! We are pleased to announce that we’ve bagged 3 awards in the latest WPJA (www.wpja.com) contest!

We are glad that our recent submissions are of mainly journalistic images of real moments and 3 of them caught the eye of the judges.

Though we do not create images for the sake of winning awards, we are glad that there are still couples (not just the judges) who appreciate our art of capturing the real unscripted moments at weddings. We do not stop at awards, neither do we shoot for awards. We would like to create images that relive the memories of your wedding day and that is the purpose of our job and passion.

Below are the winning images.

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TOP Photography Team
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Posted in Actual Day Wedding Photography, Bridal Photography, ROM Photography

Actual Day Wedding of Mike & Winnie

Mike and Winnie’s wedding is another one where we felt really at ease shooting with. We knew Mike and Winnie from their cousin’s wedding, following by us shooting their solemnisation then engagement shoot and finally their actual wedding day. It is definitely an honour to be entrusted in the photography for the most important days of their lives together.

So here it is, some images of their wedding.

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You may view more of the photos in our facebook page.

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TOP Photography Team
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www.topphotography.com.sg
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Posted in Actual Day Wedding Photography

Tokyo Pre-wedding Promotion 2014

Yes, you are right, TOP Photography are going to Japan in 2014 again. This time round, we are willing to explore places outskirts of Tokyo (eg. Nikko)!

If that doesn’t excite you, you will also have the option to rent a traditional kimono wear for your shoot with our latest collaboration with a company in Japan.

If you are looking for an oversea pre-wedding package to Japan that at a very affordable rate, drop us an email at info@TopPhotography.com.sg for more details! We have a special rate for shoots during Jan – mid March 2014.

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TOP Photography Team
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Posted in Overseas Pre-Wedding Photography

Actual Day Wedding of Jian Hong & Jennifer

We always love couples who are not afraid of being in their real selfs in front of the camera. Here, Jian Hong and Jennifer are one couple who truly does that. We were warned of the cramped and less tidy house which might affect our shooting. However, despite the challenges with limited space and lighting, we managed to capture one of the happiest wedding we had in the recent months.

We also appreciate Jennifer for her good thoughts to prepare ginseng tea for us when we first see her in the morning as she knew that it was a very early start for us.

So here you go, some images of their wedding day!

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You may view more of the photos in our facebook page.

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TOP Photography Team
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Posted in Actual Day Wedding Photography

Unplugged Wedding Promotion

An ‘Unplugged Wedding’ is one whereby the guests put down their cameras (even phone cameras) to enjoy the wedding and give the couple their blessings.

We wish you can have one too. This not only makes your wedding celebration more meaningful, it will also help us to create better images with lesser distractions.

We at Top Photography have decided to come bolder to encourage couples to go with an unplugged wedding by offering up to $800* off our wedding day photography packages. If you are willing to take the extra step towards holding an unplugged wedding, get in touch with us and enjoy this great offer (Promotion ends in 31st December 2013 and is valid for use till end of 2014).

*Terms and conditions apply

Drop us an email at info@topphotography.com.sg to find out more.

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TOP Photography Team
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www.topphotography.com.sg
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Posted in Actual Day Wedding Photography, Bridal Photography

Actual Day Wedding of Disheng & Kumiko Video Highlight

We love inter-national weddings as it is always a delight to work with people of different cultures. Therefore, we were extremely delighted when Disheng (who is a local) and Kumiko (who is a Japanese) decided to engage us as their wedding photographers.

We actually found them to be very reserved on our first meeting but well, I guess we can never judge on first impression. They are actually very fun and creative people.

We were also rather blessed with having a nice start for their wedding day shoot in Swissotel Hotel. There wasn’t a huge fanfare at first but as their friends and relatives arrived, we began to feel the great sense of joy and blessings from them to the wedding couple.

The challenge for us came when they conducted their preparations and gatecrashing games in 2 different levels in the hotel. That is when having 2 photographers comes in really really handy. Else we would have missed out lots of great moments.

The day went on lightheartedly from start to end and it’s almost impossible for us not to soak into the happy atmosphere with them.

So here is a bumper version of a slideshow made specially for them. We hope you can also feel the mood of their wedding day with these images that we are proud of photographing.

We wish them all the very best for their 2nd leg of their wedding celebration in Japan in the next few weeks.

Actual Wedding Day Photography of Disheng and Kumiko from Top Photography on Vimeo.

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TOP Photography Team
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Posted in Actual Day Wedding Photography

Dance, Dance with Ping Pong Balls

Once in a while, we chanced upon creative gatecrashing games at weddings that we think are interesting.

The guys are instructed to wear boxes with a hole and some ping pong balls in there. The have to ‘dance’ real hard to funky music to shake the balls out of the boxes. These guys really shook real hard.

It sure brought lots of laughter to all the guests at the wedding and we as their photographers held back our laughter too.

Regards
TOP Photography Team
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www.topphotography.com.sg
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Posted in Actual Day Wedding Photography