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Michelle+Jeremy got married earlier this year and decided to have a ‘post-wedding’ portrait session.

When we caught up again before the shoot, I had a fascinating time chatting with Jeremy about his collection of ‘Hot Toys’ figures – from Bruce Lee to Iron Man (I was tempted to pick up collecting again!). And I found Michelle’s specialised work with nutritional behaviors very educational.

During our shoot, I picked up a few cantonese phrases (which I must admit, I have problems pronouncing now) and had loads of laughs courtesy of their friend June.

This is the story of the ‘Hot-Toys-Obots’.

{Wedding of Lionel and Audrey}

Lionel and I spent our time in polytechnic skipping classes, sucking on cancer sticks and listening to White Zombie. Then he met Audrey and became one of the nicest gentleman I’ve known.

Congratulations you two.

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Shot at The Racha in Phuket, Thailand.

Stephanie and Chung-ky are a sporty couple who met as Dragon Boat rowers in the AustCham Paddle Club (Singapore). Spending most of their weekends training with a spontaneous and wild bunch of dragon boaters, the couple knew that Dragon Boating would be a big part of their wedding celebrations.

As you can tell from the photos, ‘typical’ is not how you’d describe the couple, just the way I love to roll.

As part of their ‘pre-wedding’ celebration, S+CK organized a ‘Wedding Paddle’ with the Dragon Boat rowers from the AustCham Club. The plan was that, while we were shooting their engagement session portraits, the AustCham rowers in the dragon boats would paddle down from the Kallang River and rendezvous for drinks and snacks with the couple at the shores of Marina Bay overlooking the cityline.

The couple (and their photographer included) then hopped into one of the dragon boats, using the backdrop of the Singapore Cityline as part of their Engagement Session. From Marina Bay, the couple and the dragon boaters then paddled back to the docks at the Kallang River.

Stephanie makes funny faces. Really.

Rock la! \m/

They love jumping shots.

This might have been how a Monday morning conversation went -

“What did you do this weekend?”
“Oh, nothing much just rowing our dragon boats around the Marina Reservoir”

Stephanie striking a ‘Vogue’ pose.

This was described as “such a ck & steph moment” by Renee, a friend of the couple.

The Austcham Paddle Club.
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oei! Oei! Oei!

Here’s a sneak peek of Linda + Ørjan who travelled all the way from Norway to Singapore for their wedding portraits. More to the backstory of how Linda found me in one of the most interesting ways – she had seen me in an episode of “Scene City: Singapore“, googled and tadah, soon.

Veronica+Kelvin are a cool and laid back couple who have known and loved each other for, I believe 11 years.

“I’ve been waiting for this day”, “Finally, you two!” were the words I heard most said amongst their friends and family on their wedding day. And it seemed that the people around them were happy these two were finally walking down the isle as husband and wife.

We took time out during their wedding day to shoot some portraits with the vintage chauffeured car that Fullerton Hotel provided. Driving just down the road from their place, we stopped by the side and spent about 10mins getting these shots. I especially loved Veronica’s cheongsum inspired gown, which I think the vintage car complimented quite nicely. Hence, the wickedly obvious title.

Tell us a little about yourself.
Hello, I’m Dazza but my real name is Darryl. I’m Singaporean, music makes me happy and alcohol gets me drunk. I’ve lived in the East side of Singapore all my life – grew up skateboarding around East Coast Park, Katong, Bedok and Changi. My favourite colours are yellow, black and blue. Oh, and I really love coffee.

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Tell us about the typical ‘Dazza’ approach to wedding portrait photography (pre-wedding).
We talk, we laugh and we just enjoy being ourselves. I feel that there is a joy within every couple just knowing that they love each other and that they are getting married. I just try to capture them for who they are as real, as natural and uncontrived as we can. I think we remember moments and hold them closer to our hearts when we know that there is a meaning or a story behind it. For all of us, that is a bit more meaningful than an image that is just pretty. And I think we look back in fondness at precious photos and recall “Remember that day when this was shot and we were happy just being together. This is us”.

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Check out the rest of the interview on the WPN blog.