Tell us more about your shooting style.

I shoot in a very quiet, unobtrusive, almost documentary way. I’m not a director. I feel that genuine wedding moments should not be constructed or directed, so I do not tell jokes, bark instructions, or interrupt when your moment is going on. I only step in to provide technical advice when taking group photos.

Having photographed weddings since 2007, my style and vision have matured into one that does not follow the trends or fashions of any particular time. Over the years, I have developed the ability to “see” and anticipate moments, as well as the technical proficiency to capture them with my cameras.

 

What about your rates and packages?
I charge by the hour. There is no minimum number of hours you have to book, so if you need photography for only one hour, that’s fine too. The price is the same whether you need me on a weekday, weekend, or public holiday. Contact me for details.

 

Can we break the package up into smaller portions on the wedding day?

Only if you book me for 8 hours or longer. The service can be split into two portions, with one break in between. For example, I can photograph your morning gatecrash and tea ceremonies, leave during the break, and join you again at the banquet in the evening.

The service starts when I arrive at the venue and ends when I leave. Any travelling and/or idle time within that period counts towards the service duration.

 

What about multi-day weddings? Any surcharge?

There is no multi-day surcharge. Each service is charged as a separate, independent booking.

For example, if you have your church ceremony, gatecrash, and tea ceremonies on a Friday for 6 hours, followed by your banquet the next evening for 4 hours, the services will be charged as two separate 6-hour and 4-hour bookings, rather than as a single 10-hour booking split over two days.

 

We don’t really have a firm wedding program ready yet, how many hours should we book?

A typical day with morning preparations, gatecrash, tea ceremonies, and a lunch or dinner banquet will require about 10–12 hours.

A church wedding without a banquet usually requires 4–6 hours, while a simple solemnisation followed by lunch typically requires 2–4 hours.

I recommend booking as close as possible to the number of hours you expect to need based on these estimates. I understand that it is not always possible to know the exact number of hours you will need at the point of booking, so you have the flexibility to extend or reduce your booking by up to 2 hours once your programme is finalised, or even on the wedding day itself. Simply top up the additional hour(s) to the balance amount due after the wedding.

The reason I only allow a maximum extension of 2 hours is because I sometimes book multiple shoots on the same day.

 

Do you offer albums?
To keep my rates competitive and my packages simple, I provide digital photography services only.

 

Do you offer videography too?
I provide photography services only, but I’d be happy to recommend a few great videographers if you need one.

 

Do you work well with videographers?

I work well with all experienced professional videographers. I can also recommend a few whom I gel with extremely well.

There is no photo-and-video combo price if you decide to engage both of us, though.

Please note that I do not work with content creators.

 

Do you shoot alone or do you have an assistant/2nd photographer?
I shoot alone. All the photos on my websites are from weddings and events that I covered as the sole photographer.

 

Are you able to produce Same-Day Highlights slideshow for our wedding lunch or dinner?

Nope. I want all my photos to look a certain way, so I spend a lot of time processing them.

To produce a slideshow, I would need to download, select, import, fully edit each image to match my style and colour, export, compile, and test the slideshow. This is extremely time-consuming.

Instead, I would spend the break between the morning ceremonies and dinner banquet backing up all the photos taken, as well as having an early dinner before going back to photograph your banquet, refreshed and recharged!

 

Since you don’t make slideshows, can you pass us a few unedited images first so that we can make our own slideshow for our banquet that night, the next day or next week?

As explained in the answer to the previous question, I would have to go through essentially the same process of downloading, selecting, editing, and exporting the photos before I could provide them to you.

Therefore, I will not be able to provide any photos before the final set is ready.

 

How many images can we expect to receive?

For a typical 10-hour wedding day, you should receive at least 500 images. The actual quantity also depends on how eventful the day is.

For example, a wedding with a morning gatecrash or a dance performance will definitely result in more photos than one without these activities.

For a 2-hour pre-wedding shoot, you can expect about 80 images.

 

Will all the photos we receive be edited? Will we get the unedited/RAW files too?

Every photo delivered is colour-corrected and aligned/cropped as required. A small amount of blemish removal will also be done.

I do not do body morphing.

Unedited or RAW files will not be provided, nor will they be made available for separate purchase.

 

Can we give you a list of things/sample photos we’d like to have photographs of for our wedding?

No, I do not follow shot lists.

This may sound a little strange, but I actually feel that giving photographers such photo lists can be counterproductive. Instead of having the creative freedom to observe and react to what is happening, I would have to refer to a list throughout the day. The worry that I might miss something on the list would also be at the back of my mind all day.

In the end, the photos you receive could end up looking more like someone else’s wedding photos, with an inconsistent overall style.

It is also unfair to expect one photographer to reproduce the work of multiple photographers, especially when those photographs may have been taken under completely different lighting conditions and camera settings.

 

Do you do Pre-wedding and family photography too?

Yes, I do!

Apart from actual-day weddings, I also photograph outdoor pre-weddings and small families (parents + kids) on weekdays.

To take full advantage of the best natural lighting of the day, shoots are scheduled at 8am or 5pm. At these times, the sunlight is soft and directional, and the temperature is also cooler compared to the period between 10am and 4pm.

The 8am session has a slight advantage because we can shoot for a little longer, whereas the 5pm session lasts for about 1.5 hours before we start to lose light as the sun begins to set.

 

When can we expect to receive the photos after the wedding?

Photos will be ready 10 weeks after the wedding or pre-wedding shoot.

Due to the volume of photoshoots I do, it is highly unlikely that your photos will be ready earlier than this timeframe. This waiting time is the same regardless of the scale of the shoot — whether it is a 2-hour solemnisation, 5-hour lunch reception, or 11-hour wedding.

For family shoots, photos will be ready within 4 weeks.

Please factor this waiting time into your plans so that your photos can be ready before your wedding, birthday, or event. Please note that I will not be able to expedite the delivery if the shoot is scheduled too close to the date you need the photos.

I will contact you once the photos are ready. 🙂

 

How will the photographs be delivered?

You will receive the images via download.

All photos will be provided as high-resolution JPEGs, with at least 4200 pixels on the long side — good enough even for poster-size enlargements.

 

Thanks for emailing us your rates and other info, everything looks good but we need some time to consider. Meanwhile can you inform us if you receive other enquiries for the same wedding date please?
Due to the large number of enquiries I receive through various channels (email, Facebook, Instagram, texts, etc.), please understand that I’m not able to keep track of every date that has been enquired about.

 

Do we need to meet up before booking and/or before the wedding?

No meet-up is required.

There are more than 100 weddings and pre-weddings on this website, with new additions almost every other week. These should give you a very clear idea of my style of photography.

If you need any clarification or would like to discuss anything, we can schedule a phone or video call.

1–2 weeks before your wedding day, I will contact you for your wedding programme.

 

How do I go about booking your services? What is the payment structure like?

Let me know the number of hours you will need me for, and I will email you an invoice and agreement.

The total amount and available payment methods will be indicated on the invoice. A non-negotiable 50% deposit is required to complete the booking.

The invoice soft-books the date for 5 days, after which the date will be released and made available to other enquirers.

The booking is deemed complete, and the date blocked for you, only when the deposit has been received and acknowledged.

The balance can be paid at any time before the photos are ready.

 

Is the deposit refundable? what if we decide to cancel or change our wedding date after placing the deposit?

Once your deposit is received, I will reject all other enquiries for the same date and time, effectively locking the slot exclusively for you.

The deposit will not be refunded if my service is cancelled within 90 days of the wedding. If my service is cancelled more than 90 days before the wedding, half of the deposit will be refunded.

I highly recommend confirming your date before placing the deposit. However, should you decide to change to a new date, and if I am not already booked on your new date, I will still photograph your wedding without any additional charge.

If I am not available on your new date, the cancellation policy mentioned above will apply.

 

Can we enter the photos into contests or post them on our social media pages?

Yes.

However, the images must be displayed as-is, without applying filters or overlays. Credit/tagging/hashtags are greatly appreciated.

 

Do we have to provide meals for you at the wedding/event? What about transport?

I do not require a meal for shorter 3–4-hour events, such as photographing just the ceremony or banquet.

However, if you need me to start early for a dinner banquet, or if I am working for more than 6 hours continuously (for example, a lunch wedding that begins in the morning and stretches past 3pm), I do require a simple meal and reasonable meal break to be provided.

As for transport, I do not drive and will need transport to be provided for both actual-day and pre-wedding shoots when we move between different locations.

 

We’ve read “horror stories” about photos lost due to equipment malfunction or of photographers’ camera bags getting stolen. Do you have anything in place to mitigate this?

Yes!

I use multiple memory cards of smaller capacities rather than fewer larger cards. This means that if a card is lost or damaged, I won’t lose as many photos.

I also don’t shoot until a card is completely full. Instead, I load a new card into the camera after every major juncture of the wedding day.

My memory card pouch is always with me rather than being kept in my camera bag. I buy new memory cards every 2–2.5 years.

I also bring backup gear: 2–3 camera bodies, 4–5 lenses, and enough batteries and memory cards to cover two full-day weddings.

I go home straight after a shoot. My camera bag never leaves my side, and if I really have to leave my bag somewhere, I will take the memory card pouch with me.

Upon reaching home, all photos are backed up to 5 disk drives.