Life between trips

Finally got something related to wedding to share on the blog. The first time i heard about korean photoshoot is probably a year after my wedding and i remember that i was pretty surprised that they only do indoor photography. But the photos are really romantic and have very elaborate sets.  In korea, they don't call it prewedding. In their own local terms, they call it a wedding rehearsal. I am not sure if it is to cater for foreigners visiting on short term, but a full photography session can be either completed in one day or two days. For a 2 days photography, the first day is usually a 1.5 hours gown choosing session. The time is possible as brides can only choose to try 5 gowns within the allocated time frame. The second day is purely a  make up session followed by a 4 hours photography session. Albums will only be ready 2 - 4 months from the time of photography. The album and frame will be couriered to you (charges may apply separately). A package typ...

Sharing some of the snaps from our pre-wedding photoshoot. There is only 1 in house photographer, Ah Liang, from JWN. He does the overseas shoot like Europe and Bali for the couples from Singapore too. The times he is away, JWN Taiwan would then assign another Taiwanese photographer over.  Ah Liang is a very experienced photographer as he is able to capture the moments fast and spontanously. However, he does have a temper of a artistic person. Either that maybe he was too hungry or we caught him on the wrong day. Although my husband speaks Mandarin but it is still not his native language so there are moments he did not understand the Mandarin instructions given and got a little lost in translation. Other than that, it was a smooth session for us and we went to the places we wanted to go for the photoshoots. Although, I requested for a night shoot at Merlion park but he wanted us to end by 7pm.  National Museum photo shoot. Reservations needed, Fees are S$150 for...

First visit to JWN (Jan 16 2012) Upon entry, there were some gowns hanging on the racks. Designs varied and the dresses are mainly made with different lace and lots of Swarovski crystals sewed on. The sales who assisted me throughout my patron period with JWN is Serene. She showed me the packages available if I would be sign with them and after knowing that it is my birthday month, she showed me another set of package with slightly more discount for signing on birthday month. Some of the items can actually be interchangeable if you do not need them.  Wedding dress 1 After a 30 minutes discussion, I was ushered to level 2 of their shop to try out some of the gowns. I tried on a total of 6 wedding dress but only managed to get photos of 3. The above gown  though simple in design had a lot of tiny crystals sewed on hence you would feel that you are almost sparkling when you put it on. Imagine that on your actual wedding day when you are all dolle...

[The chronology of events is simply acts as a reference to give brides a rough idea of the flow of events. Remember to always communicate with your bridal coordinator. No one will know what you desire until you voice them out.] - original text from SB My journey with a bridal studio is pretty straight forward and simple. Right from the start I knew that I wanted off the rack gowns as I was too lazy to go through the hassle of made to measure gowns and I did see the horror story of the MTM gown from SB. With the spouse out of town, it means alot of decisions is really up to my hands so I wanted everything to be simple and efficient. After the husband outright said he preferred a bridal shop over any other choices I had showed him, I chose Julia Wedding News as it was recommended by an old family friend of ours. I like the quality of their gowns as the choice of lace/tulle/chiffon were of high quality. The wedding package pricing fitted into our budget and signing the package on our...

Bridal Affairs  is the second place I viewed and they operate at a rented HDB flat in Tampines. Appointment has to be made prior before you can head over to view their gowns. I found them when I was randomly surfing the website for alternative bridal gown rentals besides from bridal shops. I was also drawn by their simple and yet attractive website. At that point in time, they had just started their operations for a relatively short period and hence I thought maybe their prices would be quite competitive since they might want to get more clients. I had a little surprise again when I met up with the lady boss, Christine, she turned out to be a ex-school mate of mine back in my secondary/JC days. I definitely feel much more at ease with her since we do kind of know each other back in the days and she is one who can build a rapport with easily. Even though the bridal rental business is still new but Christine has been in the wedding planning industry for a few years....

I was a little more adventurous when I started my bridal gown hunting. Trinity bride, myself of course strike off  Digio Bridal since Solitaire Bride was a bride there. I don't want our wedding albums to look so much alike. I wanted to look out of the Tanjong Pagar stretch in the hope that the bridal boutiques may offer something different.  My first appointment was with  Bridal Closet , a little bridal shop somewhere near Eunos. No one would think that in the quiet neighbourhood, there would have a bridal shop with a pretty extensive bridal collection which gets updated every 2-3 months. As quoted from their friendly sales staff that their pricing is very much lowered compared to the Tanjong Pagar shops is due to their lower rent and hence they can pass on the savings to their customers.  Unlike most bridal shops, Bridal Closet welcomes customers to take photos of their gowns which I think it is actually a free form of advertisement sinc...