Our next mission was to look for a bridal studio to take pre-wedding photos. I like the idea of having 100% outdoor photos, like how it’s done overseas. But in Malaysia, people expect to see studio photos as well. So, we decided to follow the norm.
We went to a few bridal studios to compare their photo packages. The 1st studio that we went to was Touch Wedding Studio in Jalan Loke Yew. Even though they had good quality photos, I didn’t like the way they categorized their dresses. They separated the wedding gowns and evening dresses into a few categories: Normal, VIP and SVIP. Depending on the selected package, I could only choose dresses from certain racks. This made me feel rather limited in the choices that were available.
Next, we went to Classic Bridal & Photo Studio at the other end of the block. The photo samples were not that impressive while the sales girl was too long-winded and turned us off.
We also checked out San Diego Bridal Studio in Jalan Ipoh. The dresses didn’t impress me at all. They tried to close the deal by throwing in many freebies but we just said that we didn’t want to be rushed into making a decision.
We went to a few bridal studios to compare their photo packages. The 1st studio that we went to was Touch Wedding Studio in Jalan Loke Yew. Even though they had good quality photos, I didn’t like the way they categorized their dresses. They separated the wedding gowns and evening dresses into a few categories: Normal, VIP and SVIP. Depending on the selected package, I could only choose dresses from certain racks. This made me feel rather limited in the choices that were available.
Next, we went to Classic Bridal & Photo Studio at the other end of the block. The photo samples were not that impressive while the sales girl was too long-winded and turned us off.
We also checked out San Diego Bridal Studio in Jalan Ipoh. The dresses didn’t impress me at all. They tried to close the deal by throwing in many freebies but we just said that we didn’t want to be rushed into making a decision.
We had earlier gone to Ivory Romance Bridal Gallery, which is also at Jalan Loke Yew. Having compared several bridal studios, we felt that most of them offered similar photo packages - the main differences being the dresses and the photos. I was attracted to Ivory Romance’s wide selection of dresses, which although were categorized into new and old, nevertheless still offered a pretty good range. In addition, Sze also liked their photos the best.
We didn’t want to waste too much time checking out similar packages elsewhere, so we went back to Ivory Romance with my sis Fiona to help us negotiate a better deal as she is pretty good in that. She managed to help us get some extra freebies with additional 4R photos to give away to family and friends. In the end, we signed up with them after a long evening at the studio.
Later on, I read on a forum that Ivory Romance has a bad reputation. I got a little scared but we had paid quite a high deposit. Then I thought, “What difference would it make if we chose another studio?” I believe the other studios are no better either as they all have the same attitude problem. Since we are only supposed to get married once, we are just one-time customers to them. As such, good customer service is not important. We would just have to keep our fingers crossed that everything turns out well when the time comes. (More stories on how it went for us in the coming blogs.)
Later on, I read on a forum that Ivory Romance has a bad reputation. I got a little scared but we had paid quite a high deposit. Then I thought, “What difference would it make if we chose another studio?” I believe the other studios are no better either as they all have the same attitude problem. Since we are only supposed to get married once, we are just one-time customers to them. As such, good customer service is not important. We would just have to keep our fingers crossed that everything turns out well when the time comes. (More stories on how it went for us in the coming blogs.)
2 comments:
i quite like the 1st one..simple and elegant.....
Well, at first i thought it was nice too but from the feedback of my 2 design commentors, we decided to go for the other dresses.
My design commentators were... Fiona and Sze... hehe... they said too simple.
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