Photographer and Videographer

Our wedding was getting closer each day. Everything and everybody were being booked fast for the year-end wedding peak season. We really need to confirm a photographer soon before it’s too late.

I had been checking the malaysiabrides forum everyday in my search for a decent photographer. I read about Jim Liaw and was quite impressed by his portfolio, but his quote was a little too high for us. I also contacted Louis Pang from Sabah but it was a similar problem. In addition, we would have to pay for his flights, accommodation and allowance too, which would add up to a big sum. By the way, both photographers’ fees range from around RM4,000 to much higher amounts.

Soon after, I short-listed another 3 photographers, whose rates were closer to our budget and their styles to our liking too:
Kok Weng RM1,100
Aivee RM1,000
Kevin Han RM1,300

It took us several days to decide on the most suitable photographer. But in the end, we decided to opt for Kevin. So, what made us choose him? Although Kevin had the highest rate, we still picked him over the others because of his very natural lighting and nice photography. And especially in a dimmer environment like Bankers (our wedding dinner venue), his wonderful lighting would be crucial, and that made the decision quite easy when we compared their photos side-by-side.

(Btw, Kevin did a great job on our wedding day. 2 of our photo albums taken by him can be viewed at:
http://www.zenetlife.com/wedding/dinnerrec/dinnerrec.asp
http://www.zenetlife.com/wedding/TRADC/tradc.asp
We also heard that he has already increased his fees.)

We would not hesitate to hire a photographer for our wedding but a videographer was optional. Fortunately for us, Sze’s brother from Canada, Kin Yuen would be attending our wedding, and he would be bringing a brand new video camera along with him… yay!

(Turned out that Kin Yuen was too busy to be the videographer on the wedding day as he was also the best man. So Sze’s cousin Boon took over the job instead. We were very impressed with his commitment as he was working like a full-time videographer! We had not expected this kind of dedication from someone who was just doing it for free. We were quite thankful but at the same time, we also wanted him to have time to sit down and enjoy the dinner. That was one of the reasons why we hired a photographer, whereby Kevin was an equally committed professional.)