Instant Photography, Live Event Photography by LiveStudios

It’s been a hectic few weeks and haven’t been able to update the blogs with our shooting and traveling schedules. Just came back from LA/Las Vegas and didn’t have a chance to spend a night in Singapore before having to fly to Sydney for a wedding. Tiring, but the trip was well worth it. I had such a great time shooting Andrea & David that I didn’t feel the fatigue or hunger till the day after.

The hotel we were staying in is the Sebel @ Pier One, just under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. You couldn’t ask for a better location. Sydney is also one of the more picturesque cities for photography and not too far away from Singapore.

Being at the pier, they decided to do the makeup just outside their suite right at the pier, you could see the reflections of pier 2 in the sliding door.

The whole atmosphere was full of laughter right from the start. Just for the preparation alone, I took almost 900 shots… I usually have time to filter and remove the duplicate shots but everyone was so energised that I couldn’t stop shooting.

One of the nephews of the couple, Matthew was looking at the bride doing the makeup through the glass, I went up and captured him smiling.

The groom surprised the bride with 2 rolls royce to fetch her to the chinese gardens.

The convertible gave us some fun photoshoot opportunities.

The bridal party had lots of fun participating in the shoot as well.

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Our senior photographer, Mike was covering the launch of the Audi A4 at the Singapore Fashion Festival. I decided to drop by to say hi to some familiar faces and take a look at the new A4.

I was late for the fashion show but from the photos, Pois Boutique seemed to have displayed some really interesting pieces from their collection.

The headlights of the A4 had the same design as the R8.. very elegant.

Many posed with the models and the cars and received their instant photocards with the Pois & Audi Logo.

Many took turns to have a first hand feel inside the Audi A4..

And of course some of my friends who I always get to meet at the events

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I flew from Los Angeles to Las Vegas was joined by my LiveStudios team to cover the massive convention for AIA Hong Kong. This was held at the famous Venetian Las Vegas.

The Palazzo is the Venetian’s brand new sister property and together with 700+ rooms, they are the largest hotel in room capacity. It’s situated right on the main strip (it’s the 2 buildings in the background, left yellow-lighted one is the Palazzo and the one on the right of it is the Venetian)

The rooms are all suites and are fabulous

Our day trip was to the Grand Canyon and on they way, we passed by Hoover Dam, where a lot of movies have been filmed, including X-Men & Transformers.

Some took the helicopter rides for a breathtaking aerial view of the canyon.

While the bus ride there took about 3 hrs, the ride there was well worth it. The view is spectacular and most took out their cameras happily clicking away while others took some quiet time for some inspirations.

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We had the pleasure of being the photographer for the incentive trips for the top performers for AIA Hong Kong. About 200 star performers stayed at the Hyatt Century Plaza hotel in LA and had to tour around some of the highlights of the city.

We took a visit to the Hollywood Walk of the Stars where everyone took photos with the stars on the floors and the costume characters on the street.

We then visited Universal Studios where the main highlight was the tour where we were shown how some of the hollywood special effects were done.

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Did a shoot for a German Luxury Magazine called “How to spend it” shooting for a horological (timepieces) journalist covering the Tempus of Time exhibition hosted by the Hour Glass in Singapore. He gave me a crash course on horology and how this exhibition in Singapore is significant as it’s the one of 3 exhibitions around the world annually. The shoot included an interview with Michael Tay, the Executive Director of The Hour Glass.

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EA (Electronic Arts) held it’s party showcasing a to-be-released game called Rock Band on the Xbox 360. Guests were invited to the top of Singapore at the Swissotel helipad.

Due to a limitation to the number people allowed on the helipad (74th floor) at any one time, the guests had to be split to have some hands on the games on the 69th floor. I ran up and down so many times I could have done the entire vertical marathon.

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STB hosted the annual awards ceremony at the Esplanade concert hall.

Guests started arriving and the stars mingled in with the crowds. Here’s K.F Seetoh of the Makansutra fame.

A crowd of enthusiastic people awaiting the ceremony gathered at the foyer area before the doors opened for seating.

The presentation revolved around a theme of visiting the galactic system and the performances were accompanied with wonderful costumes and stage lighting.

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