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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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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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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Hosted by Cortina Watch, the launch was held at the JetQuay Terminal at Changi for the CIP (Commercially Important People). Those who want more information can go to the Porsche Design official website. It was a great setup as usual arranged by Mercury MC and Magdalene See from Fly Entertainment was the bubbly emcee for the evening.

Myself and David took a chance to take a shot with the Porsche Cayman S before the crowd came in.

Guests mingled and chatted in the lounge area first.

When they revealed new range, some of the lucky guests had a chance to examine the $200k+ watch up close.

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SMRT was given a chalet at the Singapore Airshow for being a sponsor. For the 4 trade days, their valued clients were invited to join them to watch the aeriel display within air-conditioned comfort. I decided to drop by today to say hi to the friends at SMRT and give them some support.

One of the lucky SMRTs clients who posed in front of the A380 Airbus

Mentor Minister Lee Kuan Yew made a short visit to the airshow. Oh and to the photography buffs out there, that’s a Nikon D3 I’m holding in the mirror.. more about that later.. 

To many of my corporate clients who are looking at more interesting ideas for events, I found the Flying Club http://theflyingclub.sg which can offer plane rides for guests and event have the hangar as a venue for events. It’s located at Senai which is just 15 mins away from Singapore.

The following will be for the photography buffs who’s keen on finding out more about the Nikon D3.
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Organised by the Business Times, The Singapore Corporate Awards (http://scawards.com.sg) consolidate four of Singapore’s key awards-the Annual Report Award (ARA), the Best Managed Board Award (BMBA), Chief Financial Officer of the Year Award, and Best Investor Relations Award to recognise excellence in shareholder communication. The new Chief Executive Officer of the Year Award will recognise excellence in the CEO’s leadership in shareholder communication and corporate governance.

The presenters were particularly entertaining as their wit and candid jokes put smiles on the guests’ faces, as winners were announced.

Singapore Idol Hady Mirza put up a performance for the guests.

One of the winners is Mr Ho Kwon Ping for CEO of the year (Market Capitalisation of $500m or more).

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