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Winter Wedding in Perth, Australia

April 28, 2011 Destination Wedding

No one knew how the future is like. My short story with Stephen and Yuli perhaps can be an example of it. I met Yuli during my exchange period to Brisbane in 2003. We hang out once in a while and got on pretty well. I always remembered Yuli as an honest and straight forward person, but she’s also caring and full of fun. A few years later, I accidentally met Yuli again in Jakarta with this dude, Stephen. I didn’t even knew they had a relationship as she didn’t really say much at the time. It was only a brief introduction and few minutes chats until we said goodbye. It never crossed my mind I would have Stephen as one of my close friends since we pretty much enjoy different things in life. Starting from different foods, different lifestyles, different fashion etc. But we’re both crazy about football. That’s one thing in common I can think of right now. However as time went by, Stephen and Yuli became such a unique couple for me. I feel they’re similar almost in every way. When we talk, there’s no boys matter only or girls matter only. Our conversation were frank and honest. I guess the ups and downs that we shared for the last few years helped us to grow better as a person. Now, they’ve been happily married for almost 3 years and were blessed with a baby, named Sophia. Although we often chat on Blackberry, I sort of missed our ‘coffee table’ conversation and that little city they live in : )

Winarto & Cheryl

March 1, 2011 Portrait

I had a little bit of fun last week, shooting Winarto & Cheryl at the studio with all the flying papers and some groovy music. For people who gets up early every morning, and watch Metro Pagi you may already familiar with Cheryl. I first knew Cheryl only about seven months ago and I’m not a morning person. When she told me about her routines, I was pretty impressed. She leaves home about 3 a.m almost every morning and start on air 4.30 a.m then she still have to work in the office until 11 a.m. So just days after we met, when I needed to leave for the airport very early, I switched on the TV with a little bit of curiosity and there she was, facing the camera, bringing the world and local current affair into discussion. I was impressed. Few weeks after I met Cheryl, she introduced me to her fiance, Winarto. It was my first impression to Winarto that made me admire him. He left his car behind and came to my place by ojek because he wanted to avoid the traffic and be on time for our meeting. Such a humble and cool guy. Soon enough I can see few other things which made Cheryl fell for him. For you who like their portrait, there’s no real secret for these beautiful portraits. It’s only because we found chemistry among us. So everything became pretty easy. Now I can’t wait to shoot their wedding day this weekend.

Indra & Karen

January 8, 2011 Pre-Wedding Portrait

30 November 2010, I arrived at the airport with my fiance at 6 AM, we were pretty relaxed since we still had two and a half hours before departure. One hour before departure, Indra & Karen haven’t made it to the airport because of the re-route and the traffic. They finally arrived half hour before the departure. I knew it was too late for them, so we took off and they had to catch the next flight. When we finally met at the Singapore airport and checked into the hotel about 3 PM, the rain started to fall and it was quite long until the rain stopped. Sometimes we just have to accept when things didn’t go as we planned. I knew everything was going to be fine even with the rain. We just had to take it as a gift from God. If you watch the first picture and the last four pictures on this post, you can see how the rain made the difference on the street, it made a reflection and added another feeling to the pictures. It’s actually been a long time since me and Karen knew each other. We went into the same elementary school, but never really got close until 6 months ago. Karen has a very good career and she earned it. She works hard every day and she probably worked harder than me to make this photo shoot happened. Indra is very composed, he doesn’t talk too much. but working with him was very much an enjoyable experience. It’s a shame I can’t be there on your wedding, so here’s my congratulation. Hope this will be the first and the last for both of you!

Daniel & Karen Vera

October 27, 2010 Pre-Wedding Portrait

These portraits of Daniel and Karen were made few weeks ago. In few days, Daniel and Karen will tie the knot in the beautiful island of Bali, so let’s all hope for a nice and sunny Bali weather! Ciao : )

Melanie & Frederick

October 16, 2010 Pre-Wedding Portrait

Melanie left home and went to the States about 10 years ago and it was her destiny to meet the love of her life. Melanie & Fredie have been married for 3 years and now they live in ‘Big Apple’ City. It’s the first time Melanie returned home after she got married and she made the biggest effort by bringing her wedding dress that she made for herself. So I started to see a little what her marriage means to her. To me, this is an honor. I believe that love grows. I’m fortunate enough to see the examples from Melanie & Fredie.