Bryan Jean Photography - Journals from the heart

I’ve not been blogging conscientiously for the past year. My website have not been updated with new images too. Along with the success of Internet social networking, the convenience of facebook became a big part of Bryan Jean Photography’s marketing. In a short period of time we’ve managed to garner more than 1200 fans. Towards the end of the year, we’ve become extremely shorthanded. To hang just another piece of dirty linen, we’ve not been very punctual on our deadlines. However, all these mayhems wouldn’t have been made possible with each and every one of my lovely couples. With the year closing in a few more hours, I wish to thank all of you for the trust in us; the time spent getting to know us better and the patience waiting for the final product.

It is because of the perfect moments during your wedding and the love you share with your beloved ones, made us extremely happy and loving our job ever more. We sincerely thank all of you for the great year.

2009 was an extremely great year for us. It started with the launch of Safari Booth, which became very well received for dinner receptions. Then we launched Pool Jam, doing underwater photography for couples. We managed to do well in international contests bagging a couple of awards in the first two quarters. And in the third quarter I was accredited Licentiate, Master Photographers Association. In the last quarter of this year, together with a few fellow photographers, we launched a new wedding guild the Wedding Photographers Guild.

We are really very happy with our jobs and results this year. We will continue to showcase more great works and bagging more awards in the year coming. We’ll be having a new website and a new (frequently updated) blog soon. Thank you all for the supports and see you next year.

From the heart
Bryan Kit F.

November is bidding farewell, while the rain keeps on falling. What a cooling month with some great sunshine days. I like how the warm sunlight peeps through the folds of the curtain every morning and with a few blows of the dandelion, the rain starts falling in the afternoon. I like watching how the newer raindrops on the window rolls down on those that managed to peer through my window. I know that more newer droplets will replace the older ones and while the November rain is coming to an end. What’s coming in December?

Dear friends, It is with upmost regret to imform you that “We will no longer be able to provide you with the service of producing montages or slideshows as of immediate effect!”

This being the reason that in recent times, Various agencies in Singapore have been sending their menions around to “catch” illegal broadcast of slide shows. The sensitivity of it is the same as : If we sat down at a mac Donalds’ and i played a slideshow for your viewing on my laptop, it is a breach of broadcast rights as well as a breach in copyrights for the music AND the mechnical reproduction of the music in the slideshow.

We are trying our best to work on the issue now and hope work something out with these agencies. Otherwise, we may never be able to share our beautiful work with you guys via a means of a gorgeous slide show again.

We apologies for the disappointment. And we will try our very very best to work something out as soon as possible.

Yes we are suffering from blog lag after we came back from Paris. It was a really good trip. Its very comforting to have great people with you so far away from home. Its our first time there, Kelvin & Alwin from Lightedpixels and Jacqueline the awesome makeup artist showed us around in Paris.

The food was amazing, we have sandwiches & baguette for most of the breakfasts. Lunch we had delicious banana crepes with Nutella, ham & cheese crepes, the McDonald is different and really nice too. And the Amorini ice cream, heavenly!

On that one day it rained Kelvin brought us to this authentic french restaurant which serves really great food. We had deep fried frog legs, pan fried foie gras, escargots, and sip french red wine. It was a modest french restaurant, with a old rugged cottage settings; old dented pots and pans hung over our head. The hospitality of a young beautiful french waitress brought the whole experience up another notch.

Well not just for the food, we went to Paris for a shoot, with Samuel and Kristl. The weather turned chilly by the time they got to Paris, simply perfect for the shoot. A hint of autumn from the fallen leaves and the lovely sunshine of summer which Parisians will miss. We hope to go back there again next year with more couples and probably Venice as well.

It ended early on the second day of the shoot, we decided to walk back to our hotel. Jean and I happily started from Champs-Élysées, the most beautiful avenue in the world. Kind of regretted that at first, halfway walking, we sat down on the sidewalk and munch on the macaroons Sam & Kristl bought for us. Jean read the map and exclaimed, the exhibition of Henri Cartier-Bresson was around the corner. We were really inspired by the images from the father of journalistic style street photography. It was definitely one of the highlights of this trip.

On this 10-day trip, we visited many place in Paris, we tried as much as we could to walk the hidden streets, each time a new path we came upon, we discover more unique shops and food. Of course we did a considerable amount of shopping, and tried as much as we could to bring back a piece of Paris for our dearests. If anyone we’ve missed out this time, we’ll make it up the next time when our luggage is not labeled HEAVY (50kg) at the airport.

On the endnote, the photos will come soon. I’ve posted some on our facebook, do add us at http://www.facebook.com/bryanjeanphotography if you have not.

Do look out for 16th September’s issue of TODAY newspaper. Pull out and present my 2-page article if you have in mind to shoot in Paris with us this coming August 2010. You’ll get $300 off the package, equivalent to approximately a night’s accommodation.

Aron!

Its the “Have you ever…” that led me to choose his post. It makes people think about the beginning and the process. Its like how I always relate my photographs to my couples. I try to convey not just the marriage, but the idea of falling in love and being in love. From the day they started the relationship, to the very first quarrel; and from the time they first kissed, to the day a breakup almost happened.

It is this beginning, through the process and to the finale that gives me the opportunity to be part of their wedding.
We do not need flying veils and gowns to see how beautiful the relationship is. You also do not need to pose like a supermodel or do acrobatic moves to show how much love there is.

From your heart, you look into each others’ eyes, you kiss with passion and hold on tight to each other.

And from my heart, I’ll present to you these moments of your courtship.

By the way, congrats to Aron. You’ve won the canvas print. You’ll receive it very soon. In the mean time do find a place to hang it.