Sydney, Australia | Jakarta, Bali, Indonesia | Wedding photographer | Wedding cinematographer

If you haven’t seen their portrait films, please do not forget to check it out here.

Once again it was fun to work alongside Jenny Sun. It was such a plus working in motion pictures so I get a chance to collaborate with some fellow photographers

I gave the title “The Journey” for their wedding trailer. It is simply because there are a lot of travel or entrance they made on the day from the first time meeting at Henny’s place to the entrance they made at Starship cruise where the reception took place.

At the reception, I honestly tried to pull off a surprise same day edit (SDE) but it was impossible as the night schedule was jam-packed. There were so much going on from the speeches, singing, entertainment, which told a lot about their relationship history, and of course our portrait films presentation. It was really really packed. Opsss, I almost forgot they even had a firework! The first time I shot a wedding in Sydney that had fireworks. I didn’t know it was possible. It was mad. It was a perfect ending for this fairy-tale wedding!

Here is just a glimpse of what’s going on that day:

Anyway, thank so much guys for having us so I got the chance to meet some new great friends

I still remember vividly the first time I met Ronald and Henny at starbuck in Sydney cbd. I had nothing to hide telling them then how I just started my motion pictures career. And they had no hesitation to show full faith on me. I still remember how she referred me as one of people she has met who’s doing their works with passion. Yes, I will remember when people say the right thing to me.

Also, big thanks for the photographer of the day, Jenny Sun who’s my loyal supporter to my motion pictures career. Thanks for keep referring jobs to me. It’s much appreciated, Jen

Anyway, the below prewedding/portrait films below was to portray two people with different background and met and fell in love. One was an IT geek who loves wearing a google t-shirt and always go to bed at 10pm. The other one was an outgoing, friendly, always full of life and surrounded by many friends. In fact, based on their speeches at the reception, Henny was chased by many guys before Ronald came to rescue. Ronald mentioned his recipe on how he won Henny’s heart “It’s all about persistent and consistent”. That’s what the film is about, how Ronald showed his determination to love and surprise her.

Talking about surprise, there are at least two surprise stories in this film. We mocked up their proposal story of how Ronald surprised Henny a year before the wedding. The second one was the real surprise for Henny at their wedding reception when their prewedding film was presented in front of their guests. When I asked Ronald whether he’d prepared something special for Henny, he said that he would love to prepare a photo album featuring their dating moments and also all printed emails of how Ronald communicated with Henny in the past. As soon as I heard that, I know that I got the concept about this film.

During presentation of the film at the reception, we intended to separate Ronald from Henny. When the screen showed to look for Ronald, that’s when Ronald walked toward Henny with his prepared gift. Henny was completely clueless. But that’s what we hoped for.

We also included some footages shot from their wedding day to end the story. Henny is a fairytale bride whom I bet loves a happy ending. So that’s a surprise happy ending I gave to them

Anyway, here is their relationship story in motion pictures:

Stay tuned soon for their wedding story in motion pictures.