There are too many times that I have mentioned that the wedding I shoot are always awesome or amazing. In fact, awesome and amazing sometime can be really a understatement. I am really honored to be the wedding photographer for Ilya and Angie’s wedding. It’s a wedding that all photographers will be dreaming of shooting and capturing all the nice moments and events. Ilya is a smiley gentle guy from Russia and Angie is a nice lady from Singapore. The unity of this couple creates many happy tears and the whole wedding ceremony is never short of smile and laughter. Congratulations Ilya and Angie, it’s my pleasure to be your wedding photographer.

We do believe dreams can come true and we decided to make it happen. Derrick Ong Photography and Cherry Au Makeup Artistry is putting together this contest to make a beautiful dream come true for one pair of lucky couple. : )

Simply share with us your inspiring love story or memorable engagement and you might be the lucky couple to enjoy this wonderful experience with us!  We believe every couple have their own love story and event, it can be a really romantic holiday, or a very special gift your partner have given to you or simply just send us a very loving, funny, cute or just a head shot of the both of you with a simple tagline and that might make you the winner.

To qualify:

1.   Send us a recent picture of you and your partner.

2.   Tell us your love story or memorable engagement story in no more than 200 words or just simply send in a head shot photo with a creative tagline (head shot can be either simple, funny, serious, or setup shot).

3.   like both our fan page and share this contest on your facebook wall.

https://www.facebook.com/cherryaumakeup

https://www.facebook.com/derrickongphotography

4.   Send your entry with 1 photo to either one of our facebook fan page Message box or write to us in email to: enquiry@derrick-ong.com or enquiry@cherryau.com by 30 April 2012.

5. 5 couples with the most romantic and memorable story will be shortlisted for voting.

Pictures of the shortlisted entries will be posted on our page and will be open for voting.

Voting Period : 4 May 2012 – 13 May 2012.

The couple with the most ‘likes’ will be the winner for this contest.

What do you win:

1. 4 hours pre-wedding shoot by Derrick Ong in Singapore.
2. Professional make up by Cherry Au.
3. 40 pages premium photobook.

Terms and conditions

1. Prizes are non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for their cash value or other services.
2. By entering contest, you agree to abide to the rules and regulations
3. Our decision for the 3 shortlisted couples for voting are final.
4. We reserve the rights to use the photo materials for our portfolio.
5. Wedding gown and transportation are not inclusive.
6. We reserve the rights to amend the rules with prior notice.
7. Winner will be announced on 14 May 2012 on both our page.

An extravagant wedding celebration with nice big band performance, classy ballroom setup and a lot of smiling faces throughout the whole celebration. The highlight of the banquet came with 2 dance performance; one by Annabel and Terence dancing to the song “Por Una Cabeza”  re-flashing the dance scene in the movie “Scents of a woman” and a 2nd surprise dance routine put up by Annabel and her beloved Daddy. It’s definitely a fantasia wedding celebration for many guests as this wedding was also gazed by many celebrities. I shall stop the typing, enjoy the photos. : )

It was an amazing 2011 for me last year traveling to many beautiful parts of the world shooting pre-wedding and destination wedding. One of the pre-wedding shoot I have done last December was in Udaipur, India. I have always wanted to travel to India and this trip really opens up my vision. It once again reminded me that though our living standard here in Singapore is high, we are fortunate to be staying in one of the safest country in the world.

Here is a collection to share some street photography while I am moving around during the pre-wedding shoot. : )

Firstly, I have to apologize for this super duper lengthy blog entry. At the end of viewing the photos, you will understand how much I enjoyed shooting this wedding. : )

I first get to know Mylene when she was shooting with The Wedding Paparazzi(TWP), one of the leading wedding videography company in Singapore. Mylene leaves a really deep impression with her smile and I can tell everyone adores her smile. Working along side with her, couple’s parents and the couples themselves are always smiling when talking to her. : ) I am honored when she rang me up one day announcing her wedding and would like me to be her wedding photographer. Having a close working relationship with TWP, I knew this wedding is going to be really fun and exciting.

With all the smiles you can see in the photos. Everyone attended the wedding brings back joy and good memories from the event. I really have to say there’s no way anyone at the wedding celebration can don’t love this bubbly couple. Congratulations to Jon and Mylene. Thank you for having me at your awesome celebration. : )

The past few months have being really packed, extremely busy and super fruitful months for me. I am still at full steam now clearing backlog and doing post production. For all the wonderful couples who are waiting for your photos, thank you for your kind patience, hang in there. I am working on them. : )

The ISPWP (The International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers) Winter 2011 Contest Result is announced today and I am really happy an oversea pre-wedding photo of Crono and Tze-Pen shot in Paris fetched me  an international award under the Venue/ Locations category. Congratulations to fellow Singapore photographers who have also won awards from this contest. : )

Here is the winning photo:

18th Place – Venue or Location Category

As a wedding photographer, I am really fortunate to have traveled to many parts of the world to capture beautiful memories for wedding couples.  And I have to say, the world is a beautiful place. Mother nature have given us human being so much inspiration in life to live, to love and to celebrate.

Recent reports have shown an astonishing number of sharks being killed for shark finning, an estimated number of 43 million sharks are killed per year. Researchers concluded that from 1996 to 2000, 26 to 73 million sharks were traded yearly. While you are enjoying that 40 grams of shark fin, the remaining 400 kilos of the body are thrown back to the sea.

With much love and care for our getting older Mother Earth, Derrick Ong Photography will be giving a S$100.00 discount for couples who do not put shark fin soup on their banquet menu on their wedding day.

I hope this small effort and contribution will help shark conservation so that our next generation will still be able to see sharks swimming in the aquarium alive and not in the museum. : ) So spread the words: Say “NO” to Shark Finning.