JonathanOng

This is Kuala Lumpur, in all her imperfect glory.

Perfection is found in the beauty of imperfection.

I love being part of surprises. I think it’s the anticipation that something great is going to happen that excites me. And the wealth of honest emotions that come after that.

Scott surprised Alia with the proposal of all proposals. Their “day of adventure” planned by the lovely team at Georgeous consisted of a hand stitched map, meeting Alia’s favourite florist – Melanie from Cecilia Fox, the proposal on a row boat with a message in a bottle, and finally a picnic by the park to let the happy couple to soak it all in. There’s so much more to say but I’ll let the photos do the rest.

Scott & Alia do amazing work themselves – they run a studio in Adelaide called White Wall Photography & Design. You can see more of their work here. A big shout out to the team at Georgeous, who made everything pretty and gorgeous. See more of what they do here. And of course, the amazing Melanie from Cecilia Fox. If you haven’t seen what her magic hands can conjure up, do yourself a favour and drop by here. Congratulations Scott & Alia!

“The best nights are those that turn out to be great; not because you planned them to be great.” – Luke

I’ve just got back from Malaysia from shooting Luke & Jennifer’s second engagement shoot in Kuala Lumpur. They had such a great time in Melbourne that they decided to do another engagement session where they live. From the moment we met, we immediately hit it off. We have the same passion for good unpretentious food. And once I learnt that their wedding brunch is going to be catered by Babka (my favourite bakery in Melbourne), I knew I was working with people with the great taste.

I enjoyed myself for every minute of the session and the best part was every location was unplanned for; we pretty much just drove and stop wherever felt right. Luke calls it “freestyling”. I loved that we focused on the process than the outcome, something that I’m very passionate if you don’t already know by now. You can read more about it from my thesis here. Our first location was a forest of mini Christmas trees. I remember Luke waking up from his car nap slightly disoriented because we were in an unknown enchanted-like forest. I hope you enjoy the Australian set as much as we did. Stay tuned for the Malaysian set.