“A Mesmerizing Pre-Wedding Exploring The Landmarks of Japan”
Photographer: Andre
// This session was FEATURED on The Bridestory Blog. Click here to see the featured post. //
” She lived with hurricane eyes and he fell in love with the way the waves collapsed onto her cheeks.”
– Christopher Poindexter –
// Passionate and Intimate Couple Sessions //
Photographer: Andre
“I want you to fall in love with me more than once. I want you to wake up next to me in twenty years and still be surprised by how pretty my eyes look when the sun comes up. I want you to see me walking across the street and have your heart skip a beat even though you know you’re coming home to me and we’ve been living together for the past thirty-five years. I want the excitement, the rush, the purity of falling in love and getting sweaty palms when you reach to touch my fingertips with yours. I want you to hear your heart beat a little bit louder for me every day that we are together.”
“Enchanting Waterfall and Black Sand Beach Engagement Shoot in Bali”
// This session was FEATURED on The Wedding Notebook. Click here to see the featured post. //
Photographer: Andre
“Set fire to all your maps, forget how it’s always been. We’re explorers of the heart, learning to dream again. The adventure of a lifetime, with Love alone as our guide. Exotic places beyond imagination, ones we’ve longed for deep inside.”
// Tokyo Couple Session in Spring //
Photographer: Andre
The first time we met Nicky and Hootan was when I did a post-wedding shoot for them when they were in Bali around two years ago (you can see their session here). Two years later in last March 2017 we met again when we travelled to Japan. Nicky said it was like a fate that our trip dates coincided without even knowing. More over, it’s Japan out of many places. Tokyo is the place where Hootan grew up. It’s always been a home for him. They told us he has a special bond with Japan and its culture, he’s basically a Japanese at heart.
During our leisure walk in Shinjuku Gyoen Park, Hootan brought us to his favourite spot at the park, which was a beautiful zen garden where the pink sakura blossoms looked amazing. There were hundreds of tourists that day in the park came to take pictures of sakuras. Luckily we came to this spot before it got too crowded, though we still had to take turns for the money shot under the big tree. Done with the park, we went to an interesting Japanese alley called Memory Lane in Shinjuku. We explored a little bit and finished our shooting there.
After their photo session, they invited us for lunch to Hootan’s favourite tonkotsu place in town. It was seriously the best tonkotsu I’ve ever tasted! We continued our long overdue catch up on that table in that restaurant. That day felt so awesome with them around. Tokyo was still an unfamiliar place for us that time, but their presence made it feel more like home. Thank you Nicky & Hootan for the great time! Hopefully the universe works itself out again so we can coincidentally cross path next time in another special place.
// Romantic Couple Session in Bali //
Photographer: Andre
When I see you, the world stops. It stops and all that exists for me is you and my eyes staring at you. There’s nothing else. No noise, no other people, no thoughts or worries, no yesterday, no tomorrow. The world just stops, and it is a beautiful place, and there is only you.
– James Frey –
“Au Naturel Bridal Portraits in Bali”
Photographer: Andre
// This session was FEATURED on The Wedding Notebook. Click here to see the featured post. //
“Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love. Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together. For the pillars of the temple stand apart, and the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.”
– Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet –
“Otherworldly Prewedding Photoshoot in Kintamani Bali”
Photographer: Andre
// This session was also FEATURED on The Bridestory Blog. Click here to see the featured post. //
“I don’t know how you are so familiar to me or why it feels less like I am getting to know you and more as though I am remembering who you are. How every smile, every whisper brings me closer to the impossible conclusion that I have known you before, I have loved you before in another time, a different place, some other existence.”
– Lang Leav –
“After a trend of rustic weddings, we want to inspire brides out there to consider an all-green, modern look with gold accents. Taking inspiration on the concept of natural simplicity, anyone can follow this look without breaking the bank. We have prepared a styled look that is made up of many different elements of a possible wedding, from the invitation design, bridal look, floral detail and decorations. Check out the photos and you will fall in love with this look created by the creative talents.
This photoshoot was done in Noah’s Barn Restaurant in Bandung. The reason we chose this place was for its possibility in creating small and intimate events in the venue and the good food. This mini project started over a casual discussion with Andre and Agnes from FIRE, WOOD & EARTH, we did not really have a big expectation on how it should be, but we were all so happy to work together with the many vendors involved in this shoot and could not have asked for a better result.
It was our utmost pleasure to have Verena Mia on board to do this photoshoot with us. The dress that is customed for this shoot is a cropped lace top style with two different skirts that brides can opt to change the look from ceremony to reception. The skirt is made flowy, and it is definitely the look many brides would want for an outdoor or country wedding.
Besides the bridal look, we also had a flower girl look. The dress is specially customed by Shierly Joediarta for this styled shoot, a white simple dress that is designed to be airy and comfortable for any flower girl. If I could share this secret, our mini model did not want to take off the dress after the shooting as she so loved wearing it.
We also had the pleasure to collaborate with Debora Natalia for a natural look make up and hair. Also, if you would notice one of the hairdo and how she uses leaves instead of flowers as the hairpiece in the bride’s look. You may want to steal this look for a Roman or Grecian inspired style. Love love love.
The handbouquet and flower crown is courtesy to Irene from Pretty Wildflowers, a posy made of eucalyptus, white scabiosa and lillium flowers. The look is deliberately like a bunch of flowers you just pick up from the garden.
This styled shoot includes different decoration ideas that you can incorporate to your wedding anytime. First, we have the Wedding Ceremony setup. A combination of hanging leaves, gold accent and details.
Then we also have the Bridal Table setup. Choosing to go with wooden table to emphasize on the natural elements, paired with crossback wooden chairs, decorated with leaves and small white flowers that do not scream for attention.
Lastly, we created the look for a photobooth, or some may call a photo corner. We used gold frames surrounded by leaves to create a natural texture.
To complete the look, we have included the stationery design that can go with this inspiration. We approached Putri from Prestige Details to take up this task and was very pleased with the result of this collaboration. The attention to font, the design of invitation, menu, placecards and sample favour was in line with the theme that we desired for this photoshoot.
We could not be happier with this collaboration and by sharing this, we hope many brides will be inspired by this! Pass it on.”
Written by: Irene Darmawan of Peppersuite Events (Decoration)
Special thanks to Marlene Gouw for helping us to be the model in this shoot.
// This project was FEATURED in The Wedding Notebook Magazine Issue #18 //
Also, click HERE to see the full editorial post on The Wedding Notebook blog.
And here are the complete set of photos of the styled shoot..
At first Larry and Jophia contacted me to do a post-wedding shoot in Bali. But little did they know that the universe had another plan for them. A few months later Larry came back to me and told me that Jophia was pregnant, so automatically the planned trip to Bali became their babymoon trip, and the post-wedding shoot turned into a maternity shoot.
What made this session non-ordinary was that they came up with an idea to do a little baby-naming ceremony during the shoot! They prepared two names for their baby girl, and on that moment they let the baby herself chose her name. The name was decided when the baby showed gentle movement after Larry whispered ‘Kaylee’ to Jophia’s belly.
After that, each of them wrote a letter for baby Kaylee. It was a touching moment when Jophia teared up while writing her letter for her daughter. They also prepared a box which contained special things to be passed down to their daughter, one of them was Jophia’s wedding dress.
I felt lucky to be a part of such heart warming experience. It truly inspired me and I hope it will inspire more parents-to-be to not only do typical maternity shoot but do something as meaningful as what Larry and Jophia did.
// This session was also FEATURED on The Wedding Scoop. Click here to see the featured post. //
Here is the rest of our memorable journey in New Zealand. Looking back to these photos made us really miss the good times we had there.. We can never get enough of places like this and we promise ourselves we will go back there to continue exploring areas we didn’t get to visit last time. For now, we will enjoy the memories to satisfy our longing.
Here’s the slideshow:
Check out all the photos below..
