Of Marriages & Weddings

I think the above title is a bit misleading....because I'm not gonna launch into an entire blog post about marriages, or weddings. Well, I am touching on that topic but it's not gonna be a whole philosophical long rant about marriage and what nots.

It's just, I chanced upon this wedding photographer's website that really caught my breath. I've always liked looking at wedding photos. Don't ask me why, I'm not hinting at anything. I mean I was just innocently looking at all the photos and my mum walked in and declared "why you suddenly so interested? you planning your own wedding already meh?!" Erm, that was a little bit awkward.

Back to the point, so yeah I've always been stalking wedding photography websites for the longest time I can recall and this, is simply the best one yet.

How I got it? I was happily looking through Janice (from Jayesslee)'s engagement video and tadaaah I got linked to Jennysun's website. Yes yes, both twins are married now....or to-be-married.

You guys really just have to look through her portfolio. Some photographers have a wide range of style, from shooting high-contrast to b/w and etc, so I was a little curious about the rest of her shots and it turns out her style is really consistent....and I love every shot. :D

I know it's a little copyright infringing, but I had to save some of her photos to post it up here because it really kinda just blew me away. At least I took the ones from Andy + Sonia's wedding. Since they're mini celebrities and all, that shouldn't matter.....right?

Looking through all the photos made me realize how much I've forgotten about wanting to plan a wedding like this. Pastel-schemed, florals, nature. Just a very vintage or victorian or just country-side feel to it. I guess after many years and conditioning by the media, I've gotten accustomed to the idea that there is no need for marriage if it doesn't happen, no need for a big wedding because the ones I've seen is just too conventional, no need for a wedding at all because all that matters is that two people in love are together. All of these still stands, but I think I kinda envisioned differently back then. And it's probably idealistic because when we were young we all were, but sometimes they are called ideals for a reason. And there's no way of saying that we are not supposed to chase after them.

So yeah, all the photos make me feel like planning my own dream wedding again (whether it happens or not is an entirely different issue). I would have my usual outdoorsy location, somewhere breezy, near nature or the sea, with a really vast landscape that is all ours to see and run through. The flowers, pink, champagne, rose-coloured, with white and cream backdrops. A makeshift altar, long aisle. Now, I would really like a gazebo. :) 

I guess I never really knew how to picture the perfect wedding I had in my head until I saw this. Comes kinda close? Not exactly, but somewhere around this would already be very nice. If the river/lake was a tad less murky would be perfect.

And balloons. Yup, balloons. That'd be awesome.

I would merge both ROM and wedding dinner together into one full day. Not in a ballroom, not in a classroom, not in any rooms. Outdoors. Btw I really don't like the word ROM, it sounds too singaporeanish, which I am, but in any case I still don't like it.  The registration in the morning, walking down the aisle and blah blah, then dinner in the evening, the same place, and then dance, music and chill-out.

It's very idealistic no? Hahaha, I think so too. Where on earth am I going to find such a location in Singapore, and to add on, Singapore is NEVER breezy. The problem with getting married as a Singaporean is the externalities that comes with being married. The traditional values of any Singaporean family.

Let's just use my family as an example. I think I've once tried to touch on the topic of what if I never get married, and well, all hell broke loose. The lectures started coming out, responsibilities, obligations to this and that and life's natural cycle. I've had conversations with my mum ending with a "When you get married we will have a huge huge wedding dinner then everybody can come and see and say you very pretty', so it all boils down to having face when organizing wedding dinners as well. The tradition - tea ceremony in the morning, wedding dinner at night...in a ballroom, yumseng, take photos, blah blah. Oh gosh, I don't want it.

That said, it's all probably going to be the same either way I want it or not. :(

So, wedding.........let's just say I haven't been dreaming about it for a long long time.


But JennySun has re-inspired me with her photos :D Which I have gotten so many ideas from, not that I have anywhere to place those ideas but saving them in my head for a later date doesn't sound like such a bad idea?

Gazebo + White wedding gown (i have the design in my head whee) + Red heels + Roses


Now, I really can't wait.
Ok, I'm not really waiting for anything. Don't get any ideas.


Tee hee.


xo,
Mrs Micky