We had so much fun shooting Julia & Gilroy's wedding at Khayangan Villa, Bali. It's one of the smallest and most intimate wedding I've been to. They chose to share their day with 50+ of their closest friends and family, instead of the typical ballroom wedding with guests list running in the thousands. This is beautiful.

Once upon a time, we had the privilege to take photographs for this couple: Ari and Susi. They both live in the Merlion City, Singapore.

Friends you met in high school are the ones that will stay with you forever. This is a glimpse of the sweet romance of Abdul and Sianny. From IRC (anyone still remember the ancient chat room), ICQ to friendship and so much more. Their story is full of ups and downs and over the hills. Almost ten years in the making, their relationship finally blossom from friends to lovers, soon they are tying the knot on 16 January 2009.

Love & Hate relationship. My father-in-law drew this picture and sent it to me yesterday. It's simple yet so true. We live in the world that these two strong words exist at the same time, and often times towards the same person. It's a strange irony, but that's what make our lives rich. It's the closest person that could make us the happiest and also hurt us the most.

This November, Bali seems to be the favorite wedding destination. With three weddings to shoot this month, i'm praying for beautiful weather (it's rainy season here). So last weekend, i got my prayers answered. Sriyanto & Yenni's wedding was fabulous! We even had time to get some fun shots on the beach, the day before the wedding.

I'm not a Birthday kind of guy, if you know what i mean. I don't highlight a day out of the year and make it more special than any other day. So i don't normally make plans and arrange parties, especially for my own. I didn't expect friends will remember either (thanks to Facebook, Friendster and a bunch of other birthday reminder programs...it seems like they all did), even if they don't i'm ok.

I have once walked a path that you are strolling down now. A path so bright with sunshine, and vivid tall blossoms.

A whole different world than what we are used to, a world that offers nothing but the greatest gift God can give.

Words we hear people use to describe our work here in Axioo:

-Creative;
-Fresh;
-Unique;
-Different;
-Innovative;

While we're often times flattered by these, These aren't the words that we'd like to be remembered for.
When it comes to the things we do, big or small, our big word is "meaningful".

Something meaningful is not bound by trends and styles.

You don't just strike a pose. Those photos have to mean something to you.
Design and packaging aren't just hip and cool. They need to express who you are.

Remember the movie titled, My Best Friend's wedding ? it is about A comedy about finding your heart and losing your head. Staring, Michael and Julianne who have been best friends for years, but they were never more than that, until he popped the question - to someone else. Drama ... Drama

I'm still getting used to keeping things updated and writing our blog. Here's a beautiful wedding we shot last week on August 30th. A little bit on how i get to know them, so actually Chris' brother Stephen is my old college buddy back in Seattle. I didn't get to shoot their pre-wedding portraits, but Ivan had a lot of fun with them (i'll post some of the pre-wed pics too).