Lawrence is friendly, genuine and shares quite a bit about the wedding preparation and by far the only one that wants to know about the wedding schedule so that he can work around it. But more importantly, I really fancy the wedding photos that he shoots as his style is more towards classic, timeless and elegant.
Of course... it is also a bonus that he was the winner for Blissful Brides' Editor's Choice Preferred Pre-Wedding Photographers Award. To all reading this, you can take a look at his portfolio and see if his style suits you. I was clueless with mine! I did not know that there is indeed different styles by different photographers and not what I have always said "Every work looks the same to me". So thanks to L, he helped me made the decision in the end. So yes, now the bride has engaged Underthestars and shall await 12 October!
Website: Underthestars
Blog: http://underthestars.sg/blog/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/underthestars.sg
Wedding Photographer: Lawrence
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And so... I shall also share my experiences with other wedding photographers whom I met up. A mixture of disappointment and happiness from meeting up with the different photographers. So read on..
1) Sundayz Photography
Alex was the guy. Nice and very honest with sharing with me the operations of a wedding photographer. I appreciated his honesty because then I understand how things work (For eg. if you make a photographer work overtime and refuse to pay, then his quality of work will drop and he will not be very willing to take your photos enthusiastically since they are paid by per hour). Should I decided to do videography, I would have engaged Alex because at the time when I inquired on his rates, it was very attractive and reasonable based on his portfolio. Lawrence also shared that based on Alex's work, the price that he was charging is fairly reasonable too.
However, what I didn't like was that he is very adamant and strict on the music used for the actual day photo montage. He only has 2 music which he spent $100 per song for the rights and there is no negotiation on using other music. If it isn't because of this, I would have actually engaged Alex straight away. =|
2) Simon Video
There were 2 things on my mind during the research process. Just get a cheap photographer since everyone is saying that all the photos will be stored in the storeroom and so just hired someone who can take decent photos and move on OR get a cheap videography/photography since its just purely for wedding day and all the photos from different photographers that I have looked through looks roughly the same to me.
I was still half-hearted then so I decided to meet Simon since his rates were really affordable for both videography + photography and not forgetting the fact his company actually won an award too.
But.. its a big disappointment after learning how Simon operates. No albums to view, he prepared nothing for me to see. Just to meet up and talk about price and his services. Its like beautician trying to sell the facial package to me and assuring that their products are top quality. Its really not for fussy couples and couples who are on budget. I thought I was being chin-chye but after talking to Simon, I realised that I really wanted someone that can shoot my wedding day and bring out all those beautiful moments even if I were to chuck them aside after a few days. After spending so much on my wedding, I cant be too chin-chye with photography. So I decided to strike off Simon and move on.
3) Elicere Emovere Studios services
Huge disappointment and disastrous meeting with Ken. Maybe I was really angry and upset that I make time to meet up and yet Ken prepared nothing for me to view or discuss. Everything could be seen from Facebook, which I know but I supposed I expected to see more work when I do meetups or to talk more. I find it disastrous because it was so awkward with Ken who was just looking at me and expecting me to talk. I did ask a few questions which I wanted but after that it was just weird and the feeling he gave me was really to tell me it was a waste of time. I was speechless and needless to say, I strike them off.
4)The Missing Pieces
So now instead of looking for cheap photography, I decided to ditch videography and look for a middle/better range of wedding photographer. Read from forum that Jed is highly recommended for wedding photography. His style is towards contemporary, quirky and with a lot of tilted angles. So its a very refreshing and different style of wedding photos you ever see.
Met up with Jed to find out more but realized there isn't much connection as compared to Lawrence but it was good knowing that Jed himself is getting married this year and we talked about HDB and all.. so it was a good sharing!
There are a few more I did inquire and meet up but honestly speaking, none of them were able to connect with me. Even when I decided to go for budget photography/videography, in the end I realised it may not be a wise choice and I might regret it one day. Not to say budget photographers are not good, they are good in their own ways but.... I suppose connection with the photographer plays a part too.
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