I have been moving all of my older weddings from decaying DVD’s onto a new server and have been coming across some real gems of weddings that we have covered over the past 15 years(!) I realise now that when I moved from my old HTML 1.0 web site to wordpress that hundreds of my older wedding posts never followed us along! Ouch! So I am busy picking out some of them for reposting as time permits. This wedding is from December 2005. Back then we were shooting with the Nikon D2x and Canon 20D. Just viewing the images today I realise just how far camera sensors have come! Visible noise in ISOs as low as 400. Back then we were still transitioning from film so it wasn’t a concern, but in light of what we have today…wow! Now the tech talk is out of the way let’s talk about this wedding.
Peter and Akiko are members of the Malaysian Philharmonic orchestra. They are still there with them 8 years on so do look for them when you visit the MPO! Their wedding was at the Datai Resort in Langkawi. We have covered a few weddings there and I do hope to put more up as time permits. Peter is Slovakian, and Akiko Japanese. They decided on the Datai as it is a classy resort and neutral ground for both families. Peter’s family flew out from Slovakia while Akikos came from Japan. It was a small and intimate wedding. The Datai did a great job with very tasteful arrangement of flowers and the dinner setting. Akiko’s good friend Maho, and Peter’s brother Miro also attended. Both are also in the MPO and it turned out were courting. We covered their wedding when their turn came about! More on that in a future posting.
Akiko looked beautiful as she prepared for the ceremony at the Datai
Akiko’s anticipation is evident
Last stages of the preparation before heading to the Datai’s beach wedding location
The brides family waited for her at the Datai’s pool side
Grooms father found the weather at the Datai rather balmy
Brides best friend from the MPO. We shot her wedding a few years later!
Hands communicate so much
First kiss
The beautiful bouquet
Portraits on the beach in front ot the Datai langkawi
The happy wedding couple
A classic wedding portrait pose. Cliched perhaps but will always be welcome on a mantle piece.
Romantic
Sun has set
Beach portraits. It was much darker than it looks here.
An inviting wedding dinner set up on the beach at the Datai Langkawi
Wedding dinner on the Datai beach