Wedding Services FAQ Part III

Continuing from the previous wedding service FAQ, here's part 3 and the final one. I decide that I'd better post part 3 before our one year mark.

I'm so sorry if the wedding posts seem to go on forever but I'm really glad that I took the time to do all the wedding FAQ posts as they really serve as a one stop place for directing everyone to their queries. The sad thing is, I don't get as much questions/feedback/responses from my readers anymore as I presume all your answers have been answered? In any case, you can still drop me any queries that have not been answered in the posts.

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Time really flies. This adage has been way overused but oh, how much truth it holds.

In 2 days time, we would be celebrating our one-year wedding anniversary. It feels like the wedding was just yesterday. It feels like not too long ago when we said "I do". It feels like not too long ago when he reassured my parents that he would take good care of me.

I've taken a long break from the last wedding service FAQ due to the music copyright issue but I've discussed with my video coordinator and photographer and both said it should be fine to upload their videos for personal sharing. I may remove the videos to my discretion should anything happens.

Do take note that the video files are compressed to fit the maximum file size limit of youtube and facebook. Furthermore, the resolution is greatly compromised when viewed on youtube.

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Photography by Gideon Koh


Photo slideshow of the day's highlights


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Photo slideshow of the banquet


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the coffee table album
































Gideon has great personality and is a really fun person to work with. We could click very well right from the very beginning when we decided to use his services.

Both hubby and I love how Gideon's photojournalistic style captures all the fleeting candid moments beautifully. The wedding may well be over. Nevertheless, we continue to relive the fond memories each time we view the photos.

Our families and close friends who had the privilege of viewing the photos on the DVD had nothing but praises for Gideon's artistic style and his ability to capture emotions and little details. As soon as the compressed versions were uploaded on FB, a few people actually dropped me messages to ask who our photographer was. Needless to say, many guests noticed him on that day itself and asked about him as it's difficult not to notice a cute photographer.

Gideon also provided good after service too. He readily helped compress the files for us to upload on FB and were very patient with us when we made changes to the coffee table album.

From a photographer and to a personal friend, I must say it's indeed our privilege to have Gideon as our wedding photographer.

Note:
Gideon Koh Photography has just been inducted into The Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association! :)

According to www.agwpja.com:
The Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association AGWPJA is comprised of outstanding wedding photographers, who are at the forefront of the wedding photography industry when it comes to enhancing images. The chief objective of the AGWPJA is to provide members with a platform where the finest enhanced, manipulated and/or artistic wedding photojournalism in the world is spotlighted and
promoted for the bride and groom.


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Video by Academy Video

Highlights of what happened on the morning of 10th July 2009...


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blogger just shut down on me and whatever that I've typed about academy video for the past 1 hour was gone!!!!!!!! I'm soooooooooooo pissed! Will continue again later.

Updated on 10th July 12.53am:
Busy marking compo for my classes later and going for our anniversary staycation thereater. Will finish the part on aademy video after the weekend. Stay tuned!

I was doing some research prior to the wedding and saw a few couples giving the thumbs up for Academy Video. Curious, I went to their homepage but could not find any video sample at all. I was not impressed by their outdated homepage and almost ruled AV out due to this but decided to make an enquiry call. A meeting was arranged and we viewed varying styles of morning highlight videos ranging from the traditional, the artistic and the modern, creative approach at their main office. We also found out the reason why their videos were not shown on their homepage (which I won't write about here).

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AV's website has since been spiffed up and it sure looks impressive. Be warned though that the flash may take quite a while to load.

I was attracted to AV's creative style videos but what really drew me was the package which included a documentary of the whole event. We were told that the documentary style dvd would be beautifully and smoothly edited video instead of shakey raw footages a la Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield which most videography companies offer.

We played the documentary style video for both our families and had a whale of a time reliving the events all over again. Friends who dropped by our place or who were directly involved in the morning activities also had a fun time viewing.

Our coordinator Jonny suggested video styles according to the couple's character without compromising on our expectations. He also noted down all our special requests. The end result was a highly entertaining video which left our guests in stitches. Our friends and relatives really loved the video a lot. I suspect it's also due to the fact that many people enjoy watching kh and the xiong dis being "tekan" by my jie meis.

A group of my friends commented that it was one of the best morning highlights video they've seen. One of my friends who got married a few months before me exclaimed, "Wah! Branded sia!" upon hearing our video services were from "Academy Video". She had been doing her research and she really liked AV's video style too even though she didn't opt for it in the end.

In my opinion, AV's prices are not expensive at all. It's just that there are many cheaper video services around which are really quite decent.

Kh esepcially liked the part when his reading aloud of the love "contract" was done as a voiceover. I like that too. I would always remind him of his promise and threaten him that it has been recorded for all to witness. Thanx to the video editor[s] for their prudent choice. However, I just didn't understand why they chose such an ugly shot of me for the "starring Jolene" scene. ;P

We were certainly pleased to have engaged AV for their videography services. We had a pleasant experience working with the team there. As mentioned above, our coordinator was Jonny who has since become a friend and our VG was Bernard. Bernard was pretty focused on recording everything that was worth sealing in our memory on tape. Occasionally, he would guide us and the xiong dis and jie meis on what to do. He worked quite well with Gideon too.

We did not engage AV for photo services as at that time, we were already certain in having Gideon to cover the photography aspects. However, I saw some of AV's photos and it's those kind of photojournalistic style which I like.

With that, if you like the morning highlights video you see here, do give Academy Video a call to enquire. I would never have known of such an excellent video service company had I not made that enquiry call to them.