Hi guys! Thought I'd just do a blog post on my love/hate relationship with Photoshop. The love: I've been using Photoshop ever since Photoshop 5.5. Yes, 5.5, and not CS5. I was still in primary school, can you imagine? I love it so much, and I find that doing retouching, especially on people, is actually very relaxing and therapeutic. I'm weird, okay? I know that.

It does require a whole ton of patience though, case in point, I spent the last three odd hours accomplishing this:





I know it's not perfect, but I'm just saying - if I spent that much time on this image doing just that, to make it perfect you seriously need a lot more time than 3 hours.

Now, I'm not a master in Photoshop or anything, but I have been using it quite a while now so I know my way around it. It's tiring and tedious to do something like that, and my hand physically hurts after spending good quality time with the program. What I really, really don't like is that people tend to assume that Photoshop is fast and easy and a quick fix for everything - stray hairs, bad make up, etc etc. Yes, Photoshop can fix those things, but seriously, if during a shoot you spend five minutes ironing your clothes versus twelve hours in Photoshop trying to remove the wrinkles in your dress... which would be more productive?

To all my brides: most of you don't need extensive retouching, trust me on this. And with the lighting that I shoot for your AD and ROMs, it's more flattering than harsh, so you really don't have to worry.

Okay, back to my beloved, yet hated Photoshop.

Hi Everyone! Wedding season is kicking in now, so I'd expect the posts to be lesser than usual. Like they're not little enough, right? Yes, yes, chide me, I deserve it for not blogging as much. I thought I should update you guys on what I've been working on in the non-wedding months!

I've been working with Steph from kittymao.com, who is a fabulous make up artist, to create interesting and edgy make up looks! You guys should totally check her out, she's pretty awesome!

Here are some of the looks that we've been doing on various gorgeous models!



















We are having a makeover package for anyone who wanted to feel pretty! Please email bizarreness@gmail.com if you are interested.

I shall end off with a picture of Ms. KittyMao's skills on me - those of you who have actually seen me in real life know that it takes mad skills to make me not look like death because of the weird hours I keep. :P




Hugs and kisses to all who come by my little web space, and till my next post, good bye!

Hi all! I'll be away from 14th Aug to 24th Aug, if you do need any information for wedding photography, please email Regina at beautifuldays@reginalim.com!

I'll still be checking my personal email for any enquiries regarding model shoots.

I'm considering changing to a tumblr, since uploading photos are so much less of a hassle versus blogger, and I would definitely blog more on tumblr than what I'm doing now! So... We'll see.

Anyway, here are some behind the scenes photos for a shoot I did recently!

And here are the looks from that shoot! Make up done by the ever amazing kittymao.

Managed to do a mini shoot for this lovely girl called Jessica earlier this year. Isn't she just really pretty? You have got to love those eyes. I love doing model shoots like this. You know the potential of the girl and you see what future they'll have and you hope for them that they'll make it big and be successful doing something that they love so much.

One thing I learnt from my new photographer idol, Mister Jerry Ghionis hailing from Melbourne Australia, is that if you can't see the beauty of the person you're photographing, you can't photograph him or her beautifully. It's something I carry with me every time I go to a shoot.

Enjoy the photos! I know I had a lot of fun shooting them. :)

Kim and her daughters was staying is the most amazing apartment that I have ever been to. Every single time, I drive by the ECP, I will take a look outside the window and up to the penthouse, and tell myself that one day, I want to be up there. I got my wish! I didn't stay up there, but I shot the family who stayed there!

The view was spectacular.

When I told my honey, he was looked at me and said, "You got a shot of the view right? Right?" I just gave him a sheepish grin and said, "Uh, no?" I was since clobbered with small bouts of, "But you were already up there! With a camera!" in between.

Nelle is a sweet kid, and she reminded me a lot of when I was her age! I really hoped the photos do her justice, because she is really quite good, and she does not need too much direction.



Probably my favourite of the day.

Selemat Hari Raya! What have I been doing this lovely, lovely day? Why, working, of course! Here's a little teaser on the shoot we had today. ;)

It's Brittany's test shoot! I was contacted by her mom, Julia, who is also a fantastic talent, to shoot some test shots for her daughters, Brittany and Bronte. This time round we shot Brittany only. Julia was hoping Brittany gets some modeling jobs to help pay her way through college. It was a blast! They were babysitting some kids in this beautiful black and white house along Bukit Timah and we decided to do the shoot there. I do hope Brittany would be able to land jobs with the photographs I took, and I'm really excited to shoot her sister Bronte, too!