Prewedding photoshoot in Taiwan

I had thought of all sorta ways to journal our path towards our vows, and FINALLY, i decided on Blogging.  I am no hardworking blogger, and definitely not the most interesting writer.  So i'm just gonna keep it simple, tell our story.

As many knows, we took a trip to Taiwan for our prewedding photoshoot last december.  If i have to think of a word to describe the experience, the word has gotta be "COOL"!  Or perhaps, COLD? And i meant that literally.

So the whole story began with us popping by a wedding show at Suntec one evening.  Actually, we SPECIALLY popped by the show, thinking we could just take a look.  We were SOOOO wrong.  We walked into the show less than a minute and ended up seating at one same spot for HOURS.  We were showed endless of photos in an ipad, albums of beautiful photoshoots and Yes, we were impressed.  Tempted.  Being a rash shopper that i am, even though we knew nothing about what we wanted, nothing about the bridal, we took the plunge.  Yea yea, so there goes our money....

Our Taiwan prewedding photoshoot was done by The Love Weddings 愛情海婚禮. 

We finally met them last December in Taiwan, aside from Ruby whom we met at the show.  They are at 台北市愛國東路, along a wedding street like the one in Tanjong Pagar where there's like a galore of bridal shops spoilt for choice.  Strolling along the street, getting a glimpse of all the beautiful gown displays, The Love Weddings had one of the loveliest shopfront and window display.

We spent a major amount of time chit chatting with the friendly ladies, Ruby and Ariel, while enjoying a cuppa nice warm delivered bubbletea (and food too!) *grins*  After which, we had a short discussion with the photographer 蘇sir who was a super duper quiet guy.  We then tried on some gowns, did some measurements and we were off to MORE snackings at Taipei's night market!

Everything after that was like fast forward.

Winter in Taipei wasn't THAT cold, considering it doesn't snow.  But it was cold enough for me to hesitate stepping outta the warm and cutesy shop, dressed in a wedding gown.  The warming pad we bought was of no help at all, and it only got colder when we travelled up north towards Jiufen 九份.

- we visited jiufen again after the photoshoot -

Jiufen is simply vintage, in a very Chinese way with red lanterns lining along the narrow streets and oriental structures.  I remember vividly the cold weather, along with the wind and rain that made it almost intolerable to even smile during the photoshoot.  While everyone else was layered with sweaters and scarfs, i was the only weirdo in a gown, posing in the rain while the wind was messing up my hair!  At least JF had a tuxedo on!  And no, i do not remember how i managed to smile for the lens.. I am so impressed by ME!

We stopped by afew scenic places for some shots (got alittle car-sicked along the way actually) but the remaining back at the studio was just mere fun-ness!  My Irregular Choice heels finally debutted!  And my Steve Madden must be the most photogenic heels ever!  Lol.  I must applaud myself (and JF who dragged the luggage most of the time :x) how i managed to drag along a boots, 2 heels and 1 wedges all the way to Taiwan, just for the photoshoot!  That excludes a pair of slipper and my walking shoes. HEH!

After almost half a year, we're now finalising the layouts for our album.   It's still gonna take abit of time since correspondences are all cyberly done.  And really, i probably take 10 times longer to reply in mandarin, so.....  Counting down!  Ask me if i wanna go through all these again, YES!  i love the gowns, and i love taking photos!

Sneaks! 独家! Sneaks! 独家!

- The Love Weddings -

There's still so much to do, it's horrible!