IT’s been days since my birthday passed, and it’s a pleasant surprise that I’m still getting a birthday present!

Adding to the latest collection, the newly unwrapped beauty - master’s guide. Hope it’d spark some creative juices

Thinking back, I guess I’m easily contented. A simple gesture like this makes my day better, and though today I couldn’t perform to a standard I would have wanted, I really felt guilty about it. Of course, sometimes being an assistant means you forego chances to shoot, which is totally fine - especially under tricky conditions. Murphy’s law set in today, and everything a photography hates came true - bad lights, glass ceilings (how can you even bounce?!), flash deciding to act up on you - and the list goes on. If I’m the one who’s doing the shooting, I think I would have panicked - my equipment really let me down badly.

Thank god that today I’m still the assistant, ha.

It was a really good experience of course, for you learn more under stress, quoting my other boss. The ability to think on the feet to churn out more variety to deliver helps if you gain more experience, especially when the normal table shots are negligible. It helps that the bride today was sporting, and goaded the groom into dancing, and eventually guests chipped in to enjoy the night away.

I must say I enjoyed this wedding even though it could have been worse. At least I saw what I liked - the couple really enjoying themselves. Most of the time, banquets were but a waste of time, an act to satisfy friends and relatives. It doesn’t help where anyone start to lose their temper or patience. What went through today was really the joy of 2 person getting together, and not a rehearsed act where people are going through the motion.

It makes taking photos an enjoyable experience

Thinking back on being contented, I guess I can’t help but reflect on what cheers me up - I guess it’s the feeling of acknowledgement from another person. I only helped my photography boss for 4-5 times and he offered to pay me a higher pay for helping out with assisting with photoshoots, which was really different comparing among the different jobs I had. And the fact that he bought me a present totally surprised me. Of course, different people have different perspectives on the motion of “gifting”, ha.

Oh well, shall not think back for now. Volunteering later, sleeping soon, tas!

Tags: Photography, wedding