The Newest Newlyweds

[posted 02/11/09]

Whether it's delayed onset of jetlag or the brief 5 hours of sleep I had last night, I'm just too damn tired to write anything meaningful at the moment so I'll post the shots today and update the blurbs tomorrow.

[updated 03/11/09]

The morning of the wedding was excruciatingly humid, which was bad enough. And I can't say it helped to be wearing a long jacket that was stuck to my skin within minutes. The real problem came to light when I took my nicely aircon-chilled camera out of it's padded/insulated camera bag and experienced the horrors of condensation... INSIDE the lens! ARGH! And there was absolutely nothing I could do but patiently wait for it to acclimatise. I was almost beside myself, fearing it'd take an hour or more to clear, and the wedding was supposed to start in just ten minutes time!

I kept the camera out of the camera bag, checking it every few minutes, wiping the front filter only to have it mist up again seconds later. There were a few small delays but in no time the small band began playing and we started our procession from M's villa to the lakeside lawn for the ceremony. By the time we got there my camera was still fucked and I was resigning myself to coming all this way and ending up with no photos of the event!

Eventually K, the bride, started down the lawn by which time I'd given up on my camera. I was kicking myself for not having put my camera bag out on the balcony over-night. Hindsight eh?! Just as K came up to meet M, I gave the camera one last hopeless glance and FUCKME it was just about clear! Oh joy of joys, sweet fuckin jesus it was ALIVE! And so I started photographing like a mad man, but the shots were rather difficult to get because all the guests were clamouring to get close to the couple. So here's my best shot of M&K from the day, taken at the evening reception. Congrats guys, really glad to have been able to come over and join in the fun!