My Actual Day Wedding Photography Checklist - Gate Crashing/Fetching the Bride

As a actual day (AD) wedding photographer, I will make sure the following are accomplished at the minimum:

At the Bride's Place:

1. The gown
2. The shoes
3. The jewelry
4. Any forms of rituals (paying respect to ancestors, etc)
5. During make-up
6. Bride after putting on the gown
7. The mum
8. Sisters preparing the games for gatecrash
9. Putting on the veil.
10. Arrival of the groom
11. Gatecrashing
12. Groom entering the room
13. Groom unveil the bride
14. Groom kisses the bride
15. Moving to Groom's place

At the Groom's place (before fetching the bride)

1. Groom dressing up
2. Brothers
3. Decorating the car
4. The bouquet and the bride gifts
5. Setting off

At the Groom's place (after fetching the bride)

1. Tea ceremony
2. With the Groom's family
3. Bride Throwing the flower (I think there is a proper term for this)

At the Bride's Place (returning after Groom's place)

1. Tea ceremony
2. With the Bride's family

If you are finding a freelance photographer for your actual day photography, do feel free to contact me! :)

~yZhiFa

More Samples from the Fujifilm XF100-400mm

Here are some more photographs taken with the awesome lens. Enjoy!

A lizard. Pasir Ris Park.

A Scaly-breasted Munia. Gardens by the Bay.

Bumper boats. Changi Jetty.

A cicada. Pasir Ris Park.

A Common Kingfisher. Pasir Ris Park.

~yZhiFa

The Fujifilm XF100-400mm

Yes, managed to acquire the very new Fujifilm XF 100-400mm, which was released in early February, and I missed the pre-order promotion which I may get the 1.4 teleconverter for FREE..

Nevertheless, been eyeing this lens for very long, since it was released from the X lenses roadmap. I am glad it is finally out.

Before making the purchase, I was trying to find sample images, but I could not. I guess the lens was pretty niche and new, so I decided to go out take some for reference to people like me. Photographs are taken with the X-T1. The photographs have the size reduced, to view full size photographs, see here.

A random photograph of a dragonfly.

A Little Bronze Cuckoo (I think?).

A Yellow-vented bulbul.

An Ashy Tailorbird.

Size wise, the lens is slightly shorter than Tamron 150-600mm.

The Bigron (top) vs the Fuji (bottom).

The lens feels solid and dense. It is actually slightly heavier than the Bigron. It is sharp and responsive, and coupled with the superb performance of a X camera (a X-T1, or an X-Pro2, maybe?), it is a viable system for nature photography, esp. birdwatching.

Goodbye to bulky telephoto system!

~yZhiFa