We kick-start our very first wedding assignment for 2011 in Baroda, Gujarat India last week with our Sydney-based couple, Kanav and Disha. It was a wonderful journey; as we have been waiting for today for quite a while. No doubt it involved quite a bit of travelling; we flew in from KUL-Delhi-Baroda(Gujarat), nevertheless we enjoyed our trip, as we were fortunate to have the opportunity to see a fair bit of Delhi city and experience the peaceful lifestyle  and the nice weather of Baroda. It’s rather a different experience.

Kanav who is a punjabi, while Disha a gujarati, has decided to have a truly gujarati wedding back in Disha’s hometown, Baroda. Having met the lovely couple back in November in Sydney for the first time, we thought to ourselves that they are rather a shy, quiet and gentle type of couple. Yes, Disha is such a nice, simple and adorable girl; whilst Kanav is rather the shy, cool and mr. nice guy type. Well at least that was our first impression. Little did we know that Kanav is not the exact shy guy that we thought he was when we shot their wedding. Kanav, is indeed one interesting groom. He is super outgoing, super cool, super considerate, super nice and super cute. They are simply outgoing and definitely know how to enjoy themselves. Boy, we were shocked to see them on the dance floor, knowing their knack. Well, not just them, the whole bunch of their relatives and friends enjoyed themselves to the fullest, kanav’s best buddies would hike up the atmosphere by expressing their fullest blessing to the newly-wed with singing and dances! It was quite intimate and personal, fun-filled wedding. We had much fun shooting their wedding; apart from disha and kanav’s hospitality, disha’s dad has always been there to ensure that we’re doing okay, he would chat with us when he sees us, and he’s one cute and adorable dad. Now we see where Disha’s adorable gene comes from.

Ps: Thank you so much again to Kanav, Disha, both family members and friends for the great hospitality, generosity, care and attention during our stay in Delhi and Baroda. Was truly a new experience. Finally, we wish you both a happy married life!  =))

BARODA (INDIA) GUJARATI WEDDING HIGHLIGHT | KANAV & DISHA from Doodle Studio Wed-deography on Vimeo.

Hari and Losni’s wedding was our first wedding and love story filming coverage in Sydney. Hari and Losni is one unique couple. Boy, where do we start… Okay, first off, they are pretty spontaneous and playful couple. It is rare to find such great combination couple who are meant for one another. Trust me, when we say they are playful, it’s meant to be a positive compliment. Reason being, we had so much fun shooting their concept love story video. During the discussion, Hari has expressed their idea to incorporate an old school bollywood-tamil hit song dance-moves into their love story. And during the shoot within Sydney city, we were fascinated and shocked by how spontaneous and natural they were, well.. Hari has got the “click” with the dance moves whilst Losni is natural by heart, there were not many re-takes needed with them.. it all came so natural. We loved it when Hari does the cool “Saturday night fever” moves on the street. If you think his opening moves are awesome, check out the awesomely-cheesy dance moves of theirs when the old-school bollysong make a hit in the love story video below. It’s quite awe-spiring when Hari and Losni admit that they have been visualizing the entire dance scene for the past months prior to the shoot! They wanted to add the song in as this song meant a lot to their parents, and so they wanted to bring back some nostalgia on their reception night; to make it a part of their parents’ night too!!

Okay, enough of the tease, here we present to you “Hari + Losni Sydney Love Story” video…

HARI + LOSNI | SYDNEY LOVE STORY from Doodle Studio Wed-deography on Vimeo.

HARI + LOSNI | SYDNEY WEDDING HIGHLIGHT from Doodle Studio Wed-deography on Vimeo.

Happy New Year to all our fellow friends and fans, it’s been a wonderful 2010 for Doodles as we had ventured into different parts of the world to experience the culture and people around. We’re glad that we have made some true friends and became best buddy along the journey, and words could not express our gratitude and appreciation for this. Doodle wanted to wish our married couples a happy marriage life, and our future brides & grooms-to-be to have a wonderful wedding planning journey.

Love,

The Doodles

“Mum, can Shai stay with us after they got married?” asked Jesrina’s brother.

Well, you would think it is rather weird of a bride’s brother to make such request, but in fact, it is not. Reason being, Shai and Jesrina’s engagement is not merely just the loving couple getting engaged, it is also the celebration of both long-time family friends getting engaged as in-laws! And it is amazed to see both Jes and Shai’s family are so closely knitted; let alone the fact that both parents are long-time friends, both Shai and Jesrina’s siblings are like good-friends since young! It was a real fun-tastic engagement weekend shoot for the entire Doodle’s team!!

Well, to start off, Jesrina and Shai is one of the best-match and gorgeous couples that we have met. Jesrina – being the shy, polite, humble, sweet, soft-spoken and gorgeous, just like the girl-next-door, is no doubt the best match for Shai, who happens to be the all-rounder guy that a girl could ever asked for! He has such gentle, humble and kind heart; plus he is gifted with much youthful charm and a great sense of humor. They are more like the opposite attracts. Shai has always been romantic and thoughtful; he stayed up late to personally hand-wrapped all the hantaran for Jes and even personally went to Bombay Palace earlier to place and lit up all the candles surrounding the premise. I was in shock when he told about his personal touch and involvements for this engagement; to have the big lawyer and an all-time funny guy (who always crack jokes and seen following the cameras in the video ) to do all that he has done, only mean one thing, and that he is so much crazily in love with Jes, his destined lifetime lover and partner.

Their weekend celebration was filled with fun, laughter and dance-dance-dance! Yeap, what other way to end the celebration than to dance whole night long? And boy, being the quiet and sweet girl, Jes has surprised us with her gentle-n-simple dance moves. Despite her simple moves, she was still the limelight of the night; certainly a bewitching girl in Shai’s heart, to the extent that he would do anything for her. Ok. Enough of the tease, presenting to you their Engagement Highlight video here.. Enjoy and get the party started!!

P/s: Dear Shai & Jesrina, thanks for having the Doodle team there, the pleasure is ours. Was a great host and fun-tastic engagement, we look forward to shooting your wedding next year, and congrats again!!  -Doodle Studio’s team-

Shai + Jesrina Engagement Highlight from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

Finally it’s Raj and Hanusha (also known as asha)’s turn after a year of long wait. After having shot their engagement and love story in the past few months, it was more like attending a good friend’s wedding. It was indeed an honour to be there for them; and words could not express how happy we are for them on their wedding day. Wishing raj and hanusha a happy and blessed married life. Without much ado, here goes their wedding highlight and their love story… =)

RAJ + HANUSHA | WEDDING HIGHLIGHT from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

Raj and hanusha (asha) was enemy back in the college years; and everyone in the college then knew of this fact. Well, destiny has its way to turn this enemy couple into friendship through their mutual circle of friends. But God did not stop just there. Little did they know that they would see the love sparks in each other’s eyes through this friendship. Eventually they no longer tease each other, and started to care for one another from that “sparks” onwards. Well, it may be clueless to their friends and others, but the god  and themselves know how it all began. Raj and asha is ever the wonderful couple and one could really find comfort hanging around with them. We have known them for over a year, and have had a total of 4 shoots with them, and with each shoot, we got to know them more in depth. Raj is a super mr. nice and gentle guy who would do give the best of everything for Asha. Looking back at the love story video, reminds us that Raj do has his “cute” charm spell. Hehe.. but hanusha has her bewitched spell too. She has a warmth and friendly smile; with a great talent in tradition indian dance, to add up to her happy-go-lucky charm!

We were grateful to have their friends for the love story shoot, as everyone was so committed and involved in the production, to make every shoot possible! For this, we have to salute Raj for his effort in practising for the puppet show! He self-handled the two puppets at the same time.. simply impressed!

RAJ + HANUSHA | LOVE STORY from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

We are fortunate to have shot a lot of cool couples this year, and Mark and Jessica is one of them that we can’t seem to get off our mind. Mark and Jessica had their garden wedding and reception at Equatorial Bangi two months back, and they had the most unique bridal entrance. Well, hardly we could find bride and groom who would forgo the grand ballroom march-in, and just sneaked into the ballroom through the hotel kitchen walkway. But this loving couple would, and it was brilliant. In fact, it was a total “Gotcha!!” and left the guests in awe-spiring! Of course, being the cool and cute couple, it did not just end there.. sit back, relax and prepare for some Jess’ vow.

MARK + JESSICA | WEDDING HIGHLIGHT from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

Latha and Shree is one of the few couples who cherish wedding video more than anything else. Latha is a really nice girl; like any girl out there who dreams and wish to have the best for her wedding. On the wedding day, latha was still worried if things did not go well on stage, and asked if everything was okay for the video shoot during the break of saree-changing time. Her mum and herself was very much concern of the video output; they had arranged the lightings to fit for video and ascertain that we would have the best angle coverage on stage.

Alright, without much ado, let us present to you Latha & Shree wedding highlight… Enjoy!!

Latha + Shree wedding highlight from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

It has been awhile since we last shoot a ceylonese wedding. And it was fun shooting theirs last week. Vijay and Sudha is one loving couple; Vijay would just do everything for Sudha. On reception night, unlike other normal groom who would get dressed and prepared in hotel room together with dear wife, Vijay forgone all those and arrived early at the club house to personally check the small details and decor, to ensure a perfect wedding celebration for Sudha. We were told that Vijay has already confirmed that Sudha is the girl that he is going to married after 8 months of dating!! Here we are, presenting to you their wedding sde…

Sudha + Vijay Wedding Highlight from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

It was a rather hectic schedule throughout our November schedule, with our last stop in Hong Kong for a week has pumped up the energy. Despite the fact that we only had a day to recce shooting locations and further improvised on the storyboard, the shooting with Vincent and Isabella went on so well. Both of them have been hospitable, kind, generous and accommodative through out the entire shooting process and during our stay. It has been marvellous shooting vince and bella, we are glad to have known them throughout the week. Here is a trailer of their Save-The-Date video… Stay tuned for their pre-wedding love story soon. Enjoy!!

Vincent + Isabella | Save the Date from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

Shannon and Premela is one cute couple. Shannon would always stay calm and cool in whatever situations, and let the wedding take its course. Yeap, that’s the coolest groom ever!  Premela on the other hand is a bubbly and all-smiley-happy bride who just kept smiling all through out the day. While we were covering her on make-up in the room, she even commented and said that  ”you guys are so serious!!”, and she was not at all nervous, in fact she was thrilled and excited that it’s finally ‘the day’. Shannon on the other hand, tried keeping his cool, jokingly said that “i’m worried that prem would not come to church, thinking that she might back out at the last minute..” hah! Our pilot groom sure knows how to crack a joke anytime and anywhere. We have seen shannon and prem teasing each other during their daily lives, even during our meet-ups.. and this is part of their love sparks. Presenting to you, shannon and prem wedding highlight video.. Cheers!

SHANNON + PREM WEDDING HIGHLIGHT from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

It was an interesting chinese wedding coverage of Henry and Joveyn over the last weekend in KL. This is another wedding celebration of theirs as they have had a beach wedding back in KK, the state where Joveyn’s family and friends reside at. The KL wedding was filled with loads of fun, laughter and spontaneous “heng-tai”. During the pick-up bride games session, Joveyn’s ‘jie-mui” has well prepared the games to torture the “heng-tai”, and little did we expect that Henry and his “heng-tai” would be so spontaneous, as they were seen having loads of fun playing the games, more than any other heng-tais that we have seen so far…literally with no complaints at all!! On that day, Joveyn wore a red gown with a red veil, and she looked trendily gorgeous in that gown, anxiously waiting for Henry to get through all the barriers! Anyways, it was really an honor to be there to cover their big day, such a down-to-earth and lovely couple despite their socialite status.  Here goes their SDE video, enjoice!!

Henry + Joveyn Same Day Edit | Even when we’re 95, you still be the choice of my life from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

It was fun shooting john and awan wedding over the last weekend, was more like shooting a friend’s wedding than feeling like a supplier there. Few days prior to the wedding, we had a second meet up with the couple, to discuss their itinerary and once again, got to know them more in-depth. The thing that got me surprised was when i seated next to awan, the first conversation that she had with me was “how’s your london trip?” then followed with “congrats on your engagement, i saw your video….” And on that instant i felt like was just meeting another friend of mine, when in fact, that was only our second meet up with them!! And all i had in my mind was, boy oh boy, awan is such a selfless and caring girl, instead of asking and concerning about the wedding stuff, she was more concern of our engagement, and i had no idea that she could still remember after so long.

Awan and John had known each other for the past 25 years; when they first met eyes at the age of 3, they had activities together and were caught snapping photos together back then!! John and awan is no doubt a matching couple; awan is always seen with her happy, pretty, selfless and caring personalities when john is the man who always has a big, warm and care-free smile on his face. We could still recall the time when awan was worrying that the renovation in their room that was still on-going as their wedding is just a few days away, but john just kept looking at awan and kept giving his big and stress-free smile. Funny though, but came to think of it, he must be too excited that she’s gonna be his wife in a few days time.

The bridal pick up session was quite a fun scene, not only did the brothers and sisters had great fun, but awan’s dad was actively involved as well. Uncle was seen happily recording every bit of the moments with his camcorder, and when john finally has awan’s hand from the sisters, his father jokingly asked “john, my daughter pretty or not?”.. Awan is such a cheekie person, we’re surprised of her spontaneous response!

JOHN + AWAN | WEDDING HIGHLIGHT | I’M A HUGGIE PERSON from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

Bernard and Vijaya got wedded at KLCC Convention Centre about 3 weeks back. This newly-wed had simplified their wedding ceremony to include the reception right after the wedding ceremony. The wedding was a blast with Jay (Jay’s Perfect Dreams) as the official appointed planner and decorator for their wedding. It was great to work with Jay again and thanks to Jay for coordinating the event from A to Z, ensuring all suppliers could work well together as a team. The ballroom was beautifully decorated; jay had covered the entire ballroom with white clothes draped down from ceiling. Nonetheless, it was a blessed wedding with the presence of close friends and families.

Bernard + Vijaya | Wedding Highlight from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

Nothing beats a blessed wedding. Nagen and Dasha got wedded 3 weeks ago in KL with the presence of all friends and families to partake in their big celebration; as quoted in the speech by one of the guest speakers, they don’t just have guests from the same ‘village’, but also guests from other ‘village’. Nagen and Dasha had a fair bit of speakers on that night, all came prepared with their sweet short speech for and about the newly-wed. It was yet another beautiful wedding.

Nagen + Dasha Wedding Highlight from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

Jai and Ashley is one of the most loving couples that is rare to find on the street. They are like soul mates that are passionately bonded and glued to one another, their eyes would always lock to each other’s, always intensely romantically in love with each other like there’s no tomorrows. It is no surprise to find that everyone loves being around with this newly-wed, and it is hard not to fall in love with Jai as she is such a wonderful-sporting girl, with a caring and kind heart, plus an infectious and warm smile that could easily melt one’s heart. No wonder Ashley would go all the way and give all out for her, ‘coz she is definitely a keeper!!

Their wedding in Blackpool Pleasure Beach was a blast and it rocked the entertainment city for a while last week. There were so many surprises arranged for the guests, and for both Jai and Ashley, who had no idea of the surprises that he/she has in plan for the other half!! First, the couple has engaged the UK TV game show host Roy Walker (from the ‘Catch Phrase’ tv game show) to be the emcee of the night, 2 magicians to entertain guests with some amazing magic tricks, and some Blackpool showgirls for the guests photo-taking session. Just when we thought the surprises were good enough for the night, there were more to come. J+A has brought in the best bhangra group to perform few dances on stage, and they were hard-rockingly terrific with their moves!! Well, that was not it. They had the famous band B21 to perform a live sing to the guests towards the end of the night. The band has turned the heat up and everyone sang and danced along to their music!!

Despite the surprises that they had in store for the guests, both jai and ashley has a special surprise for each other. For all the things that Ash has done for Jai, and for the effort of courting a blackpool girl, and knowing that ash is a red-devil fan, she has pre-custom made a Blackpool tangerine jersey with ash’s name on it, and presented to him on-stage… and her exact words were “well, you have courted a Blackpool girl, you might as well go all the way and support the team!!” lol… i must say, jai has never failed to enchant ashley with her sporty charisma.

Well, the night did not end just there. Ashley had a surprise waiting for Jai to unleash… but the rules are Jai had to play and get the answers right for the CatchPhrase game in order to get the clues for their honeymoon location. Well, that was not tough at all for our brilliant Jai, she got the location right at her third box selection (3rd clue) out of the nine boxes given!! What can we say, it was a night full of surprises for the couple and the guests… and for us too. Little did we expect that Jai had actually prepared a big bouquet of flower each for us, Cory (photographer) and Jarret and Candice (MarryMe wedding planner from mumbai). We’re stoned when Jai called out our names and handed us the flowers on-stage. Jai+Ashley, thank you so much for the lovely flowers and we felt honored for your kind appreciation, we’re glad to have you guys as friends and we had fun at your wedding.

Blackpool Wedding | Jai + Ashley : You might as well go all the way and be a Blackpool fan!!! from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

It was just last month we were in Beijing to film their love story, and spent an amazing week long with our cute and lovely couple, Daniel and Kammy; and they had their wedding ceremony back in their hometown Bintulu over the last weekend. Daniel and Kammy has known each other since primary school years, they both live in the same neighborhood in Bintulu, never bumped into each other after primary years despite staying so near, and only to find each other again in friendster when they are both in different part of the world. Little did they know that their friendship would spark into another stage via online texting from west and east part of the world.

Their wedding in bintulu was warm and entertaining, as half of the bintulu people were invited to their wedding celebration, and to top it up, bintulu people are genuinely nice. It was yet another heartfelt entertained wedding, with William Lee being the emcee for the whole day has got the ground laughing away! Of course, the focus was not on William, in fact it was the newly-wed who was the center of attention. Daniel who is soft spoken, humble and a “yes” man; is the opposite of Kammy who is determined, hyper and an iron girl. Both of them make a lovely couple, as you could see them teasing each other this minute, but turns to be a loving couple the next minute. It is this magical chemistry that keeps their sparks and make them an unique couple!

DANIEL + KAMMY | WEDDING HIGHLIGHT from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

It is our first sindhi wedding, yet a destination sindhi wedding in Kuala Lumpur, where Omesh is from NewYork and Preeti is from Philippines. Both groom and bride family, relatives and friends flew in from near and far (and none of them is from malaysia) to join their 3 days wedding celebration in JW Marriot and Westin KL. It was interesting when we first introduced to Preeti and her family by Poonam (the wedding planner), we had a deep first impression on uncle Charlie (preeti’s dad) coz he is such a funny, joyous and loving husband and father, the first meeting was nothing formal or unease, was more like friends get-together.

It is always interesting to shoot a different indian wedding coz the culture is always different from one another, and we get to see and experience more of other cultures. There were several prayer sessions plus solemnization that has to be done prior to wedding day for sindhi wedding, and one of the essential parts was when omesh’s shirt (that he was wearing) has to be torn by his brother and friends, right after the prayer ceremony has ended. The interesting part was omesh was aware of this custom, and was all prepared for it, coz he wore 3 underwears beneath his pants!

Like any other indian weddings, they too have a sangeet ceremony 2 days prior to wedding, where preeti’s friends from philippines teamed and paired up to perform for the lovely couple. Omesh’s cute little nephew had also made the effort to perform a dance and the kiddo did rock the ground a bit. But the best performance was none other than preeti’s solo dance for her dearest. The sangeet and wedding ballrooms were nicely decorated with an arabic and royal affair theme by Sriiya and Ramesh, creating the mood and ambience for the couple and their 100 guests! It was a great opportunity to work with poonam, ramesh, sriiya and grant corban in this wedding.

Without further ado, presenting to you Omesh+Preeti Sindhi Wedding Highlight… Enjoy!!

Omesh + Preeti Sindhi Wedding Highlight from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

Beijing has “wow” us upon our arrival. One of the cities that has developed so fast; with convenient public transport from buses to train systems; friendly and nice people, even the taxi drivers are polite and kind-hearted; clean and developed city with many high rise “archi-structure” buildings; wide highways with plenty lanes, had us almost jaw dropped. We have seen so much of Beijing during our stay, it’s as though we have lived there for a month!

Our stay has been pleasant and fun, thanks to our couple kammy and daniel for their finest arrangement, from food wise to lodging to transportation, all has been carefully planned and taken care of. On the first day, kammy brought us around literally to most of the amazing nice places in Beijing for a quick recce of the locations, then only moved on with the shoots for the next 3 days! With kammy and daniel around, it felt like friends hanging out talking, eating, and chatting. So we had full 2 days of shoots going on, travelling from one place to another, covering basically the entire Beijing city in less than a week! No doubt filming in beijing is nice, but it was rather hard to film at most locations as the security is pretty tight at all times. Luckily the security guards did not give us hard time and allowed us to finish our shoots!

In a nutshell, it was nice to be in Beijing and was nice shooting our loving and charming couple, Kammy and Daniel. We would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their accommodative, hospitability and friendship. Stay tune for their wedding on July 17th in Bintulu, meanwhile do enjoy their love story shortfilm shot entirely in Beijing.

Daniel + Kammy | Beijing | Love Story from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

We have seen Harith many times in the tv box, and in fact we all kind of grew up watching his comedy during our high school years. And to be able to meet him in person, talk to him like a friend, and to film his wedding are something we never expected to be.

Right after harith confirmed on engaging our service, we were really excited that we would partake in his wedding. And we’re grateful that Harith and Jezamine had 101% confident in us despite it was our first malay wedding coverage. On their wedding day, there were quite a big crowd of press who came to document their wedding journey and everyone was seeking to get their best angles, but luckily we had “reserved” our spots by placing our “big” tripod as our territory.

Jezamine looked stunning and gorgeous in her custom-made wedding dress, so much so that the cameras like her. During her make-up session, she kept saying that she was really nervous, and luckily she had her bridesmaids there to calm and chill her down. On the other end, Harith has got all his 4 best buddies to be his best men, and one of them is Hans Isaac. During the negotiation, Hans gave it all out to back up his buddy (harith) by getting him the best deal with the bridesmaids. Harith was rather emotional on that day as he finally has Jezamine’s hands in his.

The entire wedding was blessed by their friends and family, and of course we believe that everyone who knows harith and jezamine would be sooo happy for them.

Harith + Jezamine Wedding from Doodle Studio on Vimeo.

It was really nice working with Jason Victor once more, to view more of Harith + Jezamine stills, do check out Jason Victor Photogaphy website.

Dear friends and clients, it is our 4th day in Beijing! If you have any enquiries, do text me at china mobile +8613699225847 or email me at emmaline@doodlestudio.my and we will revert to you soonest possible. Thanks.

Here is a snippet of our Beijing shoot with our couple Kammy and Daniel…