Engagement, a low light composition exercise

I went to my cousin's engagement earlier tonight. My cousin is the youngest son of my Uncle, the younger brother of my Mom.

The event started around 8pm, somewhere in Hulu Langat

Boy, what a setup.....

By the way the Father of the Bride-to-Be looks very familiar.




Got some shots taken via my Nokia phone and the Sony DSC camera

Might give you readers (gals especially) some ideas on your *next* engagement ceremony :p

Guest Tent from afar

Another shot of the Guest tent

Table set-up with lights and rose petals 

Decorative Lightings adorning the tent (with flash)

Another shot on the decorative ligthings without the xenon flash

Buffet Spread

Seating and Table Decor

Another Shot of table decor

Top view of Table Decor

Shots on lightings adorning the Tent again

House set-up for the Engagement Ceremony

Father of the Groom to be and Bride to be flanking my Dad who is acting as the Groom's Rep

Simple, but sumptuous food spread

Memento gift box for the event

All shots above taken via the 12 megapixel Carl Zeiss equipped Nokia camera. The shots however are taken at 9 megapixel to provide a 16:9 ratio as opposed to 4:3 on 12 mp setting.

The next series of shots are taken via the 10.1 megapixel Carl Zeiss equipped Sony Cybershot camera

 Composition on tables in the tent

 Close up view of the rose petals and the table decor

Shots on the Lighting decor

 Bride to be during the recital of Doa

 Kids anxiously waiting for the event to finish so they can eat!

The kids each got some marshmallow-based sweets for their mementos.


It's been a while for me taking pictures in low light with using DSCs and Mobile Phone cameras. They're light (as opposed to heavy *duh*) and contributes to the camera shake. Luckily the Nokia has a 2.8 lens that allows better exposure during low-light scenarios as above. The Sony has a 3.5-4.6 aperture rating that provides a much more 'darker' image as compared to the N8.

Anyway, most medium range DSLRs should yield much better shots. The lower ranged ones might provide worst results should kit lens are used without flash. As mentioned in my previous blogposts, aperture and exposure settings plays vital role in low-light situations such as this.

Also I notice the way both camera sensors deal with White Balance are very far apart. I'll blog on White Balance when I have some free time...



I know that I knew this bride-to-be dad from somewhere, can't shake it off my mind coz I never forget a face and will normally forget names.

It's 4 am... gotta sleep for a short while... Nite all

.rr