Wedding at Tanjung Pinang, Indonesia

It was the wedding of Ike and Dody. I went there as a relative, but I'm not gonna miss out photoshooting this colourful Malay Wedding.

Tanjung Pinang is within the Riau Island, of which the origin of the early Johor-Riau monarchy ruling a very long time ago. So it is not something new that maybe most of Malays have relatives in around Riau Island or KEPRI (Kepulauan Riau), as the indonesians live with shortforms!

In this picture, I'm taking a close shot of IKE, the bride, of whom is in the process of berinai. Like most of the local Malaysian Malay Wedding, applying henna is done prior to the wedding, and without the knowledge of anyone but the berinai event is done after the solemnization.

In Tanjung Pinang, berinai is actually the function of applying the henna and is done in front of everyone. They even have dance and the bride will have to lay down on a matress until the henna is fully dried off.

The next morning, the solemnization of the bride and groom is successfully carried out by only a single attempt. For some people, it's really a big deal, and so does them.

The above picture was taken using a simple CLS technique, as the surrounding was a lil bit dark and it's merely just a simple lighting technique.

Another CLS technique product. All the CLS was by assistance of my cousin, Hafizh who followed me there. It happened that certain tools was not taken with me and Hafizh had to hold the white brolly and the flash.

In this picture, it happens that the assigned photographer, Reno from Tg. Pinang brought his backdrop and I decided to do the CLS with the backdrop

Reno, a very nice guy with the D70s with his videographer.