Howdy and welcome to my second blog on the new home of Foto Expression blog. This time I would like to share my first wedding anniversary in Bali recently. If you have read my previous blog, I mentioned that this year I had a great opportunity to shoot my first destination wedding outside my comfort zone, it is in Bali! The other thing that excites me was the wedding day happened one day before our first anniversary. What a coincidence!
Bali, for some reason has special place in our heart. I tried to ‘google’ around and found this statement that best illustrates the magical of Bali. Here it is: Bali, known as Island of God, with its varied landscape of hills and mountains, rugged coastlines and sandy beaches, lush rice terraces and barren volcanic hillsides all providing a picturesque backdrop to its colourful, deeply spiritual and unique culture, stakes a serious claim to be paradise on earth (quoted from Wikitravel). For those that have ever experienced the hospitality of Balinese, you may agree with above. If you have not, lets check out some of my photos to truly show the magical of this little paradise.
You can also check our pre-wedding photos taken by Wiki Lee (and his wife Ilona Lee and Marcell Gunawan from Foto Expression) in Ubud and Jimbaran, Bali.
Back to the topic, when I knew that my client finally decided to book us as their photographer (YAY!!), the first thing on my mind (apart from the wedding itself) was WHERE to celebrate our anniversary?? There are lots and lots of nice and fancy restaurants in Bali, from no star until Michelin rated. However, since this is our first year celebration, I want this to be rather special. So I searched and asked around and finally decided to celebrate at Tirtha.
Tirtha, this venue called, is located on the top of Uluwatu cliff, with panoramic views of the Indian Ocean. We held our wedding in Tirtha Luhur one year ago, on the 13th November 2010. With the help from Andi (our wedding assistant from Tirtha Bridal) and thanks that no one actually got married in this place on that day, we were allowed to celebrate our first anniversary day here.
As soon as we stepped into the villa, we feel a magical tingle going through our body. Not to mention the luscious scent of the area go through every bit of our breath! The surroundings of the area are absolutely beautiful, and they just bring old good memories happened in this place a year ago. We were seated in the gazebo facing the Indian Ocean, next to the chapel. The decoration, the foods and the ambient were romantic. The night was so perfect (thanks God for not giving us rain on that night!) that we couldn’t ask for more. We enjoyed every minute as the time passed by. To sum up (otherwise I won’t stop!), we had a fabulous time; a memorable anniversary night in this place. We will definitely come back again!
Here are some random snapshots of Bali
If you by any chance have not watched this, you should watch our marvelous videos taken by Wiki Lee, Ilona Lee and Marcell Gunawan from Foto Expression.
Check out below video:
Ken + Celine Wedding Fusion video
Ken + Celine Same Day Edit Video “Why should Ken marry Celine?”
Ken + Celine Wedding video trailer “Sempurna”
