Actual Day Wedding Photography Package Preview: The Aisle Bridal

So after being married for about three months, I finally decided to take a look at the actual day photos taken by Kelvin, the assigned photographer from The Aisle Bridal’s actual day package. I was a little in self-denial because I don’t think I look that good on my wedding day. *sigh*

Chinese Tea Set used for the traditional tea ceremony

Anyway, the photos were pretty well taken except that the bride and groom weren’t exactly gorgeous and handsome to start with so that aesthetics portion couldn’t be helped.

Rendezvous Hotel's wedding set up

We had a very packed schedule on the day and it didn’t help that there was a traffic jam while we were travelling from my in-laws’ house to the church. We reached the church right on the dot in the end (45 minutes behind schedule!) and I really was rather disappointed that due to the delay, there weren’t many photos taken of the guests. We invited a good number of guests so I was expecting more photos to share with friends and relatives, but sadly, many people were not captured in the photos. Not that it could have been helped given the jam and the rush, so we couldn't fault the photographer as well.

Our wedding set up at Church of the Nativity of the B.V.M.

After instagram-filtering....

We were not very particular clients so we gave our photographer and videographers free reign over what they wish to capture. The only criterion we had was we do not wish to exceed the 10-hour package and we will not be paying additional surcharges. The videographers were kind of restricted by this criterion as they wanted to do additional behind-the-scene shots, but more of that in a separate post.

Overall, besides the lack of photos for the church wedding portion, we are rather happy with the photos received. Especially after the famous actual day wedding photographer saga got us really worried.

We spent SGD800 for 10-hour actual day photography package with The Aisle Bridal (six hours in the day for gatecrash, tea ceremony, and church lunch reception, and four hours in the evening for tea ceremony round two and banquet dinner), and all soft copies were returned to us. We received approximately 700 photos in total.

Bridal Package Experience and Review: The Aisle Bridal

We decided to drop by Aisle Bridal’s Tanjong Pagar outlet on a Saturday. The place was small and had a totally different atmosphere from Flamingo. The interior was black and there was just a small row of gowns on the rack.

The Aisle Bridal @ Oxley Bizhub 2

The lady told us that we will be going to their Oxley Bixhub outlet for gown selection and indoor phototaking. The Tanjong Pagar outlet will be closed as the new gallery has better facilities and bigger space.

The ladies were friendly and we felt that they were sincere when they were trying to promote their package to us. After much haggling negotiation, we decided to settle on the Aisle package and take up their actual day photography services as well.

The Aisle Bridal @ Oxley Bizhub 2

I must admit that it was a rather impulsive decision as I had originally intended to visit a few more boutiques that I have shortlisted, but somehow I wasn’t feeling rational at the moment. :P

For a quick preview, the package we obtained came with the following:

Prewedding Photoshoot

-        Two white gowns (indoor and outdoor selection)

-        Two evening gowns (indoor and outdoor selection)

-        Two groom’s suits

-        Fresh flowers Bouquet (typically baby’s breath)

-        30 Poses

-        12” x 15” Wedding album with crystal cover

-        20” x 24” Photo Frame

-        8” x 10” Tabletop photo frame

-        Bride and groom make up and hairdo (indoor)

-        Outdoor night scenery included

Actual Day Session

-        Wedding gown (open selection)

-        Evening gown (open selection)

-        Teadress or kua (we traded this off)

-        Two Groom’s suits (Groom to buy his own shirt)

-        Accessories and Veil (accessories on loan were earrings, necklaces, hair accessories)

-        Fresh hand bouquet (choose from their default album)

-        Six fresh corsages (two for groom, one each for parents)

-        Bridal car decoration (to drive car over the evening before for decorations, standard artificial flowers with sash)

-        Trial makeup for bride

-        Actual Day and Night make up and hairdo

-        Six jiemei corsages

-        Two father’s jackets

Add-on

-        Actual Day photography

-        10-hour coverage

-        All photos returned in soft copy

Promotion (this promotion seems to be always ongoing though)

-        Free prewedding MV (if you choose this, they will have a videographer on the day of your prewedding photoshoot so that you can have a ‘behind-the-scenes’ video to show on your wedding day)

-        Family Photos with free Mother’s make up (comes with three photo frames, 16” x 20” and two 8” x 10”)

-        Free 24 4R photos (The photos must be repeated and you have to choose from your 30 poses. We took 3 sets of 8 photos for our parents and ourselves)

We chose the three free frames but requested to use our own wedding photoshoot photos instead because it makes more economical sense. The family photos will eat into our 30 poses quota and the time taken to coordinate and get all the family members to turn up for a short photography session (which again will take up our wedding photoshoot time as well) is too much work.

In my honest opinion, it will be better to engage another family studio to take dedicated family photos instead.

Check out our subsequent updates on our Aisle journey if you are keen to shortlist and visit Aisle Bridal as well!

Source: The Aisle Bridal
Local artistes Qi Yuwu and Rui En in The Dream Makers II

The Aisle Bridal Boutique and Gallery

Opens 12nn – 9pm (Closed every Tuesday)

Location: 62 Oxley Bizhub 2, Ubi Road 1, #01-24/25, S(408734)

Contact: +65 62896888