Goin’ Extreme
26 Sep 2010 Leave a Comment
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Weddings…… Pre-Weddings…… Hmmmmmm… what a bliss for the couple. But what do you think of doing it underwater?……. Must be scary?! Not at all.
Here is a lil story about my 1st Underwater Pre-Wedding project.
The bride is actually my junior during high school. Its been years (D’oh….. graduated on 2003). When i got the call for the shootout, I was quite surprised that a Manadonese couple wanted to have a shot underwater. Why won’t I be surprised, diving is still a newly promoted sport around here (thanks to Sail Bunaken 2009).
The most interesting part of the shootout is….. the fact that the couples and the pastor CAN’T DIVE!!!!!!!! and they insist to do a crash course (1 hour of pool training in this case…….). Lucky for me, they do swim. The fact is, most Manadonese can’t swim.
After a hilarious swimming pool training, we finally moved to the great blue. With the chatty attitude of the bride, she keep on asking me whether she will be OK underwater. I keep on trying to encourage her that everything will be OK. She insist that we will do the shootout on a shallow water instead of a deeper water. The deepest I want to go with a beginner is actually only 5 meters, so she was convinced that she will be OK.
When we arrive at the dive site, the tense is raising up. Especially, from the couples and the pastor. So, I try to joke around about the dive site. After a small briefing with my dive team, we are finally gearing up and ready for the shootout. Remember, I’m not a pro photographer!!!!
1st Session of the shootout. Underwater blessing.
Along the fact that the photo objects don’t have the appropriate diving skills. The shootout was quite nightmarish. Especially, when the bride start whining about drinking an extra liter of seawater.
But, finally the groom himself take her underwater and the session is continued. And I’m so glad that the shoot out is finished and succeed. So much for my 1st Underwater Pre-Wed project.
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