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Showing posts with label MoMo Wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MoMo Wedding. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Good luck to those yet to hold wedding banquet
Legalise robbers on the loose. Now, either you pay or face the music. Will the video or photo montage shown at the next wedding celebration you attend still be accompanied by popular love songs? Perhaps not, if the newlyweds decide against paying for the use of the music. Lucky mine is over.
In a sure sign that copyright owners of commercial music - lyricists, composers, producers, and songwriters are hunting down infringements, Recording Industry Performance Singapore (Rips) and Music Publishers (Singapore) (MPS) held an educational talk for wedding photographers and videographers last week.
Their message: Pay for the copyrighted work or use royalty-free music. Otherwise, face criminal or civil action.
In January, Rips - which represents about 90 per cent of record labels here - introduced a new licensing scheme under which wedding videographers and photographers have to pay $2,000 for the unlimited use of copyrighted work for a year. Rips, which administers the scheme on behalf of 14 record companies, said it was set up to make it simple to obtain a licence. So far, it has not taken any enforcement action against anyone yet.
MPS is following suit. The cost of its licence will be announced by the end of next month and is not expected to be higher than Rips'. But that is not all. If any video is to be uploaded online, a different licence is needed from Rips and the Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (Compass). This follows MediaCorp's report last December that Compass has - since the beginning of last year - been clamping down on the illegal use of copyrighted music at weddings.
What this means, said some in the profession, is that customers may have to pay more eventually. According to most cinematographer, the price of music has not been factored into current industry rates. However, videographers and photographers are already supposed to seek the approval of the relevant record label and publisher when using copyrighted songs. Most have not been doing so.
Couples who put together their own photo and video montages will still need to get a licence from the relevant record label and publisher for use of copyrighted material. This would, in all probability, set them back at least a few hundred dollars. Some videographers said they are waiting for MPS to finalise the cost of its licence before deciding whether or not to pay for a licence and if they want to "distribute" the costs to couples.
The alternative is to use royalty-free material, which cost about $80 per song. The general view is that freelancers, who typically charge lower rates and work on less than 20 weddings a year, will be less able to offset the licence costs. They could either try to avoid paying, or end up with their business badly affected.
During the two-hour session on last Monday night held at the Ocean Butterfly studios, attendees threw a barrage of questions at Rips and MPS representatives. Chief among their concerns: How can they convince customers that any hike in their fees is due to licensing costs? While they supported the new scheme, many said they were confused by the different licences needed, and suggested being allowed to pay on a "per-song" basis. Rips and MPS said that would be more costly but they would bring this up for discussion with their stakeholders.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Italy Honeymoon Trip - 20 Mar 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Engaged Encounter Weekend
What it takes for you to be life giving towards your partner, your family and your friends or someone stranger to you? In this little uninterrupted corner of Ponggol, is where I've found the answer.
Engaged Encounter is an international marriage preparation course where by couple are made compulsory to stay-in for a weekend, to talk honestly about future lives after the wedding day. It is not a counseling course, neither are there formal lectures, nor is it based on group discussions. The weekend is designed for private discussions within the couple themselves, but the presentations are given to the group as a whole.
A team of two married couples and a priest will give a series of talks about marriage and family life experiences, highlighting the essentials for enjoying a life-long marriage. After you have heard from the team, you will have time to think about the subject and then you will discuss your thoughts with your partner. There are no formal lectures, rather, it is an experience where you, as a couple, are involved in a period of self-discovery and mutual affirmation.
The weekend provides the atmosphere and the opportunity to seriously discuss our strengths and weaknesses, our goals, desires and ambitions. We also learn about each other's attitudes towards money, sex, children and family as well as our roles in society.
Sound good? So what have I Learnt? Well.. Love is not only a feeling, but rather a decision. A wedding is a day, but a marriage is a lifetime.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Why the wedding ring is worn on the fourth finger?
Interesting concept.
That is a good question, but having the fingers positioned in that manner is essential for the validation of the theory that is put forth here. Though the tendons in your fingers are independent from one another, but the ring finger are not and its the weakest finger. Since these tendons are connected, it shares muscles with the middle and the pinkie. Therefore, it cannot extend fully by itself, making it feel as if it were stuck!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
A Beautiful & Romantic Proposal
| Surprise!! Silvia's birthday celebration turned into a beautiful & romantic proposal. Although there's some small hiccups when we reached the hotel, but we have manage to recover quickly & carry on with the plan. Finally, Jonas has crossed the line & ended his single hood. I hereby again give them all my blessings and wish that all their future path will be filled with colourful happiness. Jonas & Silvia, don't let us wait too long for your big day. |
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Macau Wedding Shoot Highlight
Outdoor shoot is really tiring sia, the sun is hot & my body dehydrating like a tap turned on. We are the first 2 couple to start the shoot in Macau & hope the weather is fine for the rest of the other 6 couples.
Although its hot & tiring, nevertheless, its really fun! Our stay there is short, but we still manage to visit The Venetian Macao, Taipa Village, The New Yaohan & the 2 best Portuguese-Style Egg Tarts (葡式蛋撻) in Macau - Lord Stow's Café at Coloane Square & Margaret's Cafe near Hotel Sintra.
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