Being a wedding photographer, I meet a lot of great couples and I get to hear stories about how they met.

The story about how Raphael and Melor met made me go, “Serious shit?!” (yes, being the person whose mouth moves faster than her brain does, I believe that was the exact phrase I used when they told me the story during our meet up a couple of months ago. Anyway, I digress)

For Raphael and Melor, all it took was a poke. Sometime end of last year, Raphael poked Melor on Facebook.

Yes, you read that correctly.

Poked on Facebook.

The wonders of modern technology Then again, poking on FB will only work if the ‘pokee’ is interested in the ‘poker’.

And apparently, this ‘pokee’ was interested in the ‘poker’. For when they got together, Melor confessed to Raphael that she had checked out his FB profile before he even poked her. Heheehee…so cute hor?

Last weekend was their solemnisation ceremony - an intimate affair with mainly close family and just a handful of friends, Raphael and Melor tied the knot. The solemnisation was done in a mosque in Subang and it was followed by a short ‘merenjis’ ceremony and lunch reception at the Sheraton Subang.

Thanks to the ceremony and reception being such a laidback and intimate affair, Raphael and Melor had the time for some casual portraits around the hotel.

And guess what they asked for? Extra dosage of cheesiness.

I kid you not, whatever cheesiness you see here has been done upon request of Raphael and Melor. Really one lehhhh ;p

Here are some of my fave shots from the day. More can be seen in the slideshow

Because I believe in making my couples happy, and also to prove that I can provide as much cheese as is humanely possible, I’ve even included a super cheesy song as part of the slideshow. I confess, I do like this super cheesy song. Hehe..

And no, I’m not gonna say what song it is, you’ll just have to load the slideshow to listen to it ;p

Raphael and Melor, heartiest congratulations again to the both of you and here’s to a great life filled with many pokes ahead :p Looking forward to shooting your reception See ya soon!

From your super gooeey cheesy photographer.