This post is dedicated for Stacy and Nikolaos, two of my treasured friends, however since this is my first ever blog post: Let’s back it up a bit.
This is a story how I became a professional thirdwheel. It begins in school, way before I met these two lovely souls. I just happened to be consistently surrounded by couples since Year 7 (junior high what have you). Recalling back, it was the beginning of the booming of ‘handphones’ and ‘Blackberries’. Add that to the budding romance of teenagers; and archive of relationships became a staple to my generation growing up. I helped them in the instances when they needed human tripods. I grew comfortable around displays of affection (to some extent), and documenting couples becomes super fun for me. Fast forward to now I thirdwheel for a living and boy it has been a fun ride.
Returning the topic to Stacy and Nikolaos: we shared a flat back when we were studying together in London and they both started dating shortly after we all graduated (I’d like to think that I contributed in the matchmaking of these two cough). I returned to Indonesia, and about two years after I left they decided to get married and that is where I come back into the picture (pun intended).
They made it paper official in Greece, where Nikolaos originated from, and they flew me over to Taiwan, which is Stacy’s home and do the shoot there. I was mesmerised by the beauty of what surrounded me in Taiwan, not because I did not expect it to be beautiful but mainly I did not expect we will catch the blossoms in time.
They dressed impeccably for the Taiwanese styled shoot in celebratory red colour scheme, the shoot resumed over at the preserved old town in Taipei.
To conclude this long overdue tribute I would like to thank Stacy and Nikolaos who trusted me to document this elopement session and I hope that you adore these memories as much as I do.
Gorgeous Makeup and Hair by Joan Liang Stylist.
