• about us

    The “Wagyu” Story
    a story of “What A Goofy Youthful Unison” of two photographers madly in love with photography and... not to mention, each other.

    they are Tata (Tha) & En-En
    first met on August 1st, 1999

    Tha is the technical, precise, warm hearted guy with
    a down-to-earth attitude
    graphic t-shirts and khaki pants

    En is the artistic, whimsical dreamer with
    a big spirit and world-wide perspective
    fun-colored glasses frame and a vintage appeal

    Together they’ll make you try and do the novelties
    not awkward, but excited of exploring
    all the possibilities
    like tasting the seriously delicious, Grade 12 “Wagyu” steak
    for the very first time
    two different people
    two different inspirations
    one vision
    creating a fresh, new meaning to all these photography madness
    wedding, engagement, family, fashion, portraitures
    both are meticulous and perfectionists
    they value excellence, uniqueness, and originality
    are committed in delivering nothing less than the best
    and will stop at nothing until it is achieved.
    they really just want to see you smile by capturing your story =)

the koestedjo family

Ho Ho Ho! It’s four days before Christmas!! How’s your preparation for Christmas guys? We all hope everything runs smoothly and enjoy the spirit and miracle of Christmas =)

Here’s a small post before Christmas, meet a small dog-lover family – the Koestedjo Family. They are Akoy, Vera, and Owen. This is actually my 2nd post of this family. I posted Owen’s photos when he was just 7 months old here. This time is to celebrate Owen’s 3rd birthday. Akoy ordered and re-decorated the cake with all Owen’s favorite toys – Airplanes & Cars!

“So Owen, how do you normally replicate an airplane?”

Ipad has become a blessing for some families, especially with apps that can help educate children. Akoy bought an iPad2 and downloaded a lot of games for Owen to play and he’s very very excited about it.

Meet Lance! He’s actually our puppy. And he has become our model this time!:D

Akoy used to have a female golden retriever, but when Vera was expecting Owen, he gave her away. Sad! Turns out Owen loves dogs as well. Guess it flows in their blood =)

It was hilarious when Owen kept pointing his finger towards Lance’s bird. Hahaha…

Love the chemistry here between Owen and Lance. Aww…!

the wedding of ardillas and lenny

How excited we got when we met up with Ardillas and Lenny and the 1st thing they said is… “We want a simple wedding, only family and close friends”

Meet Ardillas, an architect graduate who partner up with his best friend, Rewandi, who’s also his best man on the big day. Both of them are architect and design genius, in fact, Ardillas’s room is done by them, with each of the furniture designed and handcrafted. On the other hand, Lenny is a bubbly and really really fun to be with.

They both have nickname for each other that they engraved on their wedding rings. Ardillas is Kerupuk (Indonesian crackers) because Lenny said that he often tell jokes that are garink (dry/crispy) and Lenny would say… “You’re as crispy as Kerupuk”.

And Ardillas would reply and say “Kurang Asem” (It’s a kind of expression when you…er………argh…..I don’t know how to translate this >.< Someone help)

Lenny, “Ya udah, kurang asem dicukain” (Ok, if it’s not sour, then add more vinegar) from there, Ardillas called her Cuka (Vinegar) =D

On a good friday, they first met at IKEA in Singapore. Lenny was supposed to do a group project together at IKEA, her partner brought her boyfriend along + Ardillas. They ended up not doing their group project and talked while walking around. Haha. When you see Ardillas and Lenny together, you’ll get the definition of what falling with a best friend is all about. They share all their punk rock and ugly faces life together :p

Here are some of our favorites… enjoy =)

She’s gorgeous <3 I’m jealous of her chin and cheekbone… <3

I think after photographing a lot of bride, I should soon be an expert in putting on a wedding dress. Hahahaha… 
Love her smile <3
Here’s Jennifer, Lenny’s maid of honor and cousin. She’s so sweet to give both of them this message… “most importantly, let God be the centre of your marriage, wohooo love is in the air ^o^ ”
Prayer really changes things =)
in love with their bricked wall…
Ardillas and Lenny’s newly renovated room… clean, sleek and modern!
I love the friendship between Ardillas and Rewandi.. you’ll see more in next few photos…
“Where’s my Angpao? No Angpao, no entry” =p
They ran out of Angpaos, so Rewandi came up with his ATM card.
Look how happy she is seeing Ardillas =)
You must be wondering why I say punk rock previously… Here’s a proof… hahahaha
It actually all ran in their family… Hahha.. That’s Lenny’s sister, Rini.

I think it will soon pass on to their niece =p
During the ceremony, I notice this boy kept kissing his baby brother… <3 <3 he’s so sweet
er… and this is what I meant above by “ugly faces” Hahahaha
On the left are Ardillas’s parents and on the right are Lenny’s parents. Ardillas’s dad words actually stay on my mind until now… Here, he was telling his wife “Mam, you smell so good… I want to kiss you again” <3 <3 <3
Love the shadow created by the pots of trees in the reception area
Instead of throwing the normal wedding bouquet, they threw 5 angry birds dolls, all in different color.
Unique wedding cake filled with little pastries
Congratulations guys!! We had a blast photographing your wedding! =)

 

Enjoy their photo montage =)

damien, simone & julien | the most passionate family ever…

During our trip to Europe last September, we stopped over in Brussels – Belgium. There, we had a wonderful opportunity to take a family photo shoot of a Belgian family. They are our first European clients as well.

Father, Damien, is French. Mother, Simone, is German. They are both very sweet and affectionate. And their 3 years old son Julien is super cute! Damien converses in French to Julien, while Simone in Deutsch. We were told that one week before our visit, Julien just started to differentiate between the two languages. Now, he converses in French to his father and in Deutsch to his mother. How cool is that?!

A lot of people have asked me “How did they get to know the wagyu story?”. That’s actually a very good question, in fact I myself asked Simone the same question. The story rolls back to the date we setup this company. Simone was one of the first to be our fans on our facebook fanpage. How she found our fanpage is a very interesting story on its own. She happened to be friends with one of en-en’s friends on Pet Society, who happened to be our fan too. From there, she browsed our photos and fell in love with our works. Some of you may have already known that our main focus was family, instead of wedding like now. Simone then asked us if one day we happen to visit Brussels to let her know. When we published our Europe trip itinerary, the first person to contact us…was Simone =)

Here I present you some of our fave photos…

Meet Julien! We love his eyes and hair so much and he is one super tall boy, he is 3 but looks like a 5 years old boy to us. Seriously, can you believe he’s just a 3 year old boy?

They have a small garden at the back yard. And they plant quite a lot of yummy stuff like strawberries, tomatoes, and spring onion. Damien likes to teach Julien a lot about agriculture stuff, so at his age now he can differentiate which one is edible and which is toxic.

Love to see how they express their feelings to each other, very passionately. You will see more of these kind of photos below…

Julien walks tip-toeing at home, but not when he is outside. And that’s his favorite stove toy, he likes to cook a lot of food there. =)

“The Angel’s Light” – I only realized there is a ray of light shining upon Julien when I viewed this photo on my imac screen. I really wonder where the light came from…


The pine cones below are Julien’s personal collection. He picked them up himself from random places.

On the way from their house to a nearby park, which is super beautiful. How I wish we had that kind of park here in Bandung.

“Hey Mom! Dad! Look, I’m wielding Harry Potter’s wand!”

Julien is a boy with million expressions…

Didn’t I say the park was beautiful?

And there he sneezed!:P

And he got kissed and squeezed!!

“A Mother’s Love” – how I wish I had a photo like this with my mom… <3

When we’re back to their house, they treated us with Belgian waffles and chocolates. Yummy!!

Ha! I wonder what he was thinking here.. XD

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tha - January 20, 2012 - 3:35 pm

Thanks Katrin! =)

tha - January 20, 2012 - 3:34 pm

Aww! Thanks Manu!

tha - January 20, 2012 - 3:31 pm

Hi Brigitte,
Thank you so much for the compliment. So thrilled to know you like the photos..
U’re so blessed to have such a lovely family =)

Katrin - December 9, 2011 - 4:17 am

Very, very beautiful. The pictures make me miss them so much more. They look so very “there” and relaxed.
I am impressed.

Manu - November 28, 2011 - 2:10 am

Hi,

I’m speechless : the pictures are really beautiful. Great work :o )

Cheers
Manu – A french friend of the belgium family

BROUST Brigitte - November 24, 2011 - 1:11 am

For the magicians photographers: I wish to thank you quite particularly for the enjoyment and the emotion that got for me the photos of ” my small Belgians “. I liked the happiness and the sensibility which you knew how to get in their attitudes. Thank you still.
Brigitte Broust, the mom of Damien and the Grandmother of Julien

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