Have uploaded a few selections of our videography portfolios to our Vimeo Plus account. Now you can view our works at the comfort of your home and with your partner. Hope this gives us more time for discussions and getting to knowing each other better when we meetup.
In anticipation of a heavier workload towards the latter part of the year, we’ve managed to enlist the help of some talented assistants and editors. Hope the cost and effort in training them is worth it and that I can finally have some personal time for running and cooking 
With regards to a few of the queries received concerning the issues of using copyright music for our childhood montage and morning video/photo highlights, we hope this post serves as a form of reference and information.
http://www.rips.com.sg/wedding
Hweestudios have applied, paid and received the approved licence under Category A – “Reproduction of Sound Recordings into a videocassette tape or VCD or DVD as background music by wedding studios for wedding videography or photo montage.”
RIPS (Recording Industry Performance Singapore Pte Ltd) is a collective licensing body representing major record companies such as Sony Music, Universal Music and Warner Music Singapore.
http://www.rips.com.sg/our_record_companies
There’s a certain confusion between RIPS and COMPASS (Composers and Authors Society of Singapore) licences.
COMPASS licences are issued to hotels for playing of background music without video, such as during march-ins. RIPS covers the synchronisation of music and video together.
There’s an increase in hotels and banquet locations insisting on RIPS licence prior to playing of any videos. Do contact us for a copy of our licence permit before your wedding to prevent any unpleasant surprises.
Hope this post is able to re-assure our current and future Hweestudios wedding couples that you CAN have your own choice of music or song for the montage and video without any copyright infringements.
So, have a peace of mind to enjoy your big day like you should!
For coming in 6th (Toasting/Speeches Category) at the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) 2010 Q1 contest.
May all your weddings moments continue to inspire her!
My dad had a bad fall and was warded at the ICU for observation as his skull was fractured and there’s some bleeding in the brain. Dad’s condition have just stablized and was transferred to a normal ward. He’s still unable to talk and function well until the blood clots in his brain clears up and is now undergoing physiotherapy.
Our sincere apologies to our wedding couples for some delays in handing over of our final works as I’m juggling my time over all these recent issues. I might not be able to take some calls as my mobile will be on silent mode when I’m visiting. Do text or e-mail me but I might take a while to reply too.
Hope my dad is able to discharge soon and have a really good rest at home.
- Ben
Kindly Contact Us for the password to view the highlights
Kim & Jean Wedding Highlights from Ben Lim [ hweestudios.com ] on Vimeo.
Been drinking lotsa water trying to recover from a pesky cough and upper back pains(too much Steadicam during the Dec – Jan peak periods). Still up to my neck with backlogs so will be spending this LNY just having dinners with relatives and friends.
Tiger year will be a great year ahead for hweestudios as we’ll hope to expand more of our services and a revamp on the style of our works.
Here’s wishing our readers and couples good heath and lovin’ in this coming year ahead (huat ah!)
Ben & Apple Lim
A Happy New Year to our friends! Thank you for supporting us all these years, through our ups and downs, all the best for 2010!
After a few successful trials and finetunings, hweestudios will be launching our very own LivePrint services. Instant 4R (4″ x 6″) size customized photoprints to be given to your guests as a keepsake during your lunch/dinner banquet. Please contact us for more details and prices.
Wishing all our friends and viewers a Merry Cozy lil’ Christmas!
On a Sunday wedding with me as the Videographer and the Photographer from another studio -
Bride : Hi PG, this is Ben. He’s our videographer.
Me : Hi PG. (waves)
Photograper : (Ignorning me) Of course he’s the videographer, if he’s the photographer then what am I doing here so early in the morning?
Bride and me : …