By Tina, Lead Photographer and Cinematographer 首席攝影師和電影攝影師
I know that I am quite a creative person. One day I suddenly have an idea to make a cake in an experimental way. I do not have a recipe. All I have is imagination and guess what will mix well. Since it is hard to buy flour now (due to pandemic, I guess everyone wants to stay home and bake?), I bought filo pastry, because it has lesser fat than puff pastry. I have also bought double cream, bailey’s (Irish cream liquor), raspberries (Couldn’t find strawberries) and strawberry custard (still want to taste the strawberry).
我知道我是一個很有創造力的人。 有一天，我突然想以一種試驗方式來做一個蛋糕。 沒有食譜，有的只是想像力。猜測什麼材料可融合在一起。 由於現在很難買到麵粉（由於大流行，人人都想留在家中做蛋糕？），所以我買了filo pastry，因為它的脂肪比油酥 (puff pastry)少。 我還買了奶油，bailey’s（愛爾蘭奶油酒），山莓（找不到草莓）和草莓奶油（仍然想品嚐草莓）。
Here are the steps I have took for making the cake. First problem I needed to tackle – How to fit the filo pastry in the pan? To be honest, I don’t really know, but since I am a creative person, I cut the sheets into stripes and fill it up with melted butter. I was hoping that the butter would glue the stripes together. Not sure if I have mis-read the package, one of the base came out dark brown! Not too sure why the other one is looks light brown. I have put these two bases in the oven for 10 mins, in 180 degree. After that, I poured the strawberry custard onto one of the base and put the raspberries on top before putting another layer of filo pastry. Then, I poured the double cream (mixed with bailey’s and sugar without measurement. Of course, I do have recipe.) onto the top, decorated it with the rest of raspberries and some chopped almonds.
這是我做蛋糕的步驟。 我需要解決的第一個問題-如何將Filo Pastry 放入盆中？ 老實說，我並不清楚，但是由於我是一個有創造力的人，所以我將它切成條狀並加入融化的黃油。 我希望黃油能把條紋粘在一起。 不知道我是否誤讀了包裝，其中一個盆出來變成是深棕色！ 不太確定為什麼另一個看起來是淺棕色的。 我將這兩個盆在烤箱中以180度放置了10分鐘。 之後，我將草莓奶油倒在一個酥餅上，然後在上面放上山莓，然後再鋪上另一層酥餅。 然後，我將奶油（沒有計量的bailey’s和糖混合在一起。）將混合了的奶油塗在上面，並用其餘的山莓和一些切碎的杏仁作裝飾。
I couldn’t wait to taste it. Actually, it tasted quite bitter because of the bailey’s and the burnt filo pastry. The strawberry custard tasted very blend. Probably the only part which is okay is the raspberries.
我等不及要品嚐了。 由於貝利和焦了酥，它的味道很苦。 草莓奶油味道很淡。 唯一可以接受的部分是山莓。
This proved that I cannot be a cake maker. I am quite sure no one will hire me to make their wedding cake. This made me think about some people I came across just get their friends and relatives to take photos for their weddings. For video, they would rely on tripods. I am sure a lot of people are actually quite talented photographers, although they are not full time photographers (or videographers), but would you like to take the risk? They may just guess it would look nice and mis-read the precious moment and missed those which are important, or worse, make it a testing ground, like what I did for the cake! After the images (and footage) came out, they may not do the post-production. A lot of people underestimate time needed and probably they were not being paid for doing that, they would not put this in priority. Probably, most of the shots are not useable, not many of them are acceptable.
這證明我不能做蛋糕匠。 我很確定沒有人會僱用我做他們的結婚蛋糕。 這使我想到了一些人只是讓他們的朋友和親戚為他們的婚禮照相。 對於錄影，他們依靠三腳架。 我敢肯定，實際上很多人都是很有才華的攝影師，儘管他們不是全職攝影師（或攝錄師），但您想在一生人一次的婚禮中冒險嗎？ 他們可能只是覺得場景可能看起來不錯，又誤讀了個珍貴的時刻，錯過了重要的時刻，或更糟糕，就像我為蛋糕所做的一樣，用您的婚禮來做一個試驗場！ 圖像（和影片）出來後，他們可能不進行後期製作。 許多人低估了所需的時間，並且可能沒有為此得到報酬，因此他們不會將其放在優先位置。 可能大多數鏡頭都無法使用，可接受的鏡頭並不多。
Luckily, you may have a friend or relatives who are actually professional photographer (or videographer) and they really want to take some photos for you and give them to you as a gift, however, you may also want them to enjoy the day, rather than working. A few years ago, I came across a bride who was quite lay-back, but her mood has changed totally because her photographer’s friend’s two year old daughter kept crying in the bridal room (yes, his whole family was also invited). It was kind of sweet to bring the little girl to see the bride, however, because her mum went to bathroom, she started to cry. The bride’s photographer friend could not start taking photos but brought the baby girl outside (the bride could still hear her cried). It didn’t take long for the bride to lose temper, as she imagined it would be a calm relaxed morning. She requested everyone to stop doing anything in the room. When the photographer friend finally came back and apologised, she could only reply with a smile, ‘It is okay.’ When we all know it was not okay, there was tear in her eyes.
您可能很幸運，有一個專業攝影師（或攝錄師）朋友或親戚，他們真的很想為您拍照片並將其作為禮物送給您，但是，您可能還希望他們享受這一天，而不是工作。幾年前，我遇到了一個很隨和的新娘，因為攝影師朋友的兩歲女兒一直在新娘房裡哭（是的，她還邀請了他全家），令她準備時候心情低落。帶小女孩去見新娘是一種有趣的經驗（對小孩來說），但是，因為她媽媽去洗手間，她便開始哭了。新娘的攝影師朋友無法開始拍照，而是將女嬰帶到外面（新娘仍然可以聽到她的哭泣）。沒多久，新娘開始發脾氣，因為她以為她可以有一個平靜輕鬆的早晨。她要求所有人停止在房間裡做任何事情。當攝影師的朋友終於回來並道歉時，她只能笑著說：“不要緊。”當我們都知道這不是不要緊，她的眼中泛有淚光。
Practice makes perfect. The more we practice a skill, the faster and better way we use to execute the task. It is a universal for all types of jobs. I remember my mum told me one thing when I was studying design, ‘Your sewing skills won’t be better than those seamstresses who have years of sewing experience. It is better you let other people to sew your designs.’ (My mum was a seamstress as well.) I can sew definitely, but when I compared my work with the professional seamstresses, theirs are better. During my last year studies, I needed to create my final collection. There were seamstresses assigned to help the students. I told my ideas to one of them about sewing a complicated seam, but she improved my ideas. I asked her how did she made it, she answered, ‘Years of experience.’ If she followed my idea, the seam would look bulky. She managed to make it thin and invisible! Until today, I still do not know how she did it. She kept it a little secret and said she wanted me to figure it out myself. Well…
完美來自練習。我們練習技能越多，執行任務所使用的方法就會越快越好。這對於所有類型的工作都一樣。我記得媽媽在我學習設計時告訴我的一件事：“你的縫紉技能不會比那些有多年縫紉經驗的裁縫好。最好讓其他人縫製您的設計。” （我的媽媽也是一名裁縫。）我可以縫製，但是當我將自己的作品與專業裁縫進行比較時，他們的工作更好看。在最後一年的學習中，我需要創造自己的系列。有裁縫來幫助學生。我把其中一個關於車縫想法告訴了其中一位，但是她改善了我的想出來的方法。我問她是如何做到的，她回答：“多年的經驗。”如果她遵循我的想法，接縫將顯得厚，不好看。她設法使它變薄且隱形！直到今天，我仍然不知道她是如何做到的。她把它保密了，說要我自己找出答案。好吧…
So, do you think you need professional photographers and videographers for your wedding? If you like our portfolio, feel free to contact us to have a chat.
那麼，您認為您需要婚禮專業的攝影師和攝錄師嗎？ 如果您喜歡我們的作品組合，請即與我們聯繫，聊個天。