When I left the salubrious Kapalai resort in Borneo last year my thoughts were along the lines of that place was incredible, a truly once in a lifetime experience, little did I know that just four months later I’d be back to shoot a wedding!
Kapalai is kind of like a cross between Kevin Costner’s Waterworld and the Great Gatsby; the luxurious resort stands on stilts on a sandbar which is underwater most of the time which gives the impression we’re living on a post apocalyptic earth covered entirely by water (you know, apart from the other islands you can see, and the mainland off in the distance). I understand it began life as a military base of sorts, but now it exists mainly as a high end dive resort serving the world famous Sipadan island which no longer offers on-island accommodation.
Vicky and Dean eloped to Kapalai and when I met them they were about 9 days into an epic daily diving streak. This was different to most of my weddings in that there was just husband and wife plus one other couple, it was extremely intimate and my job was probably more hands on that usual due to there being no crowd to blend into! To this end it was extremely important that we got along well, and as expected when I met them on day 1 they were 2 of the most laid back, easy going people you’re likely to come accross so the rest of the time was a blast.
Anyway, a little less conversation, a little more photo action.
I’m currently in Kuala Lumpur and will be flying home tonight, stay tuned for some more posts about KL and Kapalai over the next few weeks.
Also, I’ll be putting up some more photo from this wedding on my Simon Bills Photography facebook page so if you want to be the first to see them when they get posted make sure you head on over and “like”me.
