Peninsula Residence All Suite Hotel : February 2016

Monday, February 22, 2016

Pajamas & Party Night Theme (Peninsula Residence All Suite Hotel)

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At Shipwreck Cove (Peninsula Residence All Suite Hotel)

What does a 400 year old shipwreck have in common with high fashion? Not the obvious I can assure you. Wanli is a shipwreck circa 1625, that was recovered at a depth of 40 metres, approximately 6 nautical miles outside Tanjung Jara off the coast of the State of Terengganu. This was a popular shipping route between China and Malacca via the South China Sea at the time. The downing of this ship is thought to be the work of pirates who were infamous back in the day with legendary tales of high sea dramas we often read about. Interestingly enough, amongst its precious cargo were Ming Dynasty blue-and-white porcelain from Jingdezhen.

Jingdezhen (or the Town of Jingde) is a city in northeastern Jiangxi province, China. It is known as the “Porcelain Capital” because it has been producing pottery for 1,700 years. The city has a well-documented history that stretches back over 2,000 years.

While a sizeable portion of this recovered treasure is on display in museums, some of the broken pieces and shards lie in the hands of private collectors. So what do you do with baskets full of broken china?

Enter Ming Blue & White Sdn Bhd who have cleverly fashioned these shards into “one of a kind” individually handcrafted jewellery pieces set in Sterling Silver which you are unlikely to find in any department store or boutique. Known as the “Tradewind Treasures from the South China Sea” collection, each piece is indeed unique and I believe no 2 pieces are ever going to be exactly alike.

The brainchild of Managing Director, Jennifer Rodrigo, these unusual jewellery pieces and collections are currently on display at the Peninsula Residence All Suite Hotel lobby in Jalan Semantan, Damansara Heights until March 7th 2016. With prices starting from as little as RM10 for your very own piece of history, there’s something here for everyone.

So you’re asking yourself right about now how I got entangled in all of this. What was originally intended to be a low key photo shoot for their jewellery collection turned out to be a mega event of sorts. My sister, Honney Dograa who is involved with this project with Ming Blue & White asked me if I would be able to take a few shots for their A&P campaign. When you have more than one Dogra on the job, it’s bound to be nothing short of pandemonium.

Shooting earrings and pendants hanging from a hook in a light box is not my idea of adrenalin pumping excitement. On the other hand, the prospect of getting people to model for us wearing these jewellery pieces was a whole lot more interesting and relevant. With a zero budget and no models in sight, we enlisted the help of family and friends and within a week put together an awesome team who came together and knocked it out of the park.

Portraiture is one genre I love and being able to get back in the saddle to do some fine art portraits after a long hiatus was not only a welcome respite from shooting weddings but allowed me to further experiment with off camera lighting techniques.

You could say I was the swashbuckling captain of the ship for a day wielding a camera instead of a pirate’s cutlass, but it is what it is and I could not have asked for more.

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