Thursday, January 26, 2012

Fritz @ Botanic Gardens: Photoshoot by Ashley Low Photography

3rd December 2011

After a morning's rehearsal, we at Fritz threw our music away and stormed to Botanic Gardens to conquer the world of photography!


Maestoso; majestically comfortable: Lenard, Yaw Chang, Jessie, Max

We spent hours with our dearest photographer Ashley, a recently-returned talent from London, who made sure we not only left with lovely pictures but a wonderful experience as well.



Dolce un-glam-e; Sweetly and unglamorously (grinning ear to ear, hint Yaw Chang): Lenard, Jessie, Max, Yaw Chang

Fritz is not new to photography; performances often come with flashes of light from enthusiasts taking shots of our playing. However, posing for a camera with an enormously professional lens pointed at us was definitely a once in a lifetime experience.


Andante un-naturale; At an (un)natural pace: Lenard, Jessie, Max, Yaw Chang

The pictures (after Ashley edited them) turned out beautifully! Some of them looked like they were CD covers that we had shot for our sometime-will-be-published recordings!



Simplicemente brilliante photographe; simply a great photoshoot: Jessie, Lenard, Yaw Chang, Max


(Stay tuned to find out why Fritz holed up all November!)

Summing up of 2011!

As our blog followers may have noticed, the administration in Fritz has been busy celebrating Christmas and Chinese New Year. Now that it has been 4 months since we stopped our online lives to live our offline ones to the fullest, it is high time to update our followers what Fritz has been up to!

Unfortunately, backdating is a sure way to forget the details of our adventures. Hence, I have chosen to list some events that we were at in an un-Fritz-ly way, without a dedication of its own, and without pictures!

6 Sept: Fritz @ Shangri-La
This was a company function in the ever-loved Shangri-La ballroom. A funny story I remember from here is how we were once pelted with champagne corks when a hundred-table toast was pointed to the center of the ballroom where we were performing.

8 Oct: Fritz @ Jalan Kampong Chantek
This street's name is misleading! The mansion we played in looked like a billion-dollar Wimbledon replica, complete with ~~~ - inch screen playing past tennis matches, a private swimming pool and a grass court with an umpired game going on! This was for a tycoon's private birthday party! It equalled some of the greatest hotel ballrooms Fritz has played in.

10 Oct: Fritz @ Orchard Hotel Ballroom
Fritz whipped out its pop-and-rock repertoire here at the client's request. From Aerosmith's 'I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing' to Coldplay's 'Yellow', we jammed up our instruments and tested the strength of horse-hair that night. Of course, we stayed true to our roots; we never forget our classical upbringing and tango background.

15 Oct: Fritz @ Hyatt Hotel
A wedding to remember at this Chinese set-up matrimony. Fritz had the pleasure of being part of the celebration of a new couple, and on top of that, met who must have been the friendliest sound technician and emcee who shared their workstations with us. Fritz brought happy Chinese tunes to complement the infectious smiles being tossed from table to table.

Stay tuned, the next post is guaranteed to overflow with pictures to make up for this one!