The Stories Family
Grace started her career many years ago as a video editor working in the local Film & Television industry on award winning TV programs such as 3R (Respect, Relax and Respond), films such as the Beautiful Washing Machine by James Lee, Gol & Gincu and Goodbye Boys by Bernard Chauly, amongst others. After 5 years of editing and some years directing, Grace decided to launch into the world of business & photography, and has never looked back since.
In 2007, she set up Integricity Visuals Sdn Bhd, working on corporate videos, events & photography. She explored the world of weddings through the brand Wedding Story, and in 2010, Wedding Story’s photography service was rebranded as Stories by Integricity Visuals.
She loves photographing weddings & families, as it enables her to be personal with all her clients who eventually end up becoming friends. She loves to share in the laughter and joy of each wedding day as she captures moments that will be cherished in years to come. Her bubbly personality puts everyone at ease and children relate to her easily (something to do with her small stature, surely!)
Aside from running around chasing brides, grooms & little children, she adores spending time with her techy husband Alex.
Mark started his photography journey back in 2007 when he bought his first DSLR because he thought it could take beautiful photos. Boy, did he find out that he was wrong! It was through the very first connection with other photographers and people passionate about art that Mark found his love for taking photos. From that very moment, he went on to learn (and is still learning) about art and photography.
After dabbling in many genres of photography, Mark discovered it was weddings that stoked his fancy. It was when Mark helped a friend shoot a wedding, that he realised how much he enjoyed observing and capturing emotions of people. Since then, he never looked back.
Having covered traditional Christian, Chinese, Indian and Malay weddings, Mark has varied experience and is constantly fueled by the different customs of each culture. Aside from his artsy side, Mark still loves all things tech.
Johan started photography when his daughter was born in April 2000. After capturing thousands of precious moments, Johan tried out a DSLR for the first time and was hooked. With new camera in hand, Johan assisted another photographer with Aishah Sinclair’s wedding, and thus began a deep-seated love for wedding photography.
Johan has covered weddings of all kinds, ranging from Malay to Chinese to Indian to Punjabi to Church to Garden and Kampung weddings. He feels that the thrill of observing two people falling in love is only surpassed by helping them capture their beautiful moments on their wedding day; moments that the couple and their families will be proud to share with their children and grandchildren.
Oh, if you enjoy charged up group photo sessions, just ask Johan to crank the fun up a notch by yelling, “Help Us Go Crazy!”.
Shu Wan is a really cheerful person who brings joy to anyone she meets. She absolutely, absolutely loves the colour blue, it’s like a default colour setting in her life (but don’t worry, the photos she touches up will not have a blue hue to it!).
She joined Stories straight after graduating from our very own Multimedia University with a degree in Film & Animation, and has not looked back. Her smile grows wider (and she almost does the chicken dance) when she sees clients praise her animation works. Through her work, Shu Wan wants to evoke emotions and touch hearts. Embracing challenges and exploring new horizons are two traits that describe Shu Wan well.
Pssst, if you want to get into Shu Wan’s good books, give her something blue!