Posting date: May 14th, 2012 | Category: engagement (pre-wedding), guest post | (guest post from Grace)
滴答。滴答。滴答。
快樂的時間溜得特別快，很圓滿地，我們的engagement shooting大公告成了。
還記得拍攝當天，天氣明顯轉冷，一大清早從酒店看出窗外，期待太陽伯伯快出來。
可是天公不造美，那天沒有蔚藍天空，雲霧很重，斷斷續續的下著綿綿細雨。
我想，蔚藍天空或是翠綠草地都與我無緣了。
幸運地，我找到了優秀的團隊，縱使我沒有美麗的臉沒有優美身段沒有華麗衣飾，但最後構圖依然動人。
這次拍攝過程，實在為我的人生，增添了無限美麗的回憶。
日後，我將拿著這些珍貴的照相片，回顧我倆曾一起走過的歲月。
很想答謝為我整妝的Man Chan和拍攝的Simon，你們太棒，實至名歸。
不知道是否每個人心中都嚮往完美。
每個人都可以為自己的人生譜出屬於自己最完美的樂章。
我的生命之中，遇上了您，你便圓滿了我的人生。
我曾反覆問過自己很多次，到底，婚姻當中的愛，是什麼。
直到有一天，當我用心細嚼婚姻的盟約，我找到了答案。
「我承諾，無論是環境順逆，疾病健康、富裕貧窮、快樂憂愁，我將永遠愛慕尊重你，終生不渝。」
「我承諾，我將毫無保留的愛你、尊敬你，盡我所能供應你的需要，在危難中，保護你，在憂傷中安慰你，我承諾將對你永遠疼惜你，直到永永遠遠。」
感激身邊一直愛護我照顧我的您，因為有您才成就了今天的我。是您，讓我學懂去愛。
With love,
Grace
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(words from simon)
這輯相跟我平時影的pre wedding photo 真的有點不同……
還記得第一次跟grace francis 見面的時候，francis 就不停地跟我分享他的各種crazy ideas,越聽越唔對路……我心裡已在想『你有冇搵錯人啊？』……甚麼甚麼要芭蕾舞 X hip hop, war game 啊，Mr. And Mrs. Smiths, band 房打band……Francis 還跟我分享他那條在旺角街頭勁爆求婚youtube 片段……OMG……真係好爆……@_@
最後我真係忍唔住問佢做乜搵我影結婚相，我完全無乜影過你要影ga野,你有冇搵錯攝影師？
Francis只係答一句：『Grace 喜歡你d相ma ！』
咁最後呢輯相係錯配，定係有新的化學作用？你話呢？
» Continue reading Grace.Francis
Posting date: May 9th, 2012 | Category: guest post, I-do (wedding day), video | (Guest Post by Gabbie and Peterson)
“This is the big day that we have been rehearsing in our mind for the past year, all the hard work making all the DIY decoration, photo album,
wedding video, music run down, special wedding surprise, first dance, wedding reception, vow, wedding photographer, are all coming alive.
I arrived at Ms G location and had breakfast with my groom mates, simon, pam pam, ken ken and sing sing had arrived on time, one after another, and the fun started from there with Simon shooting me in the estate with my suitcase, lying on the ground, I felt the passion and excitement when simon is taking the photos and knowing this is going to be a fun long day. We then had some shot with the groom mates, ken is shooting the video about the little solider on the groom and groom mate’s suit as its part of our creation while simon shooting photo with Ms G in the apartment.
The fun was even greater inside the house with the tradition Chinese wedding game with the groom mates, we had lot of fun especially having everyone enjoying it so much. We then arrive the fruit market in Yau Ma Tei, and the reason we wanted to shoot in this location as it is a special place from Hong Kong where it had the tradition, culture and values that is really “Made in Hong Kong”. we love the location so much that we did not even want to leave, a lot of surprises!
the wedding reception in peninsula was spectacular, everything went well according to Ms G’s plan, Mr P surprise was superb touching and need to thanks a million to the help from the peninsula’s staff, Mr P’s groom mates, Ms G’s bridesmaids, our brothers and sisters, Anthony, Rainbow, team of simon.the.photo, it was a fantastic day with a lot of joy, laugh and touching tears mostly from Mr P anyway, surprise!
thank you all so much again for the good memory and be part of this important moment in our life, truly appreciated from the bottom of our heart.
Simon, looking forward to see the magic and love created by you to the other lucky couple just like us, wish you all the very best!
Love,
Gabbie and Peterson”
wedding ceremony and reception: garden suite, the peninsula hotel
make up artist: Rainbow Chan (tel: 92586602)
video: Ken of simon.the.photo
(words from simon) IMHO, it ‘s neither how much money you spent, nor the location or decoration that make your wedding unique, instead, it ‘s your heart, your smile and your love that make your wedding special ……. … Sofa, TV and You … … don’t miss to watch the summary video below to find out what it means … ….
wow !!!! can’t imagine that we had such a beautiful view of Victoria harbour during the ceremony
» Continue reading Sofa, TV and You … … Gabbie.Peterson
Posting date: April 18th, 2012 | Category: engagement (pre-wedding), My Blogs, photo shooting technique | - (Comments are closed) It has been awhile since my last post. Schedule was crazily busy recently and it got worse that my blog got hacked frequently in last two weeks and I had to restore my blog several times to keep it running. Finally, with help from my friend, I just upgraded the blog software to the latest version and hopes that all the security holes are corrected and further hacking is prevented.
The weather this week is so bad that all pre wedding sessions are postponed. Shooting in rain is always not an easy task. The session of amy and yan yan was definitely one of the most difficult one recently. The rain never stopped, lighting was very flat, and the strong wind made us hold any lighting equipment difficult, if not impossible.
make up artist: mini chan
Below are two photos that I love a lot. Both were shot under rain, one in day time, one at light, one by available light, one by flash
this is one of my fav photo of the day – it is the feeling of the intimacy that makes it stand out from the rest of other photos
When we arrived at Shek O, it rained so bad that both Amy and YanYan had to stay in their car. While waiting, I got a new idea of shooting through the windows with rain drops on it. thank MUA mini and Nicole (my assistant) for holding the umbrellas for me, and big thank to amy and Yan Yan for working out this great photo in the small cabinet of their car. Only available light was used, no flash, no reflector, but this is definitely my fav of the day !!!!!
another fav of day. night shooting in central.
When we have drizzle at light, it is easy to include them in the photo if you put a light (flash) in front of the camera and behind your subject. Two flashes were used, one on Amy from camera right and another one behind her. Angle, power and color of the flashes were the most important factors to considered.
» Continue reading tips for shooting in rain, amy and yan yan
Posting date: March 13th, 2012 | Category: guest post, I-do (wedding day) | Comments are closed guest post from Sam and Anderson.
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Witnessed by 191 family members and friends, Anderson and I had our wedding ceremony on a sunny day at the Harbour Grand Hong Kong. The ceremony was followed by a lunch banquet and a 30 minutes band show, the whole thing was filled with tears and laughter. Like many other newly-weds, we found our wedding finished so quickly despite the fact that it involved over a year of intensive preparation.
I still remember just one month before our wedding, I had an idea to have a photo wall showcasing our pre-wedding photos by Simon in a creative way. I talked to a few vendors but the ideas they gave me did not fulfill my demands. I finally resorted to my bridesmaid Carol, who is artistic, and asked her to “DIY”. Finally, the photo wall was created totally on her own effort with the assistance from one of our groomsmen, Rockson. Photo foam boards were stuck to the wall by bluetapes only, can you imagine? Everyone was amazed by the end product. Anderson and I were humbled to see people admiring and praising our photos. I know Carol had spent much of her effort in designing the photo wall and making it happen, I could not thank her more.
Another most memorable part of our wedding was our self-performed band show, in which, we played a medley with 12 local pop songs of our choice since the 80 ‘s. Those songs carry our collective memories as they accompanied us to walk through our days since childhood. At the end of the show, we performed our favourite song of Eason – 沙龍, with me being the drummer and Anderson playing the guitar. Simon told us later in the day that he teared a bit while we played this song as he was touched! We were surprised but then we understand that without a strong sense of participation, a photographer could never take good wedding photos like what Simon does. We sincerely dedicate this song to Simon, in which the values of photography are gracefully described.
Every beautiful moment of our wedding still vividly repeats in our mind, and luckily we had Simon to capture all these moments to remember. I am sure the below photos taken on our wedding day are story-telling. I hope you enjoy viewing these photos with us, with profound joy and appreciation.
With many thanks,
Sam & Anderson
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(words from simon) …. …. thanks Sam and Anderson for your support. you ‘re always my no. 1 fans … …. I feel I am not just your wedding photographer, but also your friends, part of your wedding as well.
ceremony and lunch reception: harbour grand hong kong
video: ken of simon.the.photo
» Continue reading 沙龍 – Sam and Anderson
Posting date: March 8th, 2012 | Category: destination wedding, I-do (wedding day) | - (Comments are closed) the weather this week is so unstable with drizzle and mist everyday, and a few pre-wedding sessions were postponed. Though it is possible to take good wedding photos on a rainy day, but I always prefer to work on sunny day, it is just easier to make everyone happy with the sunshine.
With the drizzle outside, I ‘d like to share a sunny and beautiful destination wedding today. I shot the wedding of Phoebe and Julian late last year. With the experience of their pre-wedding session before , it ‘s so glad to be part of this beautiful wedding and meet them and their families again.
ceremony: Infinity Chapel
reception: Conrad Bali
if you are interested at taking Simon to your destination wedding, you can see details here
we started the day with a beautiful sunrise. I woke up at 0500 to take this shot of the Infinity Chapel of Conrad Bali
» Continue reading wedding in bali, phoebe and julian
Posting date: February 28th, 2012 | Category: personal, video, weddings | Comments are closed Dream comes true !!!!
Can’t wait to share the good news to all of you !!!!! My video partner Ken Wong just won two grand awards in the first Hong Kong Wedding Videography Award last Sunday.
Just one month before the ceremony, we got the news that our two videos were able to enter into the “final 5″ in two categories for professional judge, this was a great surprise to us as there were over 400 videos entered in the contest, and it is a big honor for us to be included in the “final 5″ . Then, one week before the award ceremony, we ‘re invited to join the event, but we didn’t t know the final result. It was so amazing that Ken did won two grand awards finally, I just couldn’t stop screaming at the ceremony when the MC announced Ken ‘s name at the presentation of the gold award !!!!
The two awards we got are:
category: wedding summary video, gold award
video: 111111 wendy + baldwin
category: wedding video – same day edit, silver award
video: anita and gary SDE
One of the most amazing things about this competition is that all the judges are from professional film directors (Clifton Ko 高志森, Lee Lik-chi 李力持, 麥曦茵 Heiward Mak), it is interesting to know how people outside the wedding industry view our works.
to view the complete award list, pls click here. And also congratulations to my friend Chankai, MuseMuse, Casper, and Ivan Wong for their awards !!!!
here are the happy photo of the award ceremony
photo with director Lee Lik-chi
» Continue reading 2012 Hong Kong wedding videography award
Posting date: February 20th, 2012 | Category: engagement (pre-wedding), guest post | - (Comments are closed) yeah !!! This is the 2nd guest post contributed from my client !!!! To my dear clients, you ‘re all welcome to submit post for your photo session to me for posting here on my blog !!!!
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We were very much looking forward to our pre-wedding shoot with our favourite photographer, and were disappointed when we had to cancel it due to weather conditions on the first scheduled date. We ended up having to wait for two more months, but it was all worth it. The sun brought wonderful colours to the photos and it was great seeing Simon get so excited with the lighting. We took Simon to locations which were special to us – Parkview (where we met and grew up) and the high school we attended. Then we went to Mount Davis for some sunset photos and Star Ferry for shots of the classic Hong Kong skyline.
We cannot remember the number of slopes and stairs we went up and down that day. It was a day full of exercise for everyone and we are extremely grateful to Simon, Simon ‘s assistant – Siu B and Ed (Carrie’s makeup artist) for all their hard work. Many thanks Simon for your tireless efforts in taking the best photos for us. We were very impressed with every shot you showed us. You are truly an exceptional photographer.
Many thanks,
Best
Carrie and Stephen
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my fav shot of the day. this was a surprising moment …. …. my original plan was just carrie and stephen lying on the playground of their high school, and I was shooting from 10th floor above. Suddenly, a group of students (playing ruby) ran close to them (they ‘re so focused on their game that they almost stepped on them). There was nothing I could control and it was a split second moment that I captured 2 shots and this is the best shot in terms of the position of the students.
» Continue reading carrie.stephen
Posting date: February 9th, 2012 | Category: engagement (pre-wedding), guest post | - (Comments are closed) I just found that I didn’t write about any pre-wedding/engagement photo session for a long long time. My last write up of pre-wedding session was Aug last year already ………
Anyway, just came up a new idea for all my clients, you ‘re welcome to contribute “Guest Post” to my blog here – you can write anything you like about your photo session or anything you ‘d like to share about your wedding. I believe all my blog readers will be very eager to see more client sharing here. At the same time, it also helps me a lot to post your photos faster here. isn’t it cool
here is the first guest post from chloe and felix !!!!
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A beautiful sunny day and perfect for photo shooting! The locations chosen were not unique – Soho, Stanley market (which was where we became engaged), Tai Tam and the Peak. Chloe had chosen a dress from LM and we were assisted by Candy throughout the day for the make-ups. We were both very excited before the photo shooting and only slept for a few hours before the day!
We really felt Simon’s passion throughout the shooting. One moment that really shocked us was when he suddenly lied belly flat on the walking pathway of Hollywood Road near Lang Kwai Fong taking photo of Chloe’s shoes, while there were cars steaming by us! The one thing that we most enjoyed working with Simon was that every time when he thought he took a good shot (actually we were sure every shot taken by him was perfect), he would immediately show the shot to us, with a huge smile on his face just like child! It is very rare nowadays to find someone so passionate with their job, and his passion overwhelmed us throughout the whole day. We were touched.
Thank you for capturing these wonderful moments for us. We can’t wait to repeat this experience again on our Wedding Day!
Love
Chloe and Felix
» Continue reading chloe.felix
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