this is the 2nd day of the wedding of clara and thomas. All bridal pickup game, Chinese rituals, and the wedding ceremony were done on day 1, so the 2nd was pretty relaxing. We didn’t start shooting until 11:00 pm, thanks for that, lots of good sleep the night before. We started shooting at Central, thought I have done uncounted no. of shooting here, this is my 1st time to have shooting here on a Sunday morning.
Central on sunday morning is very very different. It ’s so quiet, not many people and traffic. Though it ’s almost middle of the day, but we could still find beautiful directional sunlight through the gaps of the buildings.
I had mentioned in my previous blog post that both clara and thomas ‘re very nice couple. Working with them is such a joyful experience. Not only are they nice to us, but they are nice to each other as well – always heard “辛苦晒你啊，老公” from Clara throughout the whole day. Canly told me that she really felt the words “相敬如賓” from them. very impressed.
Remember I mentioned before that there is no perfect wedding but surprises.
enjoyed a lot to be the wedding photographer of ron and albert. such a nice and happy couple, no matter what happened … …
Just 5 min before the wedding ceremony to be started, they suddenly found that they left the wedding rings in hotel, and no way they could manage to get it back on time … ….
At that time, I was really worrying myself and thought they ‘re going to be very very upset and might start to blame others. Didn’t dare to say anything but keep silence (BTW, should I keep on shooting photos if they start arguing, look very upset … … wedding photojournalism ??? ) To my surprise, just within 1 min, they smiled again and forgot about it completely, looked like nothing happened. If I don’t tell you this here, you would not notice at all in the photos below.
I was really impressed by this couple, even though I have been to uncounted number of weddings before. I couldn’t stop myself asking albert at night “How can you be such a happy guy?”
Wish I can have such a happy and nice couple in all my wedding works.
ceremony: club house of Leighton Hill
reception: island shangri la
video: ken of simon.the.photo
some of my fav bridal shots of ron. all taken at the club house
I think I am very lucky, how come all my clients are so beautiful. this photo was shot under available light, we had very beautiful and directional sun light from the window. straight from camera, just a little bit burn and dodge. BTW, love her dress, lots of details, and she looks very very slim !!!
like this iron/glass gate a lot. by putting a flash behind, the glass could already give a very beautiful diffused light.
the ceremony location. very nice, isn’t it?
it was challenging as the ceremony started at 1200pm, we had a sunny day with harsh light coming almost overhead.
I did several anniversary sessions every year, and I always love doing it. Why ??? It is not uncommon that most grooms are not interested in wedding photos, so if a man love to do another photo session with his wife after wedding, the session usually turns out very very sweet !!!!
look forward to this session for a long long time, as they booked it almost 1 year before their wedding (even though I was not their wedding day photographer), so it was booked almost two years before. Thank hazel and derek for having me as your anniversary photographer, really enjoyed a lot on the day.
locations: home, central, Pak Nai, Gold Coast (night shoot)
both hazel and derek love taking photo and they took their DSLR on the day.
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No matter how much you have planned, there are always surprises on a wedding day. I ‘ve seen lots of bride got upset and ruin the mood and her own wedding.
Recently I got an email from a bride, she said she got upset on the day because of all the hassles – not enough sleep, rushing schedule, the arguing wedding party … … My respond is, from my experience, there is no perfect wedding, no matter how much you have prepared. And that ‘s all these “little surprises” that make your wedding memorable and unique.
I love the wedding of clara and thomas a lot. It ‘s so relaxing on the day, not only they separated the wedding into two days, but they are indeed very relaxing, nice, easy going couple.
Something really terrible happened on the day. They planned to have the wedding ceremony at 3:30 pm. Guess what? the celebrant didn’t show up before 3:45pm, and there ‘s no phone call, no message from her. To my surprise, Clara didn’t get upset at all, and she could still enjoy and have fun with her friends. I was really impressed. Happy couple is happy couple, nothing can stop them enjoying the day.
This is my 1st time to have wedding at the government LCSD wedding venue (there are six of them). What a good idea, but I believe there is a lot can be done and improved by the government. We had the ceremony at the repulse bay beach, very very nice location, but all the facilities are very minimal (and raw, I can say), not up to a modern wedding venue standard. Not to mention, the restroom is very very far away … … Hope it can be improved in the future and don’t waste this beautiful scenic location.
remember the story of “a box of love“ of charis and tsui kit?
a touching summary video prepared by ken of simon.the.photo.
Great works!!
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BTW, I asked you to guess where I took the following photos in Four Seasons. Sorry, I almost forgot to give you the answer. Click the following link to SEE !!
Happy Chinese New Year. This is my 1st post after CNY.
After the birth of mui mui, these few days are very very tired. Not enough sleep, lots of home/baby tasks, non-stop photo editing … … Lucky that mui mui was born during the wedding low season (of course, it ’s planned), or I don’t know how to handle at all.
This is the e-session of janice and anson – the last assignment just before CNY. My 2nd time to have e-session in Macau. Is it a coincidence? Janice also prefers taking hotel indoor photos to outdoor locations, so, other than the 主教山小堂 Chapel on Penha Hill, we didn’t go to any Macau scenic locations.
I referred this e-session as macau hotel tour because we had arranged to shoot in all the new hotels – four seasons, MGM, Venetian … …
four seasons at night. Love this shot !!! Thanks janice ’s patience for us, it was so cold and it took some time for us to set up the lightings. There ‘re a total of 4 lights. 3 of them for the umbrellas behind janice and another one for janice herself.
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shulin ’s mui mui was born this morning with a weight of 2.4kg. Xandra ’s safe though has pain at the wound at the moment
it ’s my second time watching the birth of a baby, yet it’s still very amazing for me. The baby is so small and fragile, have to be handled with extreme care.
My parents helped me to take the following photos in the evening. Loving!!
Thought I am very tired now as I got little sleep in last two nights (and still need to do some retouching works now), but I am too excited and can’t wait to share the photos of mui mui with all of you.
Which church is the most popular among simon ’s client? I ‘d definitely say the St. Margaret church and the Bethanie Chapel (though Bethanie is not an church officially). I can go to these two places almost once every 1-2 weeks during the peak season.
The Catholic Cathedral is not very popular for me, only have 4-5 weddings there every year. Personally, I don’t like all these big catholic church, specifically, their arrangement on wedding day. All of them just look like a wedding factory (sorry about this term), 4-5 weddings a day, one after the other, crowed with all different groups of people, time is always very tight and makes people nervous.
Have said that, all these catholic Churches are very beautiful, both outside and inside. I shot the wedding of Valerie and Andrew at the Catholic Cathedral in last wedding season. Love this couple – always had smile on their face, especially Andrea, you could hear the big laughters from him (something like haha haha) throughout the whole day.
Love the following pic a lot. My fav shot of valerie of the day. When we arrived, there ‘re so many people at the church (from previous wedding). And Valerie had to wait inside the limo as there is no bridal room there … … Look at the way Valerie looking at the church, you can see how much she looked forward to her own wedding. Always love this kind of window reflection shot, the results are always unexpected !!!
» Continue reading wedding of valerie and andrew at Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
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