I was very excited last two days as I resumed to work last weekend after my long vacation and I had shoot two weddings. The weather was very bad with rain (heavy !!) most of the time, but the brides ‘re gorgeous and the little rain drops didn’t affect at all. Before the weddings, it was quite busy last week preparing and cleaning all the equipments. It was a mess as I didn’t do any shooting last two months, it took me some time to figure out where I did put all the stuff … …
I ‘ll show you some preview of the last two weddings in next few days, stay tuned … …
Before that, I ‘d like to share ada and lawrence ’s wedding with you (and thanks for Lawrence Tsang ’s referral). This was a small wedding in which ada and lawrence only invited their close friends and families.
The ceremony was held at the garden suite of peninsula, I had shot a few weddings at this location before, but this is my 1st daytime wedding there.
Today supposed to be my first day of work after my long vacation, but we had to postpone it because of the typhoon. Instead of today, I ‘ll resume to work in the coming weekend (two weddings on Sat and Sun) — It is going to be busy very soon as I have a long list of wedding and engagement session to shoot in July … …
I go through some of the photos today and would like to share this "post wedding" session to you. Remember Angie and Martin? they had a wedding on a rainy day in Feb, and we had to cancel all morning activities, so finally I offered them a free 4 hours photo session and that ’s why we had this "post wedding" session 1 week after their wedding.
The more I do "post wedding" shoot, the more I like it. In fact, I found Martin was quite anxious on the wedding day because of the weather and all the logistics, however, without all the pressure and time constraint, I found him enjoy so much in this session
And guess what? after a rainy wedding …. we had afull day of sunshine this time !!!
this was a rainy and cold day. It was so cold that no one liked to stay outdoor for a few seconds.
this is my 2nd time to have a wedding at the beautiful Bethanie Chapel. I love this location a lot, not only because of the beautiful architecture, and I love their booking system as well. When you book this venue, you have a 4 hour session, so you don’t need to rush before and after the ceremony.
Even though we couldn’t go out because of the bad weather, there ‘re so many beautiful locations inside the chapel. I was trying a new concept, inspired by another wpja award winning photographer Dino Lara
My current price list has already been expired on May 31, and I am preparing a new rate for all new bookings. I am sorry to tell you that there will be a 20%-30% increase of my rate in the new price list. Engagement (pre-wedding) and wedding day shooting rate will be adjusted on 15 July and 31 July 8 Aug respectively. If any of you had received my quotation in last two weeks, or you plan to hire me as your wedding photographer, the old rate will be honored if you confirm the booking before 15 July (engagement) and 8 Aug 31 July (wedding day)
(update: 22 July) New rate for pre-wedding session was uploaded at the about page (update: 1 Aug) the existing rate for wedding day photo service will be extended to 8 Aug
So happy to be the wedding photographer of Katherine and Andy. Since they had decided to have an engagement session, we tried to work out a day in last dec / jan, however, both of us ‘re so busy that we couldn’t find a day until after Chinese New Year, and that ’s why this shooting was done on the 4th day of Chinese New year.
Hi Kat and Andy, you ‘re my 1st client in the year of rat and look forward to your wedding in Nov !!!
date: 10 Feb, 2007 locations: University of Hong Kong, Shek O and Central Makeup artist: Polly of faces HK
I found that HKU is getting more and more popular for my clients. I had taken photos at this building several times, but I got a new idea this time. Instead of taking photo at the long staircase behind, I was attracted by the shadow and the texture of the ground. To make the shot even more interesting, I asked Kat to run towards Andy (or the light) to create a motion. This is one of my fav of the day.
thanks so much inviting me as your wedding photographer, you ‘re such a awesome couple and I had lots of fun with you. And thanks for keeping reading my blog, you ‘re always the the first few to leave comment here (even at 0300 or 0400 after mid night). I am already looking forward to your wedding day in Dec !!!!!
date: mid Jan, 2008 photo location: Sheung Wan, Central, University of Hong Kong, Shek O, Central (night shots) make-up artist: kk Chan
love this pic. I was shooting through two layers of windows, which added a lot of texture into the picture
I should have publish this item several hours ago, but I got a crazy crying baby last few hours, she just kept crying no matter what you did. It happens once every few day …. Anyone have any advice?
This is my 1st father ’s day as a father !!!! We didn’t have any celebration, just stayed quietly and safely at home. the little girl grew bigger and bigger, stronger and stronger in last 3 weeks. I really treasured the time with her, the smell, the touch, the smile, the crying … …
my father ’s day present — little angel in my arms. I didn’t have any nice father/daughter photo until today. thanks Xandra for helping me taking this photo, though she was very tired
Fiona ’s wedding was held at the "pearl on the peak" restaurant at the peak, the location gave you a very causal but warm style. This was my first time to be there and both services and food ‘re very good. The ceremony and reception finished at around 1600 and we still got plenty of time taking photos at the peak.
This was a big surprise, when we had the dinner in Central, Fiona told me that my face is very familiar to her. We found out that we met each other before when both of us worked in IT industry xxx (a secret) years ago, and we had a lot of common friends in IT !!!!
date: Jan 13, 2008 ceremony and reception: pearl on the peak location shooting: the peak & running around in central wedding gown: Brides collections from Marriage Maestros, and thanks for Evelyn ’s referral
in the morning. they had a room at four seasons hotel for preparation. By looking at these few photos, you already know they are fun couple to work with
the weather today was wonderful — after a full week of thunderstorm and heavy rain. In case you ‘re working in an office and didn’t have a chance to look at the blue sky, I had taken a few pics to share with you
still remember winnie and raymond ? the cheerful and hyperactive couple that shined on their wedding day in jan. I ‘d like to share the 2nd day of their wedding here, and I can say this is the most entertaining wedding I had ever attended. Not only ‘re winnie and raymond fabulous, but also their families and friends as well. This is awesome !!!!
as a professional jazz dancer, winnie didn’t disappoint us with lots and lots of dance in the reception. And this was my 1st time to see belly dance in a wedding !!!
thanks for your trust on me in your wedding. there is a little story. About 1 month before the wedding, we arranged a pre-meeting to discuss the rundown. However, I forgot to mark it in my personal calendar and made them wait for me in the coffee shop whole night. At that time, I guessed they must be very worry about me … …
On the contrary, they ‘re very nice on their wedding day and showed a lot of trust on me. Big big thanks to you !!!!!
this is the fav of the day. location: the swimming pool at 42/F of the Langham Place Hotel. I decided to go there at around 5:30pm as the weather of the day was very good and we expected that there would be very good light at sunset, and I was right. The cool color reflection from the pool (lucky that we didn’t have other swimmer, the water was very quiet) made the photo even more interesting and gave more contrast.
two people from two different worlds - a HK born half chinese half Korean/Japanese girl and a HK guy, like to see the future of themselves, so they join a Chinese face-reading class a few years ago, at where they met each other and fell in love.
my fav photo of the day. while I was taking a shot of the ballroom, it was so lucky that Nina was just walking back to the bridal room and made it more than just a ballroom shot. I tried a new concept here which was inspired by another great wedding photographer Matt Adcock
today is the birthday (two weeks old) of my baby girl. There ‘re so many new (and bad) things happened last two week … ….
First, I was so glad that I decided to take a long vacation from April to June — the look of the baby kept changing everyday, you just can’t afford not seeing her for just one day. And there ‘re so many "FIRST TIME" for me — first time to bath the baby (it was real exciting and challenging !!! ), to change the diaper, to feed the baby, to hold her in my arms. The baby just needs so much attention from you, apart from sleeping, she will start crying if you don’t hold her in your arms or leave her alone.
I also started to understand the love of a mother, there is so much sacrifice (and pain) for Xandra the few days after the delivery. On day eight, there was a serious bleeding of her, and she had to be admitted to the hospital to have an operation immediately. It was very frightening when I saw all the blood on the bed, the floor, inside the ward. Thanks God, Xandra recovered very very well after the operation and she is very very well.
And I ‘d like to say thank you to your love, your blessings and all the messages on this blog, they are real support for me. And also thanks the beautiful and lovely gifts from Ruby, Stefanie and Veronica, the clothes are so lovely and baby loves them a lot.
Here are a few photos I ‘d love to share with you.
day 10 - 2008: A Space Odyssey, or an Indian dancing baby ?
my 1st wedding in 2008. this was a simple wedding - just an evening reception with friends and families at the Peninsula. However, it was quite challenging for me that David didn’t like wedding photo at all. And we had a whole afternoon free time before the reception started.
I chatted with David and found that he just bought a new DSLR camera a few days ago, so I asked him to take some photos of Pauline in the hotel suite. The moment he started to click click click, he got loosen up very soon, and I got a lot of nice pictures with them.
and look forward to your wedding in Nov !!!
