Posting date: April 7th, 2011 | Category: My Blogs, engagement (pre-wedding), personal, video | With immediate effect, there will be an increase of my rate for wedding day video service. The new rate card was post here. If you have received my formal quotation of wedding day video this week, it is advised to settle the deposit before end of this week to entitle for the old rate.
I am sorry to tell you that there will be an increase of my rate for engagement (pre-wedding photo) session on 1st May, 2011 The new rate card will be released on May 1st , 2011. If you plan to hire me as your pre-wedding photographer, the old rate will be honored if you confirm the booking (with deposit arranged) before 1st May, 2011.
All bookings will be charged at the new rate afterward.
Posting date: April 25th, 2010 | Category: My Blogs, baby, family photo, personal | My assistant canly left a message to me yesterday and reminded me that I haven’t updated the blog for over 1 month. I was really shocked !!!! I know it ’s long, but never imagine it ’s over 1 month already !!!!!
Last two months ‘re really busy (both business and personal). I have stopped shooting for two months since the birth of my 2nd daughter in February, yet the two little girls and all the photo post processing works kept me busy. Since entering April, the schedule was getting more and more crazy, packed with 3 to 4 weddings and pre-wedding sessions every week. The break in Feb / Mar just pushed everything into April … …
A few updates … …
My name is Shuyan (書恩)
Sorry to let you know late that my 2nd daughter was named Shuyan. A very lovely baby, but she doesn’t like to be alone, whenever she ’s awake and finds nobody next to her, she will start to cry. Once I sit next to her and start talking to her, she will stop crying and begins to smile. So lovely !!!!
photos of Shuyan and her Kung Fu sister.
shulin and her friends
How about shulin? she is no longer a little baby any more. She is a BIG girl now. Can’t imagine she can grow up so fast. Started to speak a lot in last two months, learned to count from 1 to 10, don’t like us to feed her any more, instead, she like to hold the spoon and eat by herself (of course, half portion of the meal is on the ground finally … …)
shulin and her friends .. … ah pooh, amanda and rabbit
something big happened last week … … we bought a new bed for shulin — a bed without fence. now she can climb up and get off the bed all by herself
Simon.the.Studio
Another big thing happened this month. I opened my own studio!!!! Everything happened very fast — it took less than one week from the day having an idea of my own studio, finding a property agent, looking for space to confirming the apartment.
I always thought it was a miracle that, without a studio, I could be able to shoot hundreds of wedding in last five years. Bring a 17″ laptop and meeting clients in coffee shop and cafe was not a easy task and not a very pleasant experience for all my clients as those places are getting more and more crowded and noisy. Really have to say big thank you to all the clients that trusted me and booked me in last few years.
I do think all my clients should have a better place for meeting me and seeing my works, the new studio is in SoHo, Central — a very pleasant location, especially at night, and very convenient for my clients (it is only 15 min walk from one IFC, along the mid level escalator) . With a fixed location, now I can show you more albums, more photos, and with a much bigger screen (there is a 110″ projector screen installed in the studio !!!!)
finally, let me update more wedding and prewedding photos in next few days !!!
the location of the studio at night
studio on google map
Posting date: May 5th, 2009 | Category: My Blogs, personal | Comments are closed My current rate card post on the blog has already been expired on dec 31, 2008 (yes, expired five months ago), but I didn’t have time to update it. Now I am preparing a new rate card for all new bookings. I am sorry to tell you that there will be an increase of my rate for wedding day photo, video and pre-wedding photo session. The new rate card will be released on May 18, 2009. 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 (with deposit arranged) before 18 May.
All bookings will be charged at the new rate afterward.
(updated: 20 May) new rate card uploaded to the "about me / rate card" page
Posting date: March 30th, 2009 | Category: My Blogs, personal | just got an email from WPJA (wedding photojournalist association) last weekend that all the results of the 2004 2008 Q4 contest are released. I am so pleased to let you know that three of my photos have been awarded in the Q4 contest. And the better news is: together with my other 3 wins in 2008 Q2, I am ranked as the top 15 artistic wedding photojournalists in the overall 2008 photo contest.
Don’t miss to go through the wpja.com and agwpja.com to see all the winning photos, there are so many good photos, and definitely get inspired.
click here to see the complete photographer ranking. And congrats to Dino from Philippines, he is the only Asian wedding photographer that get into the top 5 !!!!
photo from wedding of irene and alexis. ranked 12th in the “ceremony” category
photo from wedding of iris and sunny. ranked 18th in the “Full Frame Black & White” category
photo from the wedding of julie and rob. ranked 19th in the “get ready” category
Posting date: February 28th, 2009 | Category: My Blogs, engagement (pre-wedding), personal | This was a busy week since last Friday – with 3 pre-weddings and 3 weddings – a kick-off of the busy March coming ahead.
the weather was not very good recently – very wet and foggy most of the time, that made all the clients of the pre-wedding session very nervous before the photo shooting day. However, it turned out that we had beautiful weather in last 3 sessions – we got beautiful sunset at Sam Mun Tsai (三門仔) for ada and joe, wonderful sunlight at Shek O (and a very very clear sky at the peak) for calise and michael, and today, another beautiful sunset at the Stanley Military Cemetery for gigi and victor.
We ‘re lucky, aren’t we ???
the beautiful view at the stanley military cemetery today !!!!
Stay tuned … … will try to update the photos of all these sessions very soon. Had to sleep now for the early wedding tmr 
Posting date: February 19th, 2009 | Category: My Blogs, personal | wow!! so fast. Time for our simon.the.photo annual spring dinner again.
Hi everyone,
thanks for all your support. Without your help, I can never capture so many beautiful pictures in last 12 months.
Let’s rock the year 2009 again!!!!!!
love,
Simon
you can click the pic below to see who is who. and Canly, thanks for your help arranging this dinner
Posting date: August 11th, 2008 | Category: My Blogs, personal | (Updated 19 Aug, 2008)
Thanks for everyone ’s interest, the vacancy is filled up already
Hi everyone, do yo like to work with Simon in weddings? I am now hiring a contracted assistant working from Sept – Dec, 2008
if you have the following characters and abilities, you ‘re the one I am looking for
* Cheerful & out going
* Prepare to carry heavy equipments for me
* Can work under pressure — I always shout at my assistant
* very flexible on the working day (please expect to work on all Sat / Sun)
The assistant ‘ll helps me in the following areas
* taking care of Simon in a wedding
* taking care of all equipments
* setting up lighting equipments
* helping simon communicate with the clients
* shooting in some occasions
The assistant are expected to work around 15-20 days each month, If you are interested, please send me an email you information, working experience, recent photo, and expected salary to wedding (at) simonthephoto.com
有無興趣跟 simon 在婚禮中一起工作？ 我現正招請為期四個月(9月至12月)的攝影助手
如你覺得自已
- 性格開朗
- 能夠應付笨重的攝影器材
- 不怕婚禮攝影工作的壓力
- 有星期六，日也要工作的心理準備
我相信你絕對可以應付道份工作。
至於攝影助手的工作範圍包括：
- 照顧simon及simon的攝影器材
- 預備燈光器材
- 跟客人溝通
- 間中亦要拿起相機影相
每個月大約須要工作15-20天。
立即行動！！把你的個人簡歷，近照，要求工資電郵至 wedding (at) simonthephoto.com
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