less is more ... ... stephanie.alan

“Less is more” … … something that everyone knows but not too many people can really do it well.
It’s not uncommon a lot of people ask me question like this,
“there aren’t  many interesting items or programsin my wedding rundown, I’m worrying there is not enough scene for you to take photo, is it ok for you?” … …

my answer is:

having more programs on your wedding day doesn’t mean you ‘ll have more beautiful photos. do you think you can relax and enjoy when your wedding day rundown is fully packed, I have seen so many couple that are completely exhausted even before the banquet because of the non-stop rundown. I always found that my most beautiful photos are always taken in those simple, but warm wedding

less is more, something that stephanie and alan aimed for. No game, no tea ceremony, we even didn’t have a chance to meet alan and his groomsmen before the ceremony. Everything happened inside the hotel, no travelling around and no rush at all. Having said that, with such a simple arrangement, I found that everyone was so relaxed and enjoyed the wedding a lot!  And there ’s  more touching and beautiful moments !!!!

ceremony and reception: grand hyatt hong kong
celebrant: michael lai
video: ken of simon.the.photo
make up artist: Bart Ko

here is their same day video edit … …. you ‘ll see what does “less is more” mean in this video





it 's a beautiful day ... ... wedding video of vanessa and jacky

ken and I always believe that we only capture the moments and emotion in a wedding, we are not creating it, it ’s the beautiful couple that gives us lots of good images and moments.

it ’s not an exception for the wedding of vanessa and jacky, without the beautiful bride and groom, their friendly families, the wonderful wedding party and the awesome wedding planner, we could never capture so many nice pictures and video.

If you have seen the same day photo edit of their wedding before, here is their nice wedding video.

ceremony and reception: four seasons hotel hong kong
video: ken of simon.the.photo
wedding planner: the theme wedding

sam.ryan

I believe that every wedding should be unique, even though you may see the same venue, same hotel, and similar bridal pickup games.

But all the people are different, the dress, the decoration, the family, the light, the smile, the tears are all different, the possibility of photos is just unlimited.

wedding of sam and ryan was early this year,  though a little bit late, it ’s such a beautiful wedding that  I can’t afford not posting their wedding here.

Did you remember sam and ryan? they ‘re the couple that I took the pre-wedding photos at HKU renovation site !!!!

ceremony and reception: grand hyatt hong kong
video: ken of simon.the.photo
makeup artist: joe from hoolala

always having lots of fun taking pictures of them
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vanessa.jacky same day photo edit

just met a client and confirmed a pre-wedding session in july. really feel encouraged as I found more and more clients understand and appreciate my style of wedding photos. Nothing happier than seeing people able to speak out the difference of my photography style to other photographer ’s style.

Let me talk more about this in next few blog posts.

just finished another very happy wedding this week, and love the same day photo edit very much. Hope you like it as well.

ceremony and reception: four seasons hotel hong kong
video: ken of simon.the.photo
wedding planner: the theme wedding (feel so happy to work with a professional wedding planner like them, highly recommend)

the AA same day photo edit

Oh … … almost a month since I post wedding photos, sorry about it.

a same day photo slideshow I did in a wedding during the Easter holiday, really love it !!!! every time  I watched it again in last few days, it recalls my memory of all the happiness in the wedding of annie and angus.

so happy to see annie and angus again after their pre-wedding, which is one of my fav photo session last year (you can see that I have used annie ’s photo in my rate card).

I observed a trend recently that I was shooting more and more alone in wedding , there was no 2nd photographer and I am the only paid photographer for the whole day. I always believe the less no. of crew member on the day, the more natural the wedding couple and the wedding party will look in the camera. Sometimes when I read other photographers ‘ blog showing the large no. of crew member ( multiple photographers,  video cameramen, multiple assistants, the AMAZING list of big and large photo/video equipment …. … ), I just feel curious how they can take picture or video without interrupting the flow of the wedding, without getting attention from all the guests around them.

I am not saying it is suitable to have only one photographer for all weddings, but I am lucky that the style and requirement of most of my clients fit this and I feel very glad about it.

here is the same day photo edit for annie and angus

ceremony: bethanie chapel
reception: peninsula hotel hong kong
video: ken of simon.the.photo
make up artist: Joe of hoolala

you can client the link below for the same day photo edit
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rate adjustment april 2011

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.

beautiful wedding anita.gary

Thank god for giving such a beautiful wedding to kick start the peak wedding season. everything is perfect, gorgeous bride, sweet couple, friendly family and wedding party and all gathered at the beautiful peninsula garden suite.

ceremony and reception: peninsula hotel
make up artist: Mini Chan
video: ken of simon.the.photo
celebrant: anthony lam
decoration: masterpiece wedding decoration

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here is the same day video edit by ken of simon.the.photo
ken tried to challenge himself by using a music only (no lyrics) for this same day edit. Like the feeling, so warm and documentary

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jojo + alfred + video

I promised you before that I ‘ll post more video here, here is another amazing video for JoJo and Alfred.

If you like their pre-wedding photo, the wedding day same day photo edit, don’t miss this wedding day video prepared by Ken

ceremony + reception = island shangri la
make up artist = Zi Wan of violet
wedding planner = pink wedding
music and band = ME2 production
decoration = The Mozz
video = ken of simon.the.photo