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, [...]]]> 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.

below are my fav “get ready” shots in the morning

ron and her mother

it ’s ready !!!!

the girls

and the boys

Yeah!!! 開門利事 in cash … ..

love this shot, “the waiting bride”

look at that, everyone is so looking forward to seeing the bride !!!!

Oh … … what ?

the tea ceremony

on the way to albert ’s family

the ceremony ’s about to start. ron and her brother

gorgerous !!!!

another side of the ceremony venue.

BTW, guess how could they get a “replacement ring” for the ceremony?

albert, you may kiss the bride … ..

after the ceremony, we had 30 min for some portraits inside the club house. same iron/glass gate, different photos.

reception at Island Shangri La.  nice decoration at the welcoming corridor

about to march in  — — the naughty couple

same day video edit by ken of simon.the.photo

the farewell time – I was hiding behind a door and shooting through the glass. But they could still find me.

lovely !!!! Congratulations !!!!!

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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 [...]]]> a very happy photo session.

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.

we started the day at home with wii  !!!!! yeah !!!!!

2nd location: central. beautiful smile

smile, baby … …

a how we created this beam of light ???

awesome !!!!

3rd location. Pak Nai.  we had beautiful sunset light on the day

gorgeous

one of my fav shot of the day. The background is a small river, love the pattern and love the color.

“behind the scene” of the above shot. One light (with shoot through umbrella), an additional reflector was used as fill light

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Recently I got an email from a bride, she said she got upset on the day because of all the hassles – not enough sleep, [...]]]> 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.

get ready: four seasons hotel
ceremony: repulse bay beach, LSCD Venue
video: Chan Kai

one of my fav shot of the day. I took this at the Stanley Market, BTW, thanks for the very nice dinner.

a few fav shots in the morning

I was challenging myself in this pic. a very dark corridor,  shot by 50 1.2 wide open, all by available light, moving subjects and manual focus.

thomas ‘s mother

it ‘s so warm

changed into wedding gown

:-p

nice weather, nice view, nice location

lots of beautiful details in the ceremony

happy couple enjoying the day. Can you imagine that  the celebrant didn’t show up without any notification just 30 min ago.

congratulations !!!!

we had a special guest – a sea gull

nice sunset shot

stunning !!!!

don’t know how to do the above pose, don’t worry, the crazy simon can do the demonstration for you.

the working team: Chan Kai, karen from yung ‘s harmony, SoFie, Simon and Canly

another night shot at the stanley market

stay tuned for the update of the 2nd day of their wedding.

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a touching summary video prepared by ken of simon.the.photo. Great works!! it may takes 1-2 minutes to buffer before it plays

*Video: charis and kit summary video edit

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BTW, I asked you to guess [...]]]> 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!!
it may takes 1-2 minutes to buffer before it plays

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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 !!

this is really a difficult guess!!!! We took it under the coffee table at the lobby !!! I can still remember how shocked the banquet manager was when she saw us. hahahah, don’t worry, I don’t think I can do it again as it would never get another couple as crazy as Charis and Tsui Kit in the future … … Thanks the bridesmaid taking this photo for us, or no one will believe me.

And I have implemented a new commenting system here, now you can link your facebook, twitter or yahoo identity with this blog and no need to re-enter information everytime. TRY IT and see if it works. Big thanks !!!

(update: OK. can’t make the facebook connect to work, give up, give up … … )

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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 [...]]]> 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 … …

makeup artist: cherry from Makeup Rainbow (don’t miss to go to her blog to see the behind the scene photos from her)

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.

our 1st stop – four seasons in the morning. Just learned a new way of applying texture, love the effect.

nice earings

I almost attached myself to the ceiling to get this shot (haha, just kidding)

the swimming pool inside four seasons –

our 2nd stop – the MGM

our 3rd stop – the 主教山小堂 Chapel on Penha Hill. We arrived there at around 1700h, we thought it was closed at 1900, so we relaxed and the MUA did some make up for Janice again. As soon as we started shooting at 1725, security asked us to leave and the chapel was going to close at 1730. OMG …. ….. we only had 5 min to finish the following two shots …. ….

last stop: the hotel Venetian

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Thanks for everyone ’s blessing.

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 [...]]]> Thanks God.

Thanks for everyone ’s blessing.

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.

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The Catholic Cathedral is not very popular for me, only have [...]]]> 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.

ceremony: Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
reception: peninsula hotel
video: ken of simon.the.photo
wedding planner: Noel Chu

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 !!!

nice rings. taken by the Ricoh GRD III.

a very nice invitation card. Both Ken and I wondered how we could  capture this special metallic feel, finally we decided to put some water drops on it. Not bad ar !!!

wedding gown by Noel Chu. Lots of details !!!

ready !!!

the crying father behind.
Lots of emotion on a wedding day. As a wedding photojournalist, we have to keep focus on what ’s going to happen.
love the layering of this pic

another limo shot during the wait – lucky we had a ceiling light inside – just strong enough to make this shot

the ceremony

“I do”

the crying valerie

don’t cry baby

we are the final wedding of the day, so we could do a few portraits inside after the ceremony.

very special decoration at peninsula

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bed. Ready !!

formula milk. Ready !!

diapers. Ready !!

clothing. Ready !!

Camera. Ready !!

Mama. Ready !!!

PaPa. Ready !!

Shulin. Ready !!

Exciting !!! Our original planned delivery day is Feb 20 (人日), but after the routine check last week, we need to move the date earlier to this coming thusday. Yes !!! Two [...]]]> we are ready for shulin ’s mui mui.

bed. Ready !!

formula milk. Ready !!

diapers. Ready !!

clothing. Ready !!

Camera. Ready !!

Mama. Ready !!!

PaPa. Ready !!

Shulin. Ready !!

Exciting !!! Our original planned delivery day is Feb 20 (人日), but after the routine check last week, we need to move the date earlier to this coming thusday. Yes !!! Two more days to go !!!!

more news will be put on my facebook fans pages and twitter page in next few days !!!

we are giving some practice to shulin for taking care her mui mui

great, shulin !!!. And a little bit like a ” C nine” 仔 already !!!

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Happy wedding is definitely my answer.

lydia and wales ‘ wedding is one of the happiest wedding in last wedding season. Not only we have happy couple, but we have happy wedding party and families as well. I was very [...]]]> one of the most commonly asked question during client meeting is what kind of wedding I like most.

Happy wedding is definitely my answer.

lydia and wales ‘ wedding is one of the happiest wedding in last wedding season. Not only we have happy couple, but we have happy wedding party and families as well. I was very very impressed that when they finished the wedding ceremony, both of their parents came out on stage and gave the blessings to the newly wed. Very very touching !!!!

ceremony and reception: four seasons hotel
video: ken of simon.the.photo

I did the same day photo edit.  click the following link to see the same day photo slideshow

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I think [...]]]> recently, a few of my photographer friends talked about same day edit on their blog or facebook, talking about they got very upset because they didnt’ get respect from their clients. Things like, playing the slideshow during toasting time, when the bride is changing, or even not played without having the photographer being notified.

I think I am lucky as most of my clients love the same day edit very much and I always got lots of good feedback after playing the slideshow.  But I can feel the pain of the other photographers — I can’t say our slideshow is an art or a master piece, but it is definitely done with lots of effort. Think about it, after non- stop shooting from 0800 – 1700,  when I arrive at the hotel, I  start to prepare the slideshow, various steps such as

• downloading photos from memory card to laptop
• going through all photos and select 50-60 photos out of it
• doing some basic photo edit
• creating the slideshow and revise and revise

it can take 3-5 hours preparing all of these, and at the same time, I  have to take break and take some photos during cake cutting, march it, or speech on stage. It ’s almost a non-stop working from 0800 – 2100. You can feel how frustrated it is  if your slideshow is not played properly … …

Love this slideshow of the wedding of rachel and stephen a lot !!! Full of moments and happiness.
And I think I am lucky again, when the slideshow was about to play, the parents suddenly requested the couple do “tea ceremony” for other relatives.  Big big thank you to the MC (Ka Ming) for helping me and changed the rundown a little bit so that the slideshow was not played along with the “tea ceremony” finally. And love to see both rachel and stephen could sit down and enjoy the show. Bravo !!!!!

BTW, happy to see my old client Jimmy, Karina and my friend Lee Wah, long time no see ar !!!

ceremony: Lutheran church
reception: Hyatt Regency Shatin

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I took this pre-wedding session early Jan. Taking pictures of them just likes having a picnic – . Both Joe and I drove our own car on the day, and Joe brought me to lots of interesting locations [...]]]> “A story of a Teacher and a pilot” – that ’s how Michelle describes themselves on her blog.

I took this pre-wedding session early Jan. Taking pictures of them just likes having a picnic – . Both Joe and I drove our own car on the day, and Joe brought me to lots of interesting locations at where I had never took any pre-wedding photos before.

locations: university of polytechnics, Sunny Bay (Yam O), Hong Kong International airport
makeup artist: mandy lee

my fav bridal photo of michelle – a big lawn at sunny bay – one word: “GORGEROUS”

my fav photo of Joe – one word: “型”

1st stop: university of Hong Kong polytechnics. Never thought there are so many nice locations inside poly U

I like this “buy one get one free” photo

our 2nd stop: Sunny Bay

our CRAZY last stop: hong kong international airport

welcome to Hong Kong !!!!

a very nice location – thanks joe brought us there !!!

it rained again at night. Thanks everyone for making this photo – it ‘s very challenging – very cold, wet and dark.

Our crazy team and the “big lawn” at sunny bay

How crazy were we?
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As you know, in Hong Kong, we have two big fireworks show over the Victoria harbour every year (one is on the 2nd day of Chinese new year, the other [...]]]> I believe I am a lucky wedding photographer – always have very nice client, friendly wedding parties and families, beautiful and gorgeous brides at beautiful locations

As you know, in Hong Kong, we have two big fireworks show over the Victoria harbour every year (one is on the 2nd day of Chinese new year, the other is on the 1st of Oct National Day).

In 2009, we had three fireworks show because of the 2009 Asian games opening on Dec 6th.

nothing ‘s luckier than the year of 2009, I had outdoor weddings in two of the fireworks shows and was able to watch the show very close at a very comfortable location. Jennifer and Fan ‘s wedding ‘s one of the two. The couple came from Shanghai to have their wedding in Hong Kong, with only their best friends and close families ‘re invited.

ceremony: Bethanie Chapel
reception: sevva, Central
makeup artist: Man Chan of Miracle

To be honest, I am not very good at shooting fireworks as I didn’t shoot any fireworks before in Hong Kong and tried to avoid the crowded places. Luckily, the photos turned out good, IMHO.

sevva, a very nice location!!!

beautiful shoes with lots of details

very nice QiPao – and Jennifer brought out the best of it !!!!

a moment during the tea ceremony. Love this shot.

changed into wedding gown. Always love to work with Man Chan – she ’s very professional and nice.

we went to HKU for a 30 min location shooting before the ceremony. Here are two of my fav

beautiful chapel as always

congratulations !!!

who is the lucky child?

beautiful wedding gown

jennifer ‘s helping setting up the venue

cake cutting in front of the HSBC, COOL !!!!

love the smiles from mother behind

Fan ‘s speech

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Last few weeks – as busy as usual, no need to mention again – don’t want to bore you … …

What I am going to let you know and surprise you is: Xandra and I are going to [...]]]> Time is fast, it is already Jan 20th of 2010  and this is my 1st post in 2010.

Last few weeks – as busy as usual, no need to mention again – don’t want to bore you … …

What I am going to let you know and surprise you is: Xandra and I are going to have our second daughter next month !!!!!!!!!!! We ‘re so happy and excited for the arrival of this baby. We planned for it long time ago – after we had the 1st baby (Shulin), both of us thought that it would be much much better to have another child so that the two children can  grow up together.

Before Shulin was born, I invited Lawrence to take our first pregnancy photo session. So to be fair to the younger baby, I arranged another photo session last week and we ‘re glad to have Ken Lam (the Kodak UK photographer of the year “2009”) to help us this time.

Even though the weather of the day was not good, we had lots of fun. It was so cold and wet outdoor that we finally decided to have the photo taken in a shopping mall and train station.

Here is a sneak peek. Ken, thanks for your great works, the photos are wonderful and you captured the happiness of my family.

Also great thanks to Canly, polly of faces hk and “Dai E” for all your great help on the day !!!!

More news of the baby coming very soon … …

Love this shot!!! we had this photo taken at the Shatin New Town Plaza shopping hall

babies, babies, babies … …

the working Ken Lam and big thanks to Canly and “Dai E” ‘s help on the day !!!!

our whole team of the day !!!!! Thanks everyone !!!!

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I just had the last weddings yesterday, and will have a few days’ break before the 1st wedding in 2010.

Another beautiful wedding I did on Monday – jennifer and chiu, I did the same day photo slideshow myself. There ‘re so many great images that I had no difficulty [...]]]> can’t imagine that 2009 finishes so fast.

I just had the last weddings yesterday, and will have a few days’ break before the 1st wedding in 2010.

Another beautiful wedding I did on Monday – jennifer and chiu, I did the same day photo slideshow myself. There ‘re so many great images that I had no difficulty preparing the slideshow, it only took me two and a half hour to prepare it (from image transfer, photo selection, editing, slideshow preparation, to video rendering … )

ceremony: bethanie chapel
reception: Harbour Plaza metropolis, Patio
video: ken of simon.the.photo

pls click the following link to see the same day photo slide

here is the same day photo slideshow. it may take 1-2 min to load

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Just a few days left for 2009 and I have 3 more weddings to go before finishing the awesome and wonderful 2009.

The happy thing is -  I don’t have wedding on the new year eve and Christmas eve this year, so finally I can have “count down” with my love [...]]]> merry Christmas and happy new year.

Just a few days left for 2009 and I have 3 more weddings to go before finishing the awesome and wonderful 2009.

The happy thing is -  I don’t have wedding on the new year eve and Christmas eve this year, so finally I can have “count down” with my love ones – Xandra and Shulin. What am I going to do tonight? Honestly, Xandra and I don’t like crowded places at all (Is it a joke for a wedding photographer??), so a quiet night (no work, no email) with my family is the best for me.

Another beautiful wedding to share before the Christmas – Yuki and Roni.

First time to have wedding at the American Club – beautiful location and so happy to work with my friend Evelyn from Marriage Maestros. She is fabulous, with her help, you don’t’ need to worry any details and surly can enjoy your wedding.

ceremony and reception: the American club Hong Kong at Tai Tam
wedding planner: marriage maestros
video: ken of simon.the.photo

my fav of the day !!!!
When I was taking pic of the montage and the head table before the start of the reception, I found roni walking around to practice his speech. Love this moment so much.

always love taking dance shots – it is always a challenge for wedding photographer. Light is always dim, motion is fast, and no rehearsal.
Here are a few of my fav dance shots of the night.

dancing with father

the first dance.

this one is really a challenge. They kept turning and moving in and out. So happy to get this shot with wonderful  color, great emotion, and framing

1300h the groomsmen

the yuki family

1400h Game about to start. Instead of shooting at the very “front line”, sometimes, when we stepped back, we could find something very interesting. Love this photo of Yuki ‘s parents.

funny daddy !!!

1430h tea ceremony

1600h changed into wedding gown and arrived at the American club

1700 h – ceremony at the American club

a “bird eye” view of the venue – a very good location for wedding ceremony

yuki and roni don’t like portrait very much, so we only took around 15 min of portrait for the whole day.

a scene setting shot – love the lighting setup, so colorful !! Great job Evelyn !!!!

2000h – the dinner started

nice moment

maid of honor speech

we had a very nice band and enjoyed the music very much

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“natural” – to be natural, I tried to be as little intrusive as possible on the wedding day, just capture the moment (of course, in a beautiful way)

“happy” – that ‘s difficult, I can only [...]]]> when I met client, one of the most common request of the style of wedding day photo is “happy and natural”

“natural” – to be natural, I tried to be as little intrusive as possible on the wedding day, just capture the moment (of course, in a beautiful way)

“happy” – that ‘s difficult, I can only capture the happiness but couldn’t create it for my client. I have seen so many clients that got upset by little details of wedding or pushed by the fully packed schedule. It is pity that they just couldn’t enjoy the “big day”

If you asked me to choose one of the happiest wedding in this season, janet and edmond  ‘s wedding is definitely one of them. Not only you could always see smiles from them, but truly beautiful smile !!!!!
BTW, Janet looks very very slim and fit. Guess why? ….. ….. She is a yoga instructor …. …. No wonder !!!!

ceremony: bethanie chapel
reception: Aberdeen Marina Club (AMC)
makeup: penny of faces hk
hair stylist: jennifer (worked with her a few times, love her hair styling)
video: ken of simon.the.photo
Civil Celebrant: michael Lai (highly recommend)

my fav bridal portrait of janet

the happy couple

getting ready shots – lots of cameras. From bottom left to right. Janet ‘s boss Nitai, penny from faces, Frances – friend of Janet, and Ken of simon.the.photo

all my team members agree that  Janet can also consider doing toothpastes commercial actress. Beautiful smile and teeth!!!

the “panda” groomsmen

the game

janet and father waiting for edmond and enjoying the game

ceremony at Bethanie Chapel

love this shot – good moment, framing and lighting

I do

I do

a very very beautiful moment

couldn’t hold the tears

a few portraits after the ceremony

at edmond ‘s family

rushing to AMC to catch the final sunset light at the pier

the long and tired tea ceremony time

same day video edit by ken of simon.the.photo
Thanks Janet and Edmond for enjoying the video so much !!!!!
love this sequence of shots

congratulations

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From my experience, after the very busy season from Sept – Dec, I will start to get sick in Jan. This was the case in last two years. But it happened earlier this year, both Canly and I got sick since early dec. It was really tough [...]]]> firstly, let ‘s have a quick update of myself.

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When I started to get well last week and thought that the sickness was over, my daughter Shulin got inflected (from playgroup I believed), and started to vomit since last wed. And after that, my whole family got inflected and we all had vomit and diarrhea since last Thu and Fri. Yes, I had diarrhea, a disaster for a wedding photographer (and I had wedding jobs on last Thu, Sat and Sun).

Thanks that the anti-diarrhea medicine really worked, though I was very tired on the weddings days.

As of today, I am completely recovered and ready for all the challenges again !!!!!

********************

mimi and ramsy ‘s wedding was on last sat. I was blessed that, I had a beautiful and nice bride on the day, with a very handsome groom, and a super happy bridal party. Though I was not feeling very well, the photos turned out great – and it is definitely one of my fav wedding in dec.

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my fav shot of mimi and ramsy of the day

a few of the “getting ready” shots
the “groomsmen” and the bouquet

the girls

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the tea ceremony – the happy mimi ‘s sister

lovely – “mimi is mine, ramsy don’t come close”

mimi had prepared gifts for every bridesmaid

1100 am at Ramsy ‘s family

ready for the ceremony

everyone ‘s ready !!!!

1430 ceremony at the four seasons hotel

love this shot, look at mimi ‘s mother, she started crying already

congratulations !!!!

laughter and tears

who is the lucky bridesmaid?

a few of my fav portraits at four seasons

OH !!!!! So beautiful !!!!!!

love the idea of this group march in

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a thank you speech to parent and family

ramsy ‘s three sisters

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“Hi Simon, I have a special request … … “ asked cordelia.

“ yep, what ‘s that ?”

“I ‘d like to wear glasses in front of the camera, I just can’t get used to my look [...]]]> In my first meeting with cordelia and fred, cordelia had a very special request for me in their engagement photo session.

“Hi Simon, I have a special request … … “ asked cordelia.

“ yep, what ‘s that ?”

“I ‘d like to wear glasses in front of the camera, I just can’t get used to my look without glasses, it is not me!!” replied cordelia.

“No problem, why not?” I answered quickly.

However, after this quick answer. I am thinking if I had any other bride wearing glasses in their photo session – the answer is NO.

Did I see any similar bridal photo photo before on internet – the answer is NO.

sounds interesting and challenging, right?

HI cordelia and fred, thanks and see you soon again in your wedding in Jan 2010

locations: Central, Shek O, home

been to Shek O hundred times. No rush, no planned (or must have) shots required, the day was so relaxed and we just walked around in Shek O,
so happy that I could get this interesting shot at Shek O

Let me introduce the cordelia with glasses

our first location: the old central police station

our 2nd stop: Shek O – very nice color. this is what people calls “海天一色”

last stop: at their home
They love traveling a lot, lots of travel books at home. Peru !!!! What a wonderful place !!!

Hi cord and fred, see you soon.

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