http://blog.simonthephoto.com I love taking pictures of weddding !! Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:00:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en still remembered the karate master Black and amazed by his awesome jump on the beach - which splashed water onto my camera. Here are the final photos I 'd like to share with you date: April 2008 Locations: Nam Sang Wai, Shek O, Central make up ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2008/08/21/a-photo-session-with-a-karate-master-esther-and-black/ I am so excited to share the good news with you. The Artistic Guild of Wedding Photojournalist Association [AG]WPJA just announced their Q2 wedding photo contest last Saturday, when I read their web site, I couldn't believe that I was ranked as the top 4th artistic wedding photojournalist in this ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2008/08/18/simonthephoto-ranked-top-4th-photographer-in-the-08-q2-agwpja-contest/ I love taking photos in Central, I can easily find locations with good color, texture, and light. I had taken numerous pre-wedding sessions in Central, but this was the first time leading over 25 persons. Both mei-kee and söeren came from Germany, now working in India and chose Hong Kong for ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/08/14/having-fun-in-central-wedding-of-mei-kee-and-seren/ (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 ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2008/08/11/we-re-hiring/ I should have updated this blog a few days ago, but I have to admit that I was a little bit lazy, and spent lots of time playing with shulin. Recently, the temperature is so high that it becomes very difficult to have any photo session outdoor, so I must find ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2008/08/07/learn-how-to-escape-from-the-heat-for-a-photo-session-in-summer-e-session-of-christie-and-ronald/ Christina and Johnny planned to have this session in April, but Christina got her ankle hurt so we had to delay until last week. date: 23 July, 2008 locations: Wetland park, big wave beach, the Peak As it 's getting more and more difficult to shoot outdoor in ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2008/08/01/the-heat-must-go-on-e-session-of-christina-and-johnny/ I feel very sorry that I didn't blogged andrea and ken 's wedding for a long time. Every time I talked to audrea on email and phone, she was so eager to see her photos here (even after she got all the photos already ... ...) Last few months were ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/07/29/wedding-of-andrea-and-ken-at-bethanie-and-intercontinental/ I had been to Wetland Part three times in last 7 days and it was so hot there. Have you read the appledaily today? they found out that it was over 46 C in the afternoon there. 46C, can you believe it ?????? If you like to have photos there, ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/07/25/no-wonder-it-s-so-hot-in-wetland-park/ when I read the newspaper this morning, I learned that yesterday, so far,  was the hottest day of this year, no wonder we felt so hot yesterday!!!! When we were at the Wetland Part in the afternoon, we just couldn't stay outside. Finally, we only spent around 30 min outdoor, ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2008/07/22/the-hottest-day-this-year-e-session-of-carmen-and-philip/ a happy wedding last Sat. I always found that I am so lucky that all my clients are so happy and friendly on their wedding day, and this is not an exception for vienna and tony. Not only they are fabulous, but also their families, wedding parties, friends and students ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/07/21/a-happy-couple-that-every-wedding-photographer-loves-vienna-and-tony/ it rained most of the time in last few weeks, several photo sessions 're postponed. When I talked to Ben last week, he told me that he would go ahead the photo session on last Monday (14 July) no matter it rained or not. What a great man !!! So ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2008/07/18/a-hot-and-sunny-day-in-wetland-park-e-session-of-karen-and-ben/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/video/2008/07/12/wedding-video-of-jolly-and-esmond/ So happy to have my friend Claudia of playground photography visited us three weeks ago. Just give you some information of playground, they are very specialized in kid and baby photo on location and definitely one of the best in town. We didn't plan to do any photo, but when ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2008/07/07/simonthebaby-playground/ The story began on a Christmas night ... Kevin went to the Christmas ball at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the second he found fiona, he already knew she 's the one of his life. The love inside pushed him to make a "first move" -- inviting a girl ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/07/05/love-at-the-first-sight-wedding-of-the-fiona-and-kevin/ Hi All, Thanks for all your support, available dates from Sept to Dec 2008 are all fully booked, I am sorry that I can't take any new order (wedding, pre-wedding, post-wedding ... ...) for this period. If you 'd like to engage me for pre-wedding photo session, the earliest available date ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2008/07/04/full-booking-from-sept-dec-2008/ If you have seen the wedding photos of winnie and raymond before (day 1 and day 2), you 'd expect that their wedding video should be very amazing as well. Take a look of this video and you will know more about this awesome couple !!!! filming and editing: Ken of simon.the.photo[HTML3] http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/video/2008/07/01/the-amazing-wedding-video-of-winnie-and-raymond/ 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 ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/06/30/wedding-of-ada-and-lawrence-at-peninsula-garden-suite/ 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 ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/post-wedding/2008/06/25/post-wedding-session-angie-and-martin/ 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 ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/06/23/wedding-of-christy-and-edwin-at-langham-place-hotel/ (sticky post) Hi all Brides and Grooms, 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 ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2008/06/22/hi-hi-all-brides-and-grooms-rate-adjustment/ 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, ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2008/06/21/e-session-katherine-and-andy/ HI Veron and Thomas, 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 ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2008/06/16/e-session-of-veronica-and-thomas/ 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 ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2008/06/16/happy-father-s-day/ 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 ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/06/12/wedding-of-fiona-and-raymond-at-the-pearl-on-the-peak/ 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[HTML1]*** use keyboard arrow keys for navigation ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/landscape/2008/06/11/photo-taken-today/ 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 ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/06/11/the-wedding-of-winnie-and-raymond-at-peninsula-hotel-hongkong/ Hi agnes and jim, 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 ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/06/07/wedding-of-agnes-jim-at-langham-place-hotel/ it is a destiny. 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. date: ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/06/06/wedding-of-nina-and-james-at-four-seasons-hotel-hong-kong/ I feel glad to be part of this wedding (a referral from roma) . Sharon is a lady with a very strong character, and Seb is a romantic french gentleman. date: 3 jan, 2008 ceremony and reception: Harbour Plaza Metropolis, Patio. the first dance ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/06/04/wedding-of-sharon-and-seb-at-harbour-plaza-metropolis-patio/ 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 ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2008/06/03/simonthebaby-the-1st-two-weeks/ 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 ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/06/02/wedding-of-pauline-and-david-at-peninsula-hong-kong-hotel/ looking at this video clip recalls all the memories I had for the wedding of linny and tony on the Christmas day last year. This was a very simple wedding (their theme is "Love is Simple"), but it was very touching for me, especially all the ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/video/2008/05/29/wedding-video-of-linny-and-tony/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/video/2008/05/29/wedding-video-of-michelle-joseph/ do you like my new HTC mobile phone wall paper? http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2008/05/24/my-new-htc-phone-theme/ When I have meetings with my clients, a lot of the brides tell me their fiance doesn't smile, doesn't like wedding photo ... .... Peter is an exception. He enjoyed the wedding so much, and he could sing a song, read a Chinese love poem to Anissa anytime, anyplace. His ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/05/24/wedding-of-anissa-and-peter-at-eaton-hotel/ date: 28 dec, 2007 ceremony and reception: Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club makeup artist: Joann of faces HK my fav of the day. After the ceremony, One shot and I brought Christine and Sam to the swimming pool for a 15 min portrait session. It 's just after sunset so ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/05/22/wedding-of-christine-and-sam-at-the-clearwater-bay-golf-and-country-club/ hello everyone, thanks for your blessings !!!!! !!!! My little baby girl was born on 20 May morning, with a weight of 2.6kg. We 're so excited (or nervous) the night before that neither Xandra nor I could sleep the night before. Yesterday was a busy day, sending all the SMS, ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2008/05/21/the-simonthephoto-family/ When I first met Irene and Peter, I thought they 're a quiet couple, but I was wrong. They 're so out going and ready for anything that 're new and exciting to them. They purposed to me that they 'd like to take some photos on the Star Ferry ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2008/05/20/engagement-session-irene-and-peter/ it is always a honor to be invited as the wedding photographer of another wedding photographer and I feel extremely honored as DM is a very talented photographer (he is always one of my recommended photographer on my list). DM (D = Tak or Duck, M=Mabel) is a special couple, ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/05/16/wedding-of-dmwedding/ when anne and thomas decided to marry and gave the good news to their parents, Anne 's parents booked the St. Margaret Church for their wedding within 3 hours!! Guess what ... .. they 're married there 31 years ago !!!!! date: 21 dec, 2007 ceremony: St. Margaret ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/05/15/wedding-of-anne-and-thomas/ two little lovers. In szewan 's eyes ---- wingkei is perfect, in wingkei 's eyes --- szewan is his princess. The prince and princess married on dec 16, 2007 and then happy and happy forever ... .... date: dec 16, 2007 ceremony: Fairview Park Alliance Church reception: Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel when ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/05/13/when-the-prince-marry-the-princess-wedding-of-szewan-and-wingkei/ date: 15 dec 2007 ceremony: St. Margaret ’s Church reception: mandarin oriental Hong Kong in the afternoon, we had the chance to have a photo session at the sky club of the arch, which is located on the 60th floor. Here is a conference room, we closed the wooded blinds and ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/05/13/wedding-of-nancy-and-daniel/ it 's a happy day. On Monday, Xandra and I went back to the Chinese university of HK  (CUHK) at where we first met long long time ago. Thanks Lawrence for helping me to take the photos -- they are absolutely stunning and both Xandra and me love them a ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2008/05/10/a-happy-day-xandra-and-simonthephoto/ Hi everyone, I am pleased to announce that I am going to be a father this month (around end of this month)!!!!! That's why I am taking a long long vacation from April to June, I don't want to be away or working when the baby arrives. I was so ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2008/05/03/my-long-vacation/ This was a very exciting photo session -- vivian and km brought me to some of the places that I never been to before, so you 're going to see some pre-wedding photos very different from what I 've shown you before. hand in hand, walked in the countryside under ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2008/04/29/engagement-session-vivian-and-km/ one of my fav wedding in dec. the love, the vow they exchanged, the song they sang ... 're all very touching -- that made all of us cry in the ceremony. Eunice is such a nice and lovly girl ... Dickson, you 're a lucky man !!!!!! date: dec 9, ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/04/29/a-touching-wedding-eunice-and-dickson/ Last Friday I just shot my last e-session before my long vacation (May - June).  Esther and Black was such a great couple that they always had something amazing to show in front of my camera. pls click the following link to see the video As a master of karate, he 's ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2008/04/28/last-photo-session-before-my-long-holiday-esther-and-black/ I promised to upload the day 2 of fiona and sing fung today. As we already had all the Chinese rituals on the 1st day, the rundown on dec 8 was not very tight. we didn't start taking photo until 1000 in the morning. Then we went to the Stanley ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/04/28/wedding-of-fiona-and-sing-fung-day-2-at-st-anne-s-church-at-stanley-market/ this is day 1 of the wedding of fiona and sing fung. the rundown is simple: we had bridal pickup game, tea ceremony, then the whole wedding party went to the Central for photos session. After two days of engagement session, Sing Fung was so good in front of the ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/04/27/wedding-of-fiona-and-sing-fung-day-1/ Hi, I keep the promise to upload the "post wedding" photos of minako and sam today. Before the wedding, we planned to have an e-session, but it turned out that both mina and sam 's schedule 're too tight that we couldn't make it finally. Instead, just 4 days after ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/post-wedding/2008/04/22/post-wedding-of-minako-and-sam/ Just met minako again last week to discuss her album, her wedding and (and the photos as well ) is so beautiful that she decided to upgrade to a 80 pages album and one additional big big hand-made album. And got a great news from her, she is ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/04/20/wedding-of-minako-and-sam/ Wow !!!! I believe this blog will hit the 200,000th mark tonight !!! When you see this post, please take a look at the counter at the bottom left and see if you 're the 200,000th visitor. Please drop a message to me so that I know who hit the ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2008/04/20/the-200000th-visitor-of-this-blog/ Another fav wedding in dec. I not only had a great time with tiffany and clement, but also with their wedding party and parents as well. BTW, Clement, your honeymoon photos at the "South Pole" are awesome !!!! date: dec 12, 2007 ceremony and reception: peninsula hong kong, garden ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/04/20/wedding-of-tiffany-and-clement-at-peninsula-garden-suite/ I have shared with you some photos of the amazing wedding of wendy and gordon two weeks ago. We just finished their summary video. This video was produced and edited by our new 2nd video team which was formed early this year. Filming and editing: Tomoko of Simon.The.Photo [HTML1] http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/video/2008/04/19/a-beautiful-video-on-a-beautiful-day/ both isabella and richard came from shanghai and had their wedding at Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong. Before the wedding day, I only had the chance to meet richard, but I couldn't meet Isabella until the wedding day. As a girl from Shanghai, I found Isabella very special compared ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/04/18/wedding-of-isabella-and-richard-at-four-seasons-hotel-hong-kong/ what a great party !!! I always love taking photo of of bar mitzvah party, there is always something new and interesting. This 's not an exception for Jeremy 's party. The theme of the party is "Jeremy Resort and Casino", of course, we had a lot of gambling games and ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/barmitzvah/2008/04/09/the-jeremy-resort-and-casino-bar-mitzvah-of-jeremy/ Hi All, (this is a sticky post - stayed at the top of the blog for a while) We just finished the busy season from Jan - Mar and I am going to take a long, long vacation from April - June (more on this vacation later). This vacation is planned ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2008/04/07/weekends-in-oct-nov-and-dec-2008/  Still very tired ... ... Yesterday I shot the wedding of Winnie and Raymond. this is one of the most entertaining wedding I 've ever attended. Will post some photos later this week. Wake up very early this morning. Wow !!! just make it to see the beautiful sunrise!!! When I thought ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2008/04/07/good-day-or-bad-day/ I love Jeff 's works a lot. As he is one of the top ten wedding photographer in the world, I am always amazed at his Black & White works. If you love Black & White wedding photos, you can't miss looking at his works He was recently featured in the ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/wedding_photographers/2008/04/06/jeff-ascough-featured-oncanon-professional-network/ this is my first anniversary shoot !!! Rizzo and Carry got married in dec 2006. As the weather was very bad on their wedding day, we didn't have time to get fun photos of them. I thought it was an awesome idea when they asked me to shoot their wedding anniversary. shooting ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/anniversary/2008/04/05/an-anniversary-shoot-rizzo-and-carry/ Be prepared !!!! This set of wedding photos is very different from what you have seen before in my blog. Winnie and Raymond 's wedding was in early 2008. The wedding was very simple, no game, no tea ceremony, they just planned to have a few hours of outdoor shooting ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/04/02/wedding-of-winnie-and-raymond/ I always believe wedding photography is one of the most meaningful photography, compared to, say, fashion, interior, commercial, model  or other photography work .... .... While you 'll look at your wedding photos 10 or 20 years later, remind you all the happy moments --  will you look at a ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/04/01/wedding-of-stefanie-and-duncan-at-bea-river-country-club/ it 's really a beautiful day. It 's my pleasure to work (or have fun) with such an amazing bridal party. After the church ceremony, the whole party went to the Central for some location shooting. You might think it was very difficult to manage such a big group on ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/03/28/it-s-a-beautiful-day-wedding-of-wendy-and-gordon-at-methodist-international-church/ I was always asked by my wedding couples what color of dress, what decoration, or location will help me to take good wedding photos. My answer is they are not important to me. What makes wedding photos beautiful is the people inside the pic. If you and your friends and families enjoy ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/03/21/a-beautiful-wedding-elaine-and-jonathan/ This month is a month of Bar Mitzvah for me, I have a total of five bar mitzvah ceremonies and parties to shoot. The first one is James 's on last Sunday. I am so happy to see Fiona 's family again, I love them so much !!! The theme ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/barmitzvah/2008/03/17/it-s-bar-mitzvah-month-james/ As I am only a freelance wedding photographer (without an office or studio, & no one help me to pick up phone call and replying email) , I never thought I could have a chance to be part of a big wedding. This is my biggest wedding in 2007 - ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/03/16/biggest-wedding-2007-hui-kwan-and-clarence-at-hkcec/ So excited to be the photographer for the wedding of Emily and Paul. The first time I met them was back in mid 2006 and I did their engagement photo in Nov 2006. In last few months, more and more of my clients chose to have a wedding lunch reception ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/03/04/wedding-of-emily-and-paul-at-harbour-plaza-metropolis-patio/ I had so much fun to shoot the engagement session of candy and clifford (this was done on 20 Nov 2007) . They are the kind of couple that I don't need to give any guideline or instruction for shooting --they just never stop running, dancing, playing and laughing in ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2008/03/01/a-fun-e-session-with-candy-and-clifford/ I shot the wedding of Angie and Martin last Saturday at AMC. As they already had the ceremony at Thailand a few months ago, we had plenty of time in the morning and our original plan was having outdoor location shooting from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. However, as the weather ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/02/25/wedding-of-angie-and-martin-at-aberdeen-marina-club-amc/ 2008 is going to be a very busy year, the outlook is very good with over 70 wedding, engagement and Bar Mitzvah shootings already booked. Hai and Minh was the 1st engagement session I did in Jan. They are from Vietnam and they chose Hong Kong to take their engagement photos. ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2008/02/25/my-1st-engagement-session-in-2008-hai-and-minh-from-vietnam/ Hi All, Happy valentine's day and wish you all having a wonderful and sweet time with the one you love. I am preparing a dinner for Xandra tonight, and most likely, going to turn the kitchen into a mess. http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2008/02/14/happy-valentine-s-day/ the wedding of Zoe and Mawgan was on 14 Nov 07 at the St. John's Cathedral which is a very beautiful church, with lots of details. The last time I shot a wedding here was back in Sept 2005. The shooting this time was very challenging -- as the wedding ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/02/14/wedding-of-zoe-and-mawgan-at-st-johns-cathedral/ this is one of my fav wedding in Nov 2007. As their ceremony was at 6:00pm, we got plenty of time in the afternoon for location shooting. We walked around in Central and explored a lot of interesting locations. Mei and Allen,  like all of my couples are friendly, and ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/02/10/wedding-of-mei-and-allel-at-island-shangri-la/ Kung Hei Fat Choi from simon.the.photo (Left to Right) Vicky, Simon, Xandra, Esther, Siu B, Ken, Rainbow  & Chi MIn (under the table)   http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2008/02/07/happy-chinese-new-year/ I always love to shoot destination wedding -- all the guests can relax and  enjoy the wedding day very much. Wendy and Paulo 's wedding was on Oct 30- Nov 1, 2007 at Hua Hin of Thailand. They decided to have the wedding there as Wendy loved this place very much. the ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/destination-wedding/2008/02/05/destination-wedding-of-wendy-and-paulo-at-hua-hin/ I was very excited to be the photographer of Melanie and Kevin 's wedding. Not only are they fun persons to work with, but their wedding is full of emotion as well. Date: 10 Nov 2007ceremony:  "Plateau" (the pool house) of Grand Hyatt  reception: Grand Hyatt the first dance What a bride!!! and ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/01/29/wedding-of-melanie-and-kevin/ Both Natalie and Simon are busy persons. The first time I met Simon was in his office and I didn't have a chance to meet Natalie before the wedding day. But the second I met her, Natalie was such a sweet and friendly bride and it 's a pleasure to take ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/01/29/wedding-of-natalie-and-simon-at-four-seasons-hotel-hong-kong/ Hi everyone, it has been a long long time since I last updated the blog. So what was I doing? Nov and Dec 're the most busiest months in 2007, just Dec alone, I got 17 weddings (and pre-wedding) to shoot. Since 1st Jan, I have been very very busy ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2008/01/24/my-last-wedding-in-2007-cynthia-and-jeffrey-at-four-seasons-hong/ Just came back from Shek O. Today I shot the portrait of James,  for his bar mitzvah in March. I shot the bar mitzvah of Robert (James 's brother) in 2006 and I have been waiting for James 's turn for a long long time. As James is a rugby lover, ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/portrait/2008/01/16/bar-mitzvah-of-james-part-i/ I was very surprised when I received gifts from my clients, I felt very undeserved. I should send you gift instead as you all gave me so many good memories and happiness in your weddings. Thanks so much, merry Christmas and have a happy 2008 !!!! Hi Joan, thanks for the chocolate. ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2007/12/27/my-christmas-gift/ I was shooting Linny and Tony 's wedding on the Christmas day. I felt so blessed to be part of this wedding and I could captured so many touching moments with my camera. I seldom cried while taking photos, but Tony had made everyone cry. Date: 25 Dec, 2007reception: Renaissance ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/12/27/wedding-on-christmas-day-linny-and-tony/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2007/12/24/simon-dancing-in-alex-s-bar-mitzvah/ Hi all Brides and Grooms, My current price list has already been expired on Oct 31, and I am preparing a new rate for all new 2008 bookings. The new rate should be ready around 5 Jan 2008 and I am sorry to tell you that there will be a 25%-30% increase of my ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2007/12/21/price_adjustment/ Katherine and Shamim 's wedding (a referral from another Katherine) is a very special one -- this is my first Chinese Indian wedding. Though they finally didn't have the Indian ceremony in Hong Kong, I was still very excited with all the details they had in the wedding. wedding date: ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/12/18/a_chinese_indian_wedding_katherine_and_shamim_at_salisbury_room_peninsula_hong_kong/ Having been expecting Kristy and Clement 's wedding for a long long time. Kristy made the booking with me back in early 2006, almost two years before the wedding !!! wedding date: 27 Oct, 2007ceremony: St. Margaret 's Churchreception: the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong After the church ceremony, we went to ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/12/03/wedding_of_kristy_and_clement_at_grand_hyatt_and_st_margaret_church/ On 21 Oct, I had the pleasure of photographing Gwen and Ian 's wedding at the Bethanie Chapel. Watching two people very much in love made the day very beautiful. This is my first time to shoot a wedding at Bethanie, it is a very nice location for wedding. Ceremony: ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/11/24/wedding-of-gwen-and-ian-at-bethanie-pokfulam/ I met several clients recently, and they all asked me the same question -- "Will you get bored when you have 2-3 weddings every week to shoot". I am a lucky wedding photographer, most of my wedding couples 're very nice and they all treated me as friends or guest ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/11/23/wedding_of_yukiko_and_duncan_at_intercontinental/ When I first met Sing Fung, I knew that he didn't like the idea of wedding photos at all. To make things even worse, when we had the shooting on early Oct, we didn't finish it (we got some bad traffic, when we arrived at the beach, it was completely ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2007/11/13/engagement_photo_of_/ Hi Sylvia and Jimmy, Thanks for inviting me as your wedding photographer - from the engagement shooting to the wedding day, you 're wonderful, and I feel so blessed to be part of your wedding. Both Xandra and I 're so happy to witness your marriage and your happiness. with love, Simon My fav ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/11/04/my_friends_wedding_sylvia_jimmy_at_ritz_carlton/ Tammy and Arnold were married on 6 Oct at St Margaret Church. They 're so great that I could see real emotions and reactions through my camera anytime, any place.  After the ceremony, we went to the library of Island Shangri-La for a portrait session. On arrival, Tammy said she was ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/11/03/wedding_of_tammy_arnold_at_island_shangri_la/ I have been very busy with all weddings in Oct and I am very sorry for not updating the blog this month. So, what am I doing now? I am packing my luggage now and getting ready to fly to Hua Hin Thailand tomorrow for the destination wedding of Wendy ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2007/10/29/where-is-simon/ Date: 1 Oct 2007ceremony and reception: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Happy Valley Clubhouse My fav of the day. This was taken at the Bar of the club house if I didn't post this pic, you never know from other photos that Amy was sick on the wedding day. MUA is Angela, ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/10/22/wedding-of-amy-and-thomas-at-the-hong-kong-jockey-club-happy-valley-clubhouse/ I love this wedding. you can always see laugh, smile anyplace, anytime. When I first shoot the ROM of Carla and Hong 1 year ago, they 're pretty shy in front of the camera. A few months later, I took the "post wedding photos" for them, much better this time, it took me ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/10/19/wedding-of-carla-and-hong-at-hotel-nikko/ Hi all existing clients, If you have not finalized on the design, layout & photos of your album, I highly recommend you to make it finalized before end of October. By meeting this deadline, we can have the albums ready before Christmas (and you can show it in your Christmas ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2007/10/18/get-your-wedding-album-before-christmas-album-deadline/ Hi everyone, do yo like to work with Simon in weddings? I am now hiring an assistant (part time or full time) if you have the following characters and abilities, you 're the one I am looking for Cheerful & out going Prepare to ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2007/10/18/opportunity-to-work-with-simon/ Just kidding, I think I am still not qualified as a good interior photographer. Over 90% of my works are still weddings with around 5-10% of Bar Mitzvah, Boudoir photo session & Party. Two weeks ago, I got an assignment from Sun Hung Kai Properties to shoot the club house of ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/interior/2007/10/17/hk-interior-photographer/ I have been looking forward to wedding of Joanna and Gordon for a very very long time. I had shot their engagement photos and Ken helped them to put up a pre-wedding video. It seems that it was a long time since I first met them. Their engagement photos are one of ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/10/17/wedding-of-joanna-and-gordon-at-conrad-hong-kong/ As a wedding photographer, we always face very difficult lighting situations ... ... I shot the engagement photos of Stella and Alex three weeks ago and I encountered a challenging situation. We planned to go to beach in the afternoon but we 're late in our schedule that we didn't leave Central until ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2007/10/04/stella-and-alex-e-session/ Just came back from Jenny and KK 's wedding, and I can't wait to share the photos with you. Before the wedding, Jenny was worried if the Salisbury Room of the The Peninsula Hong Kong was too big for the ceremony, but it turned out that the room was fully ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/09/22/wedding-of-jenny-kk/ This September is a milestone for me. You may not know, my 1st wedding assignment was back in September 2005, therefore today marks the completion of my two years' full time wedding photographer. Another excitement for me is the no. of visitors of this blog exceeded the 100,000 th mark this month. I never expect ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2007/09/16/simon-the-video/ I love all my clients, they always give me surprise. We had a pre-meeting 1 week before their wedding and discussed the details and rundown. As they had another photographer for those standard shots, we discussed that my main focus on the wedding day is to take pictures of Joan. I like ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/09/13/wedding-of-joan-and-nelson-at-rosary-church/ Saw this video today. Love Love Love. Youtube has changed our way shooting & sharing video !!!  I love google. They have so many brilliant ideas. Gmail is only one of them. I am also using iGoogle, Google Doc, Google Reader, Google Map, Google Notebook, Google Toolbar, Google Mobile, Google Calander, Google ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2007/09/02/gmail-love-love-love/ the e-session of Joey and Harvey was shot early August. We had very unstable weather -- hot, humid, and thunderstorm ... ... Having said that, they are a wonderful couple and the weather didn't affect their mood at all. This picture was taken at Shek O after dinner. We 're ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2007/08/28/joey-and-harvey-engagement-session/ The heat is ON !!! I finally can meet the great CM Leung yesterday. He just look exactly the way I imagined, but a little bit more handsome than I thought. I always fascinated when looking at his website, why are all his images so artistic?  They look like images in your ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/wedding_photographers/2007/08/24/why-are-you-so-handsome-cm-leung/ I have heard a lot of stories about proposal, but this one is very special. I watched this video on youtube this morning, I was moved. Can't wait to share it with you. It 's all about love ... ... The video is a bit long, but please be patient ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2007/08/23/will-you-marry-me-a-proposal-video/ As you all know, August is a low season for wedding in Hong Kong, we have typhoons, rainy and hot weathers, not to mention, the Chinese ghost festival. With the additional free time, I decided to do and learn something different during this period. One of the thing I 'd like ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/wedding_photographers/2007/08/21/a-super-nice-wedding-photographer/ Hi Andina and Richard, I'm honored to have documented your first day as husband and wife. I see the unadulterated love between you Date: 1 Aug, 2007Reception: Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong I love this moment when Richard helped Andina walking down the staircase. Very quiet moment, but full of love in the ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/08/21/wedding-of-andina-and-richard/ Hi Kingsley, thank you for taking the photos of us in the wedding of Valerie & Cypri, we love them a lot. I particularly love the follow two simon.the.photo in action !!!!! Esther & Ken must be very hot & hungry ... ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2007/08/20/simonthephoto-in-action/ I have been waiting for the wedding of Valerie and Cypri for a long time (a referral from Virginia and Kingsley) . Your wedding was beyond gorgeous, not only were they adorable, the venue fabulous, and the details just amazing, your friends and families were nice and wonderful as well!!!! Date ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/08/16/wedding-of-valerie-cypri-at-st-andrew-church-and-intercontinental-hong-kong-hotel/ it is fun being the wedding photographer of Sylvie and Millan. They 're so excited throughout the whole day. I can remember the scene -- they danced together with their parents when whey 're having farewell to their guest !!!! Wonderful !!!! Ceremony - Methodist International Church, HKReception - Harbour Plaza Hong Kong They have ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/08/07/wedding-of-sylvie-millan/ It was just a perfect day. Julie and Ed were happy and in love.The wedding was filled with laugh and tears, every guest was excited to share the happiness with them. Donna and her crew from Elite Events were awesome!!! And everything was managed perfectly. This 's a very touching moment. Once Julie ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/07/30/wedding-of-julie-ed-at-bali-istana-the-wedding-day/ It has been 1 month since I shot Julie & Ed 's wedding in Bali in June, but I am still very excited when I selected the photos for writing this blog. Esther & I arrived at Bali two days before the wedding, so we got plenty of relax time ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/07/24/wedding-of-julie-ed-the-day-before-wedding/ Yesterday Ken and I shot the pre-wedding video of Joanna and Gordon. This was the 2nd session, Ken took the 1st session in their kinder-garden (if you can still remember, Joanna and Gordon were classmate in kinder-garden). And look forward to their wedding in Sept.  We originally planned to shot the 2nd session ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2007/07/19/pre-wedding-video-joanna-gordon/ Wedding of Rita and Michael was on July 8, 2007. It was a very hot day (34 degree !!), the ceremony & reception 're held at the marquee of Harbour Plaza Metropolis, Patio. Before the ceremony, We took some pic.  While they 're staying inside the coffee shop, I shot outside the window and ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/07/18/wedding-or-rita-and-michael/ The e-session of Florence and John was done on last Monday. We had very unstable weather that day, we got sunshine, mist, rain and it was very very hot and humid. John was sick, he got a bad cold the day before the shooting. However, as they have to return to USA ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2007/07/01/the-hottest-couple-florence-and-john/ Some of my clients booked me via email, without meeting me, not even a phone call. Irene & Kenneth was one of them. And I had to thank them for their trust on me. When I first met them about 3 weeks before the wedding, I immediately knew that what ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/06/29/wedding-of-irene-kenneth-at-st-andrews-church/ I felt very guilty of not updating my blog as frequently as my friends and clients expect. I met penny and her friend Ida last night and they said that they clicked into my blog EVERYDAY and they are very excited to see any of my new works ... ... ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2007/06/29/attention-bride-groom/ ( I am in Singapore airport waiting for the flight to Bali, just get two hr enough to update my blog and reply all emails)Roma & Calvin are such a hot couple that there is no better place to shoot their engagement photo on the beach. In fact, they 're ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2007/06/14/it-s-so-hot-esession-roma-calvin/ I am looking forward to 14 June for a long time since I met Julie last year. Tomorrow, I will be leaving for Bali to shoot the destination wedding of Julie & Ed. The wedding will be held in a private Villa at the Istana, the southwestern tip of Bali. ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/06/13/hi-bali-i-am-coming/ the wedding of Sharon & Ivan was on 14 April at Ritz Carlton. The wedding was amazing, and Sharon had pay a lot of efforts in selecting all the details of the wedding. The color, the style are all wonderful ... ... Bravo !!!! This is NOT the wedding gown. This ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/06/13/wedding-of-sharon-ivan/ wedding of Rico & Nick was in April at the repulse bay hotel. I was impressed by Nick, he was a very fun person and he enjoyed every single moment of the day. the first dance a special t-shirt prepared by Rico getting ready in the morning the groomsmen the bridal pickup game. He had ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/06/11/wedding-of-rico-nick/ I love wedding of penny & Raymond so much.The wedding was on 24 Mar at Miramar Hotel. Raymond is a very gentle and kind husband & he enjoyed every moment with penny on the wedding day. the bridesmaids 're looking at the wedding grown. I didn't use flash to take this ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/06/10/so-much-in-love-wedding-of-penny-raymond/ This was my first time to have two consecutive weddings at four seasons hotel Hong Kong. Jacqueline & Vincent 's wedding was on mar 18, just one day after Apple and Po Ming. I wish I had a room there the night before, so that I could have more time ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/06/07/wedding-of-jacqueline-vincent-at-four-seasons-hotel-hong-kong/ the wedding of Apple & Po Ming was on 17 March at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong. Apple & Po Ming was such a cheerful couple that I found them smiling and laughing all day. And it was so easy for me to take candid & moment shots of them After ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/06/06/wedding-of-apple-po-ming-at-four-seasons-hotel-hong-kong/ The wedding of Carol & Carl was on Feb 5 at Conrad Hong Kong I find myself obsessed with wedding shoes, and I love to capture the shoes in a fashion way. I love Carol 's golden shoes, together with the red dress, body movement and the sunlight. it is a perfect ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/05/31/wedding-of-carol-carl-at-conrad-hong-kong/ Since Carita & Sunny had confirmed the engagement shooting with me, I was expecting the shooting day very much. They had a special request -- to have the shooting with their whole family -- 4 dogs & 8 cats !!!! As a pet lover, I was very excited and very ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2007/05/30/e-session-carita-sunny-with-lots-of-cats-dogs/ The wedding of Tina & Man Po was wonderful on last Sunday at InterContinental. They 're a perfect couple for every wedding photographer -- they 're so sweet whole day in front of the camera and I could take a lot of moment shots for them easily. We also had "wonderful" ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/05/29/wedding-of-tina-man-po/ Iris and Ming were married on Feb 2 at the Langham Place Hotel and the wedding was wonderful! They 're so relax in front of the camera, so I knew that I was going to have wonderful shots on their wedding day and I was not disappointed! wedding shoes. the "double happiness" ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/05/27/wedding-of-iris-ming/ I absolutely love shooting Christina & Alan 's wedding on Feb 11 at the Aberdeen Marina Club (AMC). I love this shot. We did this shot very fast. Here was a bar just opposite to the ball room, but didn't belong to their banquet and it 's still open to other guests. I ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/05/18/wedding-of-christina-alan-at-aberdeen-marina-club-amc/ I was so happy to be the wedding photographer for Rose & Fergus. To my surprise, I found out later that Fergus was alumni of my secondary school. The wedding was on Feb 8, 2007 at Renaissance Harbour View Hotel Hong Kong. Congratulations!!! It is so beautiful, isn't it? I like this quiet ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/05/10/wedding-of-rose-fergus/ Just a few photos during my stay in Athens. I took this photo yesterday. The is the famous Parthenon (The Glory of the Acropolis). I took this at a small hill (it is called the Philopappou Hill) opposite to the Acropolis. I didn't get a tripod, just put the camera on some ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/travel/2007/05/06/i-am-in-athens/ The workshop finished yesterday and I went to Athens & stayed here for 3 days, just to relax. In last few days, we had over 12 hrs of workshop everyday -- going out shooting, learning photo skill, photoshop skill, critics session, discussing of business. Someone asked me what I learned ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/wedding_photographers/2007/05/05/dancing-with-yervant-workshop-what-i-learned/ Yesterday, we had the workshop started. I was so excited to meet Yervant in person. There are 25 other wedding photographers from all over the world to attend this workshop. It is great meeting & sharing with them - some of them have experience over 20 years. It is so ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/wedding_photographers/2007/05/01/santorini-day-2-yervant-in-action/ (I wrote this blog entry in Santorini) Corinna booked me via email and I didn't met her until a few days before their wedding last week on 26 Apr. Both Corinna & Charlie lived in Australia and I asked them how they got  together. Thanks Corinna for sharing their love story, ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/05/01/amazing-love-story-wedding-of-corinna-charlie/ I arrived at Santorini yesterday 1:00 pm after over 30 hrs of flight, transit & missing flight (yes, I missed a flight at Greece yesterday morning). After settle down, I went to the Fira area to have a 2-hour walk. I finally understood why a lot of my clients had ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/wedding_photographers/2007/04/30/santorini-day-1/ When I first met Emily 1 year ago, I already knew her wedding was going to be wonderful and different. Emily is the kind of bride who looks into every single details of the wedding & know exactly what she wants. She doesn't like the standard products from those "wedding ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/04/30/wedding-of-emily-jimmy-at-helena-may/ Tomorrow I 'll leave for Santorini, Greece to attend the Dancing with Yervant  wedding photographer workshop. I am so excited to meet Yervant in person and see him shooting in action.  3 years ago,  I watched the "Master of Wedding Photographer" DVD, I was so surprised that wedding photography could be ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/wedding_photographers/2007/04/27/hello-santorini-i-am-coming/ Feb 24 was the wedding of Miki & Pepe (a referral from Noriko) at Peninsula Hong Kong. While Miki 's from Japan and Pepe from Argentina, they are both working in Hong Kong now and choose to have their wedding here. All their families & friends flied from all over the world to ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/04/27/wedding-of-miki-pepe-at-peninsula-hong-kong/ Vivian & Charles 's wedding was on Feb 1 at Ritz Carlton. What a wonderful wedding & Vivian & Charles 're super cool !!!!! The wedding dance. I love Vivian 's hair style in the banquet the bouquet. Guess what is the beautiful background. It is a wallpaper at apartment of ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/04/24/wedding-of-vivian-charles-at-ritz-carlton-hong-kong/ Aimee & David 's wedding was on 4 Feb at Shatin Baptist Church I love the David 's proposal story shared during the banquet. When Davide decided to marry Aimee, he didn't have a normal proposal. The 's what he did, for consecutive six months, he brought different kinds of snacks to ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/04/20/the-longest-proposal-wedding-of-aimee-david/ Candy & Vincent was on the 10th of Feb at the Chapel of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). I love to take photos here as I had my own wedding in this chapel in 2003. It is not easy to take photo here as the Chapel is so big, ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/04/19/wedding-of-candy-vincent-at-chinese-university/ Vivian & Keith 's wedding (a referral from Rebecca) was in Jan at the Repulse Bay Hotel and it was on my birthday !! All their families & wedding party 're so nice and I felt I was part of this wedding and celebrating with them. Do you wanna book me on my birthday in ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/04/10/a-wedding-on-my-birthday-vivian-keith/ The weather is so bad today, we have rain & thunderstorm. I should have an assignment today, but this is the 3rd time we have to cancel the engagement shooting of Roma & Calvin because of bad weather. It is really frustrating !!! This week is a very busy week, I ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2007/04/02/weather-is-so-bad-today/ I am glad to be the photographer of Sylvia & Jimmy. Jimmy is a friend of my wife and I have known him almost 10 years ago. I am so excited to hear the news that he is going to marry in 2007. When I first met Sylvia in last ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2007/03/29/engagement-of-sylvia-jimmy/ Wedding of Carol & Ringo was on Jan 8, 2007 at Kowloon Shangri-la. I found both Carol & Ringo enjoyed being in front of the camera a lot, we got a lot of good photos at the Peak & Hong Kong Park during the location shooting. After the ceremony at ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/03/28/wedding-of-carol-ringo/ I am proud to announce that I have won the 7th place of the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) 2006 Q4 contest. The category I have won is "reception". The photo was taken at the Wedding of Karen & Allen. This is my second time winning in WPJA contest, and I ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2007/03/07/won-in-wpja-contest/ Virginia & Kingsley 's wedding was on Mar 4, 2007 at Langham Place Hotel. Virginia was so pretty whole day. When my assistant (Mr Bean) was preparing the same day slideshow at the hotel, he helped me to select the photos to be included in the slideshow. He told me that ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/03/07/wedding-of-virginia-and-kingsley-at-langham-place-hotel/ I looked forward to this E-session for a long time. We took the pictures on 5 Jan 07, but Ruby had booked me way back in 2005. Since then, we had a lot of phone conversation and became good friends. We had a little accident. Ruby suggested to take shots in ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2007/03/02/my-first-bride-in-waterengagement-session-ruby-simon/ WPJA just released their march issue of WedPix Magazine -- which, I believe, is one of the most prestige online magazine about wedding photojournalism. This content of this issue is very rich & informative   Directional LightingI believe one thing that makes a professional wedding photographer different from an amateur photographer (your uncle or ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/wedding_photographers/2007/03/01/wpja-wedpix-magazine-march-issue/ I was too lazy updating my blog in 2007 and that 's may be why my server crashed lately ... .... Sometimes, I felt guilty as some clients called me & asked "Why didn't you update my wedding in your blog, is our photo not good enough?" Don't worry, it ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2007/03/01/my-first-wedding-in-2007-phoebe-rex-at-four-seasons-hotel/ Thanks for all my friends' care during the server crash in last few days. Since the Chinese New Year, I felt really bad. First, on the first day, my car was out of order (again !!) On the second day, one of my Synology CS-406 Network storage didn't work, it holds around ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2007/02/28/a-bad-start-of-year-of-pig/  Kung Hei Fat Choi !!!!!! Yesterday was the 1st day of Chinese New Year, but something bad happened (again). As you know, my FreeLander was out of order a few months ago, and it cost me over 20K to fix it. When I was driving to Xandra ’s parents for dinner ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2007/02/19/first-day-of-chinese-new-year/ I am so happy to have Salome & Kaiser to be my last wedding in 2006. I liked their style so much & everyone was very nice.The wedding was very relaxed - no bridal pickup game & Chinese ritual at all. We had a lot of free time walking around ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/12/31/unfailing-love-salome-kaiser/ Since I first met Florence back in April, I was looking forward to her wedding on 27 Dec at Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, I already knew her wedding would be a special one. It 's not because of how big the venue or how nice of the decoration ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/12/28/wedding-of-florence-thomas-at-catholic-cathedral-of-the-immaculate-conception/ As you may know, Internet service in South East Asia was affected by the earthquake at Taiwan two days ago, I am not able to login neither my mail server nor Gmail. You can still call me (leave a message to me if I can't pick up the call) or type a SMS ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2006/12/28/temporary-no-email-access/ Rebecca & Kevin had their wedding at  道風山 on 23 Dec. Rebecca is a very quiet person, but she couldn't stop crying throughout the whole ceremony. While Kevin is a Christian, Rebecca hasn't believed in Jesus yet. Therefore, everyone in church gave them blessings that Kevin can bring her to ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/12/24/wedding-of-rebecca-kevin/ To be updated. http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/12/18/wedding-of-queenie-gordon/ This is really sweet. Anthony had secretly made a "楊枝甘露" dessert for Christine and he even taped the whole process into a video. To give Christine a big surprise, the video was shown in the banquet suddenly, and Anthony appeared suddenly with the "楊枝甘露" from outside. Anthony, you are the MAN ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/12/18/a-sweet-sweet-love-christine-anthony/ It was a rainy day for the wedding of Rizzo & Carry, but it didn't stop them enjoying the day. I had heard that before, "there was no good or bad weather, but we only had different kinds of weather". In fact, I found that the weather yesterday drove me ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/12/15/wedding-of-rizzo-carry/ I had a lot of fun shooting the post wedding photos of Carla & Hong yesterday. When we started at Shing Mum, Carla was a little bit shy & still not very comfortable in front of the camera.  With a little warm up, they just forgot my existence very soon. And ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/12/13/we-re-crazy-carla-hong-post-wedding-photos/ We helped Katherine & Matthew prepared their march - in slideshow for their wedding on Dec 9 & learned that they 're together since high schools ( 1988), but their passion didn't reduced. They always try to give some surprises to each other.First , Matthew ' did the  proposal in a "摩天輪" ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/12/12/a-wedding-with-lots-of-surprises-katherine-matthew/ Anita & Almon already had their pre-wedding & wedding day photos taken, after talked to her, we came out the idea of this Post-Wedding photo session. The shooting was in Dec 2006. The day was wonderful & we got one of the best weather in all my past outdoor photo sessions.4 Last ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/post-wedding/2006/12/07/post-wedding-photos-anita-almon/ The wedding of Unique & Andy was held at the Gold Coast Hotel. The weather was so good that we had blue sky during the ceremony. After the ceremony, Andy sang a song ("never let you go") to Unique in front of all the guests. I always love to take this ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/12/05/wedding-of-unique-andy-at-gold-coast/ I loved the wedding of Elsa & Joseph. Joseph 's a very gentle husband, he gave a big surprise to Elsa during the banquet. He hide behind and suddenly started to play guitar and sang the song "Love me Tender" to Elsa. Look at Elsa and see how much she ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/12/04/wedding-of-elsa-joseph/ I always love to ask my clients about their love story & how they met each other. The story of Joanna & Gordon is amazing. They told me me that they met each other when they 're studying (or playing) in kinder-garden & both of them can still remember the ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2006/12/02/engagement-joanna-gordon/ Yvonne & German 's wedding was a very happy wedding. it was very cheerful of Yvonne and she laughed so much the whole day. Take a look at the following slideshow if you 'd like to share the happiness with them   The game Eden Marriage Registry at the St. John ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/11/28/wedding-yvonne-german/ To be updated. http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/11/27/wedding-of-fion-john/ It was a challenge for me to shoot the engagement photo of Emily & Paul -- we planed a route of which there are a lot of places I didn't take wedding photo before. Here is the route:Nam Sang Wai - Tai Po Train Museum - Plover Cove Reservoir - Luk ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2006/11/22/engagement-emily-paul/ Ta & Jus is a special couple. I felt so lovely just by listening to their talking when I was in their limo. They talked liked two lovely children & the limo was filled with their love. This was a special pic. We just finished the celebration party at their home ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/11/19/wedding-in-the-love-of-god-ta-just-at-union-church/ There 're a lot of fun in this wedding. Everyone was so nice and friendly in front of the camera. Both Ingrid & Jackie lived in Shek O for a long time and they decided to have their wedding there. The feeling was so warm that everyone inside the village ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/11/17/love-in-shek-o-wedding-of-ingrid-jackie/ I found it was so easy to shoot the wedding of Phyllis & Neil, because Neil loves Phyllis so much. You could feel the love from Neil every single moment. In his speech, Neil shared the love story with all the guests.  When he met Phyllis the first time 10 years ago, he ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/11/13/love-at-the-first-sight-wedding-of-phyllis-neil/ I had two cars, both of them 're broken down this week. First is the Land Rover. It always has a lot of small problems -- door couldn't be open, some plastic components of the proof window was broken and made the window useless,  .... .... I believe it just can't ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2006/11/09/a-very-bad-weeks-my-two-cars-are-both-down/ I always love taking wedding picture of Christians as I found their weddings are always very gentle & people are very nice. Marky & Alex 's wedding was not an exception. They had their wedding at Kowloon City Baptist Church & Four Seasons Hotel. Having the wedding ceremony at Kowloon City ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/11/06/wedding-of-marky-alex-at-four-seasons-hotel/ Yesterday I shot the wedding of Vivien & Rickie at Langham Hotel. The wedding was very relaxed and both Vivien & Rickie just enjoyed the day without any rushing. I have been waiting a long time for a bride suitable to do such a close up shot . When I ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/11/01/a-beautiful-bride-vivien-at-langham-hotel/ To be updated http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/10/30/wedding-of-maggie-tony/   beautiful bride. Kenneth did a great job to make Zoe smile all day That 's why I love to take shot at bride's home instead of hotel. Somtimes you can get unexpected magic light & environment, rather than those "wedding factory" feel of hotel Happy Zoe Zoe 's ready, where is Kenneth? When I ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/10/29/wedding-of-zoe-kenneth-at-harbour-plaza-hotel/ What a beautiful bride!! Nancy is from Tien Jin and had a simple wedding banquet (at Island Shangri la) to celebrate with her families in Hong Kong. It was a pity that I only had little time taking  photo of her (in fact, it's less than 5 min). Congratulations to ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/10/26/wedding-of-nancy-ronald-at-island-shangri-la/ the celebration !! A very nice chapel with lots of details Ohel Leah Synagogue I like this pic as we can see both Enzo and his mother sophie upstair the blessing A corner ... ... Enzo at Ohel Leah Synagogue http://blog.simonthephoto.com/barmitzvah/2006/10/26/barmitzvah-enzo-saadia/ To be updated ... ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/10/26/wedding-of-seeing-stanley/ When Ann gave the speech, she described the wedding of Jackie & Juerg a fusion wedding. Juerg comes from Switzerland while Jackie is a "British born Chinese" living in Malaysia. Then they chose to have their blessing ceremony in Hong Kong at hotel Conrad Hong Kong. Their families and friends came from all over the ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/10/25/a-fusion-wedding-jackie-juerg-at-conrad-hong-kong/ I am glad to be part of this wedding. Winnie & Stanley had their registry of marry yesterday at the roof garden of Island Shangri-La Hong Kong. The wedding was simple but everyone enjoyed a lot. After the finish of the reception at 4, we went out to have location ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/10/15/wedding-of-winnie-stanley-at-roof-garden-of-island-shangri-la-hong-kong/ In the new release of "All about Wedding" Magazine (issue 008 - Autumn 2006), there is a special feature about overseas wedding. One of my client 's wedding is featured - Irene & Stanley. Their wedding was held at Banyan Tree in Phuket and I liked this place a lot ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2006/10/12/oversea-wedding-special-feature-by-all-about-wedding/ Yesterday I shot the wedding of Yan & Ferrari at the college chapel of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CU). Though the schedule was tight whole day, I found both Yan & Ferrari were always very relaxed and enjoyed the time themselves. I like the chapel a lot as, 3 years ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/10/09/wedding-of-yan-and-ferrari-at-cu-chapel/ I met Virginia & Ethan yesterday and presented their wedding photos to them. I love their wedding a lot -- even though it  was a simple one, both Virginia & Ethan enjoyed every moment during ceremony. I always believe that it is the People & Emotion (rather than decoration, dress ... ...) that make beautiful and ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/10/05/a-wedding-i-love-so-much-virginia-ethan/ Barbara & Teddy 's love story is not an easy one. They have been separated once during the 5 years relationship and Barbara have been working oversea for a long time. On Oct 3, they 're getting married & having the registry of marry at Kowloon Shangri-La in front of all the guests.   Portrait ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/10/05/wedding-of-barbara-teddy-at-kowloon-shangri-la/ Since after taking the engagement photos for Michelle & Tom, I was looking forward to their wedding. Their wedding was held on Sept 30 at St. Margaret ' Church & Four Seasons Hotel. The wedding dance Getting Ready with help from Yvonne (Michelle 's sister). Makeup Artist was Gary Chung. Is "Bon Bon" ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/10/01/wedding-of-michelle-tom-at-four-seasons-hotel/ Sept 28 was the wedding of Edwina & Matthew at Jockey Club. I love the details of this wedding -- shoes, bouquet, dress, they are all amazing. Especially the bouquet, I selected it as the "Bouquet of the month" Congratulation to Edwina & Matthew. Photo taken at The Hong Kong ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/09/29/wedding-of-edwina-matthew/ I had been waiting for the wedding of Karen & Allen since I took the engagement photos for them back in Aug. Karen is a very cheerful girl and has such a beautiful camera face that it is so easy to take pictures of her no matter what angle I am standing. Their wedding was held at ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/09/27/wedding-of-karen-allen-at-grand-hyatt/ I cried in this wedding. There are usually a lot of touching moments in every weddings, but I seldom cry. This wedding was an exception.Simon 's mother (Mrs. Law) was sick with cancer and couldn't attend the wedding ceremony. In the afternoon, I went with Simon & Maggie to hospital ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/09/26/it-s-so-touching-wedding-of-maggie-simon-at-parkview-and-st-margaret-s-church/ What a wonderful day !! When I had the pre-meeting with Zoe & Kenneth one month ago, we believed it 's going to be a very hot day when we took the engagement photos on last Friday (Sept 22). It turned out that the weather was so nice and it ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2006/09/24/engagement-photos-zoe-kenneth/ Sept 17 is the bar mitzvah celebration of Daniel Metoudi, and I have great pleasure being the photographer of this event. The 13 years old Daniel  Handsome boy The start of the celebration I learned from Laura that a Jewish boy becomes a bar mitzvah automatically upon turning 13 years old. A distinguishing mitzvah that the bar ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/barmitzvah/2006/09/20/barmitzvah-daniel-metoudi/ The weather became very good these two weeks, and had a feel of autumn already. As wedding season is coming, most of the weekend in Oct - Feb are already filled up, I planned to spend a Sunday with Xandra two weeks ago before I get too busy. We stayed at ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2006/09/19/a-wonderful-day-with-xandra-at-luk-keng/ Thanks God for giving such as nice weather to Winnie & Henry 's wedding on last Saturday at The Repulse Bay. When I drove from my home to Repulse Bay, it rained cats and dogs. In fact, the HK Observatory issued a RED RAINSTORM signal at around 2:00 pm. On ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/09/11/a-wedding-with-blessing-winnie-henry/ To be updated.   http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2006/09/08/rebecca-s-lovely-baby-byron/ Read a very interesting article today. Women vs Men WIFE VS. HUSBANDA couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word. An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them wanted to concede their position. As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2006/09/06/for-those-who-are-married-or-going-to-marry/ The Sept - Oct release of WedPix Magazine by Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) is released.  No matter you are a bride or groom, or you 're a wedding photographer, you can find great wedding photo resources inside WedPix. *** Click here **** to see the WedPix magazine http://blog.simonthephoto.com/wedding-photo-tips/2006/09/03/sept-oct-wedpix-magazine-released/ Kester & Harold (a referral from Louisa 's sister - Rosa) had the register of marry 10 years ago in Vancouver (yes, it was 10 years ago !!).  On Aug 30, the 10th anniversary day, they choose to have their wedding reception at renaissance harbour view and celebrate with their ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/08/31/wedding-in-style-kester-harold/ Carla & Hong had their Register of Marry on Aug 27 at Eden Marriage Registry (New World Center). And I am looking forward to their engagement shooting later this year and their banquet in Sept 2007 Carla & Hong 're waiting just before the ceremony Carla & the bouquet Celebrating with their friends http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/08/31/carla-hong-s-wedding-at-eden-marriage-registry/ Yuka & Steven 's wedding was on 23 Aug. I just like this wedding, everyone was so excited and celebrating with them. Yuka,  her mother & sisters The wedding shoes Getting Ready, the makeup artist is Yuhmi of "You me Studio" Boht Steven & Yuka 's mother were so excited & happy at the ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/08/29/what-a-beautiful-wedding-yuka-steven/ This is my first time to take wedding picture in the Eden Marriage Registry Wanchai (伊甸園婚姻登記處). Eden is very popular since April this year and a nice alternative of the government registry for wedding couples. When I first met Virginia a few weeks ago, I already felt that she is ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/08/21/wedding-of-virginia-ethan-at-eden-marriage-registry/ We shot the engagement photos for Karen & Allen last Sunday. They  are so much fun to be around and I'm so glad that after two reschedules, we finally made it. Karen is the kind of bride that every wedding photographer 'd love. She 's so cheerful  and know how to express her ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2006/08/16/karen-allen-s-engagement/ Czarina is getting married in Dec 2006 at Four Seasons Hotel, this is another referral from a wedding last year (Rebecca & Jeffrey). While a lot of my clients have engagement shooting before the wedding, Czarina, instead, decided to do a photo shooting with her family. This is a good idea, in ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/08/16/a-beautiful-bride-to-be-czarina/ I was hired by a US magazine to do a portrait for an interview of Rita Hui in Hong Kong. The magazine looked for more relaxed portrait rather than those studio shots. Rita is a charming and successful lady. Before joining the USANA Company three and half ago, she worked in the ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/portrait/2006/07/29/relaxed-portrait-for-success-magazine-rita/   I am going to Yushan tomorrow morning for a hiking holiday. During the holiday, I have limited access to email and mobile. I 'll be back on 27 July (Thu). This is my first time to have hiking in Taiwan and our team 'll try to reach the top of the ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/travel/2006/07/22/go-to-hiking-in-yushan-jade-mountain-in-taiwan/ Just added a RSS feed of the Wedpix Magazine into my blog. Wedpix is an on line Magazine of Wedding Photography published by WPJA and it is all about wedding photojournalism. The content is very useful and much much better than those "bullshits" in the local wedding magazine , don't miss ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2006/07/17/wedpix-magazine-wedding-photography-resources/ I watched "財經透視" on TVB tonight and I was very surprised to see Jeffrey is being interviewed in the program. The program talked about the business opportunities of running club / bar inside commercial building. Jeffrey 's interviewed because he 's the director of Census Group which runs several clubs/bar ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2006/07/17/jeffrey-is-on-tvb-tonight/ Michelle & Tom 're going to marry on Sept 30 at St. Margaret's Church and Four Seasons Hotel. I took the engagement photos for them on Monday. We had heavy rain in the morning, in fact, on arrival at Nam Sang Wai, we had to wait inside the car for ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2006/07/12/engagement-photo-michelle-tom/ Yesterday I met Emily again and presented the hot and sexy engagement photos to her. Even though the weather was very bad on the day of shooting, we had so much fun. A total of over 300 photos 're taken and I asked Emily "if she is going to choose ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2006/07/08/which-photo-do-you-like-most/ Noriko & Oliver had a beautiful wedding at the pool side "Plateau" of Grand Hyatt  on July 1st -  one of my favorite wedding locations. All the guests 're their closest friends and flied all the way from Europe & Japan to cerebrate their wedding A "secret garden" inside Grand Hyatt Oliver 's ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/07/03/a-beautiful-wedding-noriko-oliver/ Yesterday is the wedding of Catherine and Stephen at Repulse Bay. The wedding was wonderful, full of touching moments. I had great time with the couple and their familiesThis 's a special moment should not be forgotten -- Catherine 's waiting alone outside the ceremony area and out of sight of all ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/06/25/this-is-the-moment/ In the wedding of Catherine & Stephen yesterday, there was an accident. It was so careless of me that I dropped my Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8 IS lens to the ground from the top of a piano (I believe it was over 1 meter) . After that, I stopped using ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/equipments_my_toys/2006/06/25/sun-rise-today/ It 's amazing !! I got an email from Wedding ESDLife last month and I was contacted by their web editor Florence Lam. They 're going to have a new version of web content coming out on 1st June and they 'd like to select  a few wedding photographers in HK to ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2006/06/19/i-am-featured-on-wedding-esdlife-%e6%96%b0%e5%a9%9a%e7%94%9f%e6%b4%bb%e6%98%93/ When I woke up this morning, the weather 's very bad again (after 4 weeks of raining). But the weather yesterday was so good that it 's  perfect for an outdoor wedding -- which was what Helen & Alan doing in Repulse Bay. After greeting the guests for over 1 hr. at the ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/06/19/wedding-under-wonderful-weather-helen-alan-verandah-of-repulse-bay-hotel/ Early this year, Xandra and I (with two of our friends - Chloe and Olive, together with Ann and Pierre who are living there) went to Island Reunion & Mauritius for holiday. This was an amazing trip - we had volcano climbing, hiking, swimming, driving ... ... I shot over 2,000 ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/travel/2006/06/17/my-photos-in-island-reunion-mauritius/ I am writing this blog in a café. I met Fiona today to present the finished photos to her. When she browsed through the pictures, she started to cry when she saw those photos in which Robert was giving his speech. When clients love my work and the pictures recall ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2006/06/16/when-your-client-loves-your-work/ I had an interesting assignment this Tue. Joanne and Tony hired me to take some pictures of their son Phillips. We decided to shoot in Gold Coast and we had  a lot of fun for two hours.  Joanne is a very kind mother, she give a lot of attention to Phillips ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/family/2006/06/15/family-photo-session/ When I meet my clients, I always ask what kind and style of wedding pictures do they like most. "Natural" & "Ability of capturing the happy moments" are the most commonly heard answers. I believe these two elements are the most basic requirements for today's contemporary wedding photography. But what ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/wedding-photo-tips/2006/06/14/what-kind-of-wedding-pictures-are-excellent/ Though the weather was not very nice yesterday, Emily & Andrew sticked with the plan to have the engagement shooting. Having said that, Emily & Andrew are such a sweet couple and the bad weather didn't stop them enjoying the day. The 1st time I met them, they both said that ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/engagement/2006/06/08/humid-muddy-sweat-hot-sexy-emily-andrew/  I am having a holiday in Cebu, Philippines from 27-31 May. Xandra can spend a lot of time on her favorite -- scuba diving. But I am still feeling very sick, hope that I can get well soon and don't waste the holiday.   I 'll NOT listen to my mobile ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/travel/2006/05/27/holiday-in-cebu/ Since I started blogging in Jan, I wondered how many of my friends and clients did visit my blog. But I just didn't take action to install a counter until last night. I visited my blog this morning and I am suprised to find that there are already 29 visitors since ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2006/05/24/install-a-counter-on-my-blog/ A lot of fun last night !!   I really enjoyed but I was totally exhausted and got a sore throat, luckily, I am free the next few days. As Robert said in his speech, he 's a lucky boy -- his parents prepared such a great party for him, best ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/barmitzvah/2006/05/22/barmitzvah-robert-walton/ Yesterday is the birthday of Xandra and we spent a day in Ocean Park. This is the 4th birthday since we got married in 2003. Happy Birthday !!! Of course, we couldn't miss the Sea Jelly. The exhibition area 's smaller than I expected, but the Sea Jellies 're truly beautiful. They 're lighted by different ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2006/05/21/happy-birthday-to-xandra/ 1 month ago, I submitted several photos to " the Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association" [AG]WPJA April contest, and I got an email today that I won the 5th place in the details category (click here to see the comments from contest judges). This photo was taken in the ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2006/05/17/won-in-the-agwpja-april-competition/ Yesterday I shot the wedding of Amy & Ricky at Hotel Sheraton Kowloon. Ricky prepared a big suprise to Amy and all the guests (I didn't know about that neither). In the middle of their speech, there 's snow falling sunddenly. The scene 's so romantic and I happened to ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/05/12/a-wedding-in-snow-amy-ricky/ Just too many client meetings , I believe I met over 15 clients in last two weeks.  In next 2-3 days, I need to focus on the post processing of all the weddings I shot this month. I am late on my schedule.   http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2006/04/28/too-many-meetings/ I shot the wedding of Wendy & Kevin last week. Before the wedding, I communicated with Wendy and understood that Wendy 'd like to have a 1 hr location shooting on the street just outside Hotel Excelsior. There was a lot of fun shooting on the street. Even though there were ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/04/24/dancing-with-wendy-kevin/ Today I shooted my first non-wedding assignment. Normally, I don't do any non-wedding event as I don't feel the passion of it. I met Fiona back in Jan, and she 's planning to host a Barmitzvah (???) party for his 12-years old son (Robert). I learned that Barmitzvah party is a ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/portrait/2006/04/18/my-first-non-wedding-assignment/ ???? 4?16?…????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????Dancer?David????????????????? ???? Xandra & ???? Esther ??????? ????? ??? ???? ??? I like the following three shots a lot - very special lighting ?????????????????????? http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2006/04/17/david-to-concert-2006-hong-kong/ Today I met Seeing and Stanley and confirmed to be their wedding photographer on Oct 19. I appreciate Stanley 's attitude to wedding photography. For most of the wedding couples I met, the boy friend usually doesn't show much interest on wedding photography and just let his girl friend to ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/04/14/a-good-boy-friend-stanley/ Today I confirmed to be the photographer for the wedding of Noriko and Oliver. This is an interesting wedding, as Noriko comes from Japan while Oliver is a German. They fell in love in Japan several years ago, and now Oliver works in HK as a President of an Intl ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/04/12/a-wedding-that-brings-german-and-japanese-together/ If you have 8 days left in your life, what 'll you do? Today, I read a story from web ... ...    Katie Kirkpatrick Godwin, 21, decided to marry her best friend Nick Godwin, 23, who was in love with her since 11th grade. Katie died of cancer, 5 days after the ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2006/04/05/last-8-days-in-your-life/ This is my 1st time to meet Eric Suen of One Shot Production. He was the videographer for Irene and Stanley 's wedding in Phuket (March 31). If you don't know Eric, One Shot is the top wedding videography company in Hong Kong, and Eric, personally, received several featured video ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/wedding_photographers/2006/04/03/eric-suen-of-one-shot-production/ (Updated 05 May) Yesterday I shot the wedding of Kitty &  Charles at Grand Hyatt and Catholic Cathedral of The Immaculate Conception ~ ??????? (half day only & no need to take photo after banquet started). This shot was taken just before we left Grand Hyatt and and headed to Church. I like the quality ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/04/03/a-bride-i-love-so-much-kitty-charles/ I am about to go to Phuket tomorrow to take the wedding photos of Irene & Stanley, there will be around 100 guests in the party.  I have pressure on this assignment as Irene is the kind of bride who knows exactly what she wants. Story will be updated when ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/03/29/irene-stanley-banyan-tree-phuket-laguna-resort/ I have been using my Sony TH55 PDA more than two years. I loved this PDA very much as it features a very large screen 320 x 480 and it 's one of the biggest screen a PDA had two years ago. I have been thinking of using a PDA ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2006/03/24/upgrade-to-treo-650/ Eve and Jon married 1 years ago in London and are now working in New York. They returned to Hong Kong for 2 weeks and had a banquet with their family and relatives at Kowloon Shangri-La yesterday. Even though they have married over 1 year, their banquet was very touching. Jon gave ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/03/19/eve-and-jon/ As the resolution of digital camera gets higher and higher, so does the size of those photos. On average, I shooted around 10-15 G of photos for each wedding. I found my Harddisk is getting almost full very soon. I am considering to buy a Network Attached Storage (NAS) to hook ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/equipments_my_toys/2006/03/17/my-cameras-eat-storage/ Louisa and Nigel have been dating since 10 years ago. They married in Las Vegas not long ago, and they had a banquet in Renaissance Harbour view for their friends and relatives yesterday (Tue, 14 Mar) The make-up started at around 11:30 am. The make-up artist is Connie Yung. I really love this photo. ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/03/15/louisa-and-nigel-location-shooting-at-the-peak/ I submitted my portfolio to the international  Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) for the consideration of my WPJA membership about one month ago. WPJA is a professional organization composed of photojournalists and wedding photographers from around the world. What sets their members apart in the industry is their candid, documentary approach – a ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2006/03/15/membership-of-wedding-photojournalist-association-wpja/ I was invited by Harbour Plaza Resort City to take some snapshot photos for their Wedding Expo on March 5, 2006. There are over 150 guests in the expo and I had chance to take some photos of  super model "Vanessa Yeung" Vanessa is very nice and I could take a photo with ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2006/03/07/harbour-plaza-resort-city-wedding-expo/ Fion and John are tying the knot on Nov 27 at the Airport Regal. I took the engagement photos for them at Nam Sang Wai and Shek O yesterday (3/3). Fion was really gorgeous, she had a  pretty smile throughout the day, I could feel that she really enjoy the photo session a ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/03/04/engagement-photos-fion-and-john/ ???????????????????????????????????? 12??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????d??d?????? ?? weekday????????????? 4?5 pair ?????? ???????????????????????????????????????????? ??? "???" ??????????????????????????? Portrait?? http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/02/27/nam-sang-wai/ ??????????????????????????????�???????????Art ????? ??"??????"??? 2?23??28???????? ?????? Olaf Mooij ??????? 1:1 ??????????????????? http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2006/02/26/art-car-hair-styling/ One of my client in 2005(Rebecca and Jeffrey) was invited by the "All About Wedding" Magazine to be their featured wedding in March issue. In the interview, Rebecca shared her love story and how Jeffrey proposed on a ??? in Japan, and that 's why they created the wonderful and colourful ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/02/24/featured-wedding-on-all-about-wedding-magazine/ ?????????????????? ?????????? 4?16? ??? (??)? � � � � http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2006/02/22/a-long-waited-concert-david-to-%e9%99%b6%e5%90%89%e5%90%89/ Visited PageOne yesterday to check if there is any new wedding magazine worth buying. Without finding any new one, I went to the bookselves of photographic books and found a new book called "LIGHT on the EARTH" -�Two decades of winning images. Woh !! Two decades of winning images. After flipping ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/personal/2006/02/20/light-on-the-earth/ � Last week was a busy week. Since I returned from my holiday on Monday, I had meeting seeing my potential clients almost everyday. In last few days, I was appointed in the following four weddings as their photographers ... It seems 2006 to be a real�good year "??" for wedding. Tony ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/02/19/a-busy-week/ Yesterday, I had a meeting with a potential client Michelle at night to show my portfolio to her. In the afternoon, I called another potential client Karlie (which is referred by another client) and she was eager to have a meeting with me the same day in the evening. It was good ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/02/16/my-apologies-to-karlie-george/ We arrived at Mauritius around 7:00 pm, the first thing happened to me is "I found my Luggage is TOTALLY BROKEN" Then, spent 30 min to finish the claim. When we stepped out the airport, the sky was totally dark already. As we would fly to Island Reunion 2 days later, ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/travel/2006/01/29/the-1st-day-in-mauritius/ It has been a long time I plan to creat� a blog for myself, however, it is too busy and it took me some times to understand all the technologies of blog software. With a blog, I can let my clients understand me more, and it is fun to share other ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/my-blogs/2006/01/29/about-to-go-to-maritius-reunion/ Today, I met Irene again and confirmed the she 'll apoint me as her wedding photographer. � � The wedding of Irene and Stanley (with around 100 guests) will be held on March 30 - April 1 at Banyan Tree Phuket. The whole wedding will be held outdoor throughout the day. Irene likes ... http://blog.simonthephoto.com/weddings/2006/01/18/a-wedding-at-banyan-tree-phuket-laguna-resort/