a lucky day for simon, jasmine and johnson

Oh my dear !!!! After several posts of talking about all the difficulties I had in recent photo sessions, I, finally, got an easy task this time.

Nothing easier than having a gorgeous and pretty bride, cheerful personality, beautiful locations, all in one single engagement photo session.

locations: Hullett House Hotel @ 1881 Heritage, Shek O, Central
make up artist: elaw wong @ The Look studio

Our 1st stop: 1881 Heritage
it ’s easy taking photo of jasmine, isn’t it?
and the Qi Pao ’s very very pretty !!!

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the beautiful location at 1881 Heritage
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bathing together????
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jojo + alfred

feel so blessed to be part of this wedding.

And so happy to see jojo and alfred again after their pre-wedding two months ago

alfred = a boy likes everything in green color, so you can see green tie, green laptop, green car, green dress in the following slideshow

jojo = a very cheerful girl, but always stops smiling whenever looking at my camera. My little trick: I always said, “Hey, JoJo, shots done!!!”  Then she laughed again, and I got the shot !!!

jojo + alfred = a beautiful love story
= a couple lived very close, but never knew each other until they met on a mini bus back to home.
= a very beautiful and happy wedding

ceremony + reception = island shangri la

make up artist = Zi Wan of violet

wedding planner = pink wedding

music and band = ME2 production

decoration = The Mozz

Here is the same day photo slideshow.  This is one of the most challenging same day edit I ever had – we had to show it before 9:45pm during the banquet, but they had the ceremony at 7:45pm, so it was really a rush to prepare it.

something new learned - elizabeth and kenneth

原來又好耐冇 update。可能係 世界盃啦。

寫呢篇文時, world cup 已產生最後兩強…西斑牙及荷蘭…兩隊都好好,真係唔知捧邊隊。

其實做 freelance 攝影師真係幾好,如果聽日冇 job,就幾夜開波都唔怕。不過我通常都一邊執相,一邊睇波(唔信你睇睇呢度)。

一路睇,就發覺強隊同弱隊真係可以好大分別… d弱隊好多時都錯失機會,比個空門你都射唔中,帶個波又帶唔好。一遇到逆境波,就踢到亂晒龍……

有時影相都好類似……個個攝影師都想靚人靚景,最好新娘靚到似 model。係網上看到有d行家批評客人唔合作,rundown 唔好,化妝師又唔合作,影相時間唔夠等等……  其實有無諗過真正考驗攝影師實力就在此刻!與其埋怨客人,不如克服自已的不足!

幫 elizabeth 同 kenneth 影相當日,環境都非常差。在大潭開始時還可以,去到赤柱美利樓,影左一陣就開始落雨,重要果日唔知點解咁鬼多遊客,全部人就迫晒入美利樓避雨。在小小的空間,又咁多人,一時間我都有d慌張,真係唔知點影好。壓力總是自已比自已,因為感覺客人對 Simon 的其望很高,又覺得 simon 乜野地方都影到靚相 (我都希望係)。當時心裡不停叫自已 focus focus ,think think … …. 最後終於都克服到心裡那種慌張的感覺,唔理身邊d其他人,繼續影影影……

所以有人說:要超越的,不是別人,要超越的,是昨天的自已。

下面幾張就是在那小小空間影的相,出來的效果……可以啦,談不上甚麼佳作,但最重要克服自已的不足!

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當時我地係遊客的流動景點呢

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sunny day boey and andrew

After shooting e-sessions in so many rainy days, we finally got a beautiful sunny day for boey and andrew. The weather was so good, especially in the morning.

With such beautiful weather, most of the photos ‘re shot using available light only this time.

location:  Stanley Market, Tai Tam reservoir, Shek O, Central

one of my fav of the day – taken at the Tai Tam reservoir
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love this shot so much, very beautiful sunlight from the back
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at the top of the world !!!
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it is raining again jojo and alfred

this is another challenging photo session

everything was in a rush this time, when jojo and afred confirmed their booking, it was only three months left before their wedding day in early July next month. And we just did the engagment shoot last month. As we didn’t have much time left, we couldn’t postpone the shooting even though the weather forecast was very very bad (with thunderstorm ).

It was good that it didn’t rain at all when we started soho central in the morning. Our original 2nd location was Shek O. When we arrived, the weather was still looking good. However, the very second we finished our lunch, jojo had her costum change and I pressed the camera shutter, it started pouring !!!!! And we had to wait and wait in car, yet it didn’t look like the weather ‘d get better.

Finally, we only got three photos in Shek O (YES, only three photos), and decided to continue the shooting in afred ’s home then. So lots of time was wasted on the travelling and waiting in the afternoon. When we arrived at alfred ’s home, it was already 5:00pm, time is running out, we didn’t have much available light left, location was new to me.

It was blessing that, I had an awesome couple and still got lots of great photos, even with so much limitation and constraint. I had to give big thank you to jojo and alfred for their trust.

With such a short time, we couldn’t get all photos edited to produce the album. But a few photos will be selected for canvas and montage production.

JoJo and alfred, see you again in July.

locations: soho central, alfred ’s home, club house of Leighton Hill
makeup artist: Zi Wan

nice photo at alfred ’s home
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the rain didn’t stop, yet we finally decided got to the roof and stay under the rain for two minutes to get this shot. Thanks jojo and alfred for making this shot!!!
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love.surprise.diamonds venice and kenny

we love capturing the love between the wedding couple.

we love seeing surprises prepared by the wedding couple.

but we never expect to see so many big diamonds on a wedding day … …

After changing into a evening gown, venice walked into the ballroom from the changing room. To her surprise, “I have prepared a special desert for you” , said kenny. When the dish was uncovered, we saw shining light – it is a  set of diamond jewelry. Under the spot light, kenny helped her to put them on in front of all the guest.

Hi, all the other groom, if you are still thinking of what surprises you ‘d like to give to your bride on the wedding day, you may consider kenny ’s idea !!!!

reception: four seasons hotel hong kong
ceremony: no wedding ceremony on the day
video: ken of simon.the.photo
wedding planner: the plan

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diamond of love
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whole day summary prepared by ken of simon.the.photo

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a special request part ii cordelia and fred married

still remember cordelia and fred? cordelia made a special request of wearing glasses in her engagement photo session last year. Up to today, she is still the one and only one bride wearing glasses in front of my camera.

After posting  her pre-wedding photos here, I got lots of good feedback from readers and couldn’t imagine how many people appreciated cordelia ’s character.

time flies … … so happy to see her again on her wedding day. this time not only did we see a bride wearing glasses again, but we could see a wedding with lots of beautiful details as well. We did see very different bouquet, wedding shoes, hair style, decoration … …

love this wedding very much

ceremony: the helena may

cordelia and her hand made DIY bouquet
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something famililar and something new dorothy and edwin

something familiar, shooting at the bel-air club house again. been there so many times in mar and april, but still love this location a lot.

things I love:

  • nothing happier than shooting in a well decorated club house, with lots of window light and  air conditioned (especially during the current hot season)
  • no interruption, once you booked the location, the staff there are very friendly, and we ‘re free to walk around to shoot (of course, don’t interrupt others at the same time)
  • very nice restaurant !!!! thanks for the food !!!!

something new, dorothy arranged to shoot inside the pawn in wan chai. Honestly, since I have my daughter born, I seldom went out for dinner any more, so haven’t been to lots of new dining places in last few years. I have been to the pawn once, but it was very crowded, and I got no time to walk around to explore this location. Dorothy booked the place from 3:00pm to 5:00pm this time, so the location was very quiet and relaxing this time.

things I love:

  • lots and lots of interesting place: we got balcony, dining location, beautiful stair case, and the roof  (at where we could view the busy wai chai below)
  • again, staff  very friendly

thing I don’t like : No time to really enjoy the food :-p, may try to go there again.

locations: club house of bel-air, the pawn wanchai, central (night)
make up artist: polly of faces hk

1st location: bel-air club house.
The staircase is one of the feature of the club house. one of my fav photo of the day – lots of elements in one photo – very strong architecture lines, beautiful pose, and a surprising flower girl which give life to the whole pic.

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2nd location: the pawn, wan chai. there is a open roof at where we can view the whole busy wanchai,  very nice.
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