kristy and martin

while some photographers say  there is no good place for photo shooting in Hong Kong, I think I am lucky as my clients keep on giving me surprises by presenting new and nice locations to me. Thanks Martin for introducing and bringing me to this very nice place — lily and bloom – a very nice bar and restaurant at the LKF tower . As I seldom go out for dinner (I am a family man ), this is my 1st time to be there. At the very first second I stepped into this place, Wow!!!! what a beautiful place !!!

locations: home, lily and bloom in central, stanley market, stanley military cemetery, 1881 heritage in TST

my fav of the day, and it ’s one of the most challenging.
the view here was so nice that I chose to use a wide angle lens to capture the view, at the same [......]

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cindy.bennalt.1881.rain

the weather was not very stable recently, a lot of clients asked me the same question: “if the weather is not good, is there any indoor location that is good for photo shooting?” Honestly, other than shooting inside studio or hotel, I really have no idea of any public indoor location that is good for shooting under rain. Let me know if you know any of this place.

Even though I had shoot under very bad weather conditions before, but I really prefer to shoot under sunshine as there is too much pressure on the couple and it is difficult to protect the equipments when shooting under rain.

Cindy and Bennalt asked me the same question a few days before their prewedding session because the weather forecast was really bad. It turned out that it rained the whole day, and luckily, they made the decision to book a room inside the 1881 heritage [......]

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helena.jonathan

if you follow my blog for a long time, you should know that I am pretty much a woman photographer.  i would say more than 80% of my photos focus on the bride only, even my wedding day photo, the approach is documenting everything happening around the bride.

you may not agree, but I always think that wedding is all about the bride, nothing else.

having said that, it’s surprising that, I have several clients recently that the groom really like playing an “active role” in the photos. Sometimes I really feel that the guy has more concern of his outlook and appearance than the bride does.  hahahaha…….. And Jonathan is definitely one of them.  This is a good thing for sure ….. ….. at least I can feel that he is very serious about the quality of the wedding photos, doesn’t like other guys that just help the brides pay the [......]

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a very special client meeting, rita and seto

I can still remember the first time I met Rita and Seto back in May 2009. At that time, I didn’t have a studio yet and I usually met my clients in coffee shop. It was a Friday night, it was so crowded everywhere. As we didn’t find a good cafe, so we finally met each other inside karaoke!!!!! yes, meeting a client inside  karaoke !!!!!!!

what even worse, my 17″ laptop broken down just before the meeting and the only thing I could bring was a 13″ old laptop. there was not much I could show from this old laptop and you can imagine how embarrassing and unprofessional it was.

some photographer love to do big and grand wedding, some love to do oversea job,  … … … for me, nothing better and important than having clients that are totally trust me and love my work.

Rita and Seto, without your trust, I don’t [......]

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lizzie and alan at hullett house

this is my third time shooting pre-wedding inside at the hullett house of 1881. as all three clients booked different style of suite, it ’s still looked very new to me. lizzie and alan this time had booked the silvermine suite, which is entirely white in color floor to ceiling. With the four big windows, there are plenty of available light throughout the whole suite.

together with the white dress, this set of photos is “white on white” in color.
in terms of lighting, other than the last three photos, most of the other  photos were done with available light only, only four of them, flash ‘re used. which four  do you guess?

one of my fav of the day.
this one was shot at the bathtub inside the bathroom

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 !!!

the beautiful location at 1881 Heritage

bathing together????