simon.the.photo X arron willcox
- wedding of ida and errol

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This is definitely one of my fav wedding in Sept !!!! Not only I had a wonderful couple, wonderful wedding party, but a chance to work with a US award winning wedding photographer as well.

arron is a WPJA award winning wedding photographer from California and came to Hong Kong to shoot the wedding of Catherine and Kevin here. I got to know him because he hired me to second shoot with him for this wedding. (Sorry, I can’t post any photos of this wedding here … …) As he stayed in Hong Kong for a few days, I invited him to help shooting in one of my wedding, and it ‘s so inspiring to see a foreigner shooting a local Chinese wedding.

date: sept 27, 2008 ROM: wedding registry at Hong Kong City Hall BBQ reception: Royal View Hotel

one of my fav of the day. [......]

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- wedding of ida and errol

learning a different way to shoot a wedding – Agnes and Kevin

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I believe every wedding photographer ‘d love to capture some new images in every single wedding — so do I. 

If you ‘re a frequent reader of this blog, you may expect me to give you surprise and post some new images in every wedding. However, the fact is — it is very difficult to do that. First, as a paid and professional wedding photographer, I have to provide very consistent work to my clients. They confirm me as their wedding photographer because they love the previous works I showed to them, so I can’t give them too much surprise just because I like to create some new images to please myself. Second, it can put too much pressure on myself if I always look for new images on a wedding day. Third, I have a lot of new concepts in my mind, however, in order to get this images, [......]

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a photo session with a karate master
- esther and black

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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 artist: KK Chan

our first stop – Nam Sang Wai — Black gave us a big surprise !!! Esther, are you OK?

last stop of the session- my fav of the day: “catch me if you can”

a happy day – xandra and simonthephoto

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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 lot.

The baby is expected to arrive in around 10 days — very excited !!! So glad that we can put this photo session into action before she arrives.

PS. I think I was too excited on the day, since then, I was very very sick for the last few days. Though I could still work on the backlogs, the fever and muscle pain really killed me.  It ‘s getting better now, it may take 1–2 more days to recover completely.

We broke into took some photos in a lecture hall — this is one of the classroom I spent lots of time [......]

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my biggest wedding in 2007
- hui kwan and clarence

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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 – the reception had over 900 guests!!!! Thanks HK and Clarence ‘s trust on me.

My primary focus was on the bride and taking beautiful shots. All the other shots were handled by Ringo ‘s team from Aperture and it was great to work with them. It was totally amazing to see how they worked.

Is it easy to work in a big wedding? I pretty much worked in the same style, the only problem is you always had a lot of people and other photographers around the couple, but not too difficult to handle.

wedding date: Nov 30, 2007 ceremony: St. Teresa ‘s [......]

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wedding of tammy and arnold

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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 very tired and I made a joke that Arnold should give a foot massage to her. When I said that, I never expect that they would do it !!! Out of my surprise, they liked the idea very much. The room was filled with laugh !!!

simon.the.photo in action

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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 … …

wedding of irene & kenneth

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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 they likes fits my style of photography very well. Their wedding was simple but very warm, their friends and families did enjoy a lot

A very special moment. Before we started to take the formal family shots at the banquet, Irene liked to have a rest with her sister and bridesmaid. They stayed in the bridal room and relaxed on the floor. Thank you for allowing me to stay with them and I had fun listening to their talk as well