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

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

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

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

my fav bridal portrait of janet

the happy couple

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

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

the “panda” groomsmen

the game

janet and father waiting for edmond and enjoying the game

ceremony at Bethanie Chapel

love this shot – good moment, framing and lighting

I do

I do

a very very beautiful moment

couldn’t hold the tears

a few portraits after the ceremony

at edmond ‘s family

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

the long and tired tea ceremony time

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

congratulations

1) it is really a beautiful place, and has lots of photo opportunity both inside and outdoor

2) compared to to other catholic church, we can have more time and flexibility. Recently, I had a very very bad experience at the Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception – it was a rainy day and it rained so bad after the ceremony. Even thought there is no other wedding or event after my clients ‘ ceremony, we ‘re all forced to go outside …

3) It is not uncommon to have wedding after wedding for other catholic church.

4) If you have time, you can have a very nice cocktail at the studio at the roof (you can take a look at andrea and ken ‘s wedding here)

getting ready: Excelsior Hotel
ceremony: the bethanie chapel
reception: Aberdeen Marina Club (AMC)

video: Ken of simon.the.photo

My fav ceremony time at Bethanie is after 4:00pm – beautiful sunset light

some interesting details shots

a very special ring shot. I use their engagement session album to hold the rings.

kahing and the groomsmen in the morning

kaman and her father

don’t cry, don’t cry

when kaman met kahing

the happy wedding party

preparing to go to Bethanie …… I love this shot

kahing practicing uncover the veil …

my fav bride image of the day

ready to go !!!!

ceremony @ bethanie

nice place, isn’t it?

plenty of free time after the ceremony

did I say we have beautiful sunset light?

congratulations !!!!

ceremony and reception: Aberdeen Marina Club (AMC)
makeup artist: polly of faces hk
video: ken of simon.the.photo

shot the wedding of yann and alex almost three weeks ago. You already learned in part one that they met each other when yann was in the student society, so they invited a lot of their “So” friend  to their wedding.
Just after having a group photo taken, they suddenly played, what they called it “dem cheer” – which is usually played in O Camp. Sorry, I think I graduated too long ago and I have never heard this “dem cheer” before But it really looks very interesting

just after the wedding ceremony in the afternoon, we had 30 min free time for a portrait session. However, the weather was so hot outside, we finally decided to stay inside the marquee.
really love the following two shots — don’t miss to see the “behind the scene video” at my facebook fans page
thanks yann for giving ken and me totally freedom in this 30 min. and we had a blast !!!

getting ready

we had a very happy morning session

it is ready

alex was very excited on the whole day

Hey, alex don’t do that, please … …

but we can also see a sentimental moment from alex

which also made her mother cry

pretty bride !!!

bye bye. see you at AMC

the ceremony at AMC

happy family !!!

and happy wedding party !!!

yann always told me that her parents are very shy in front of the camera.
Not really, look at that. so cute

a gift from friends

alex had a lot to say on the stage

… ….

congratulations !!!

sorry, so funny that I can’t stop myself posting this

karen and larry had a very bad weather on their wedding day, but it didn’t stop them enjoying the day as you can see from the photos below.

And believe me, miracle can happen !!!

ceremony: the bethanie chapel
reception: Aberdeen Marina Club (AMC)
make up artist: gracy of JustGracy
decoration: gary.kwok flowers
video: one shot production

how bad is the weather? take a look at these two pic below

Nice !!!

preparation of the game. Not only the bride and groom enjoyed the day very much, but we got a happy wedding party as well

ready !!!

change into the wedding gown

ceremony at the bethanie chapel

my fav of the day, lovely !!!!

congratulations !!!!

mr. and mrs. Szeto

a few portraits at bethanie after the ceremony

Did I say miracle? We got magic sunlight after the ceremony

the banquet ‘s full of touching moments —- karen ‘s mother

larry ‘s giving a surprise to karen

how good was larry ‘s keyboard playing and singing, you may know a little bit from karen ‘s expression

love this shot so much !!

the first dance

love the light effect !!!

I go through some of the photos today and would like to share this "post wedding" session to you. Remember Angie and Martin? they had a wedding on a rainy day in Feb, and we had to cancel all morning activities, so finally I offered them a free 4 hours photo session and that ’s why we had this "post wedding" session 1 week after their wedding.

The more I do "post wedding" shoot, the more I like it. In fact, I found Martin was quite anxious on the wedding day because of the weather and all the logistics, however, without all the pressure and time constraint, I found him enjoy so much in this session

And guess what? after a rainy wedding …. we had afull day of sunshine this time !!!

location: Central and Lei Yue Mun

my fav of the day.

our first stop — central

did I say Martin enjoy a lot, see what I mean?

take a rest

a sunny day

2nd stop – Lei Yue Mun

I like the branches that add more details to the photo

beautiful angie !!!

playing with the lens flare

the color of the grass was so vibrant under the sunshine

so happy that they enjoyed the session very much

wow

an interesting location, an abandoned stone house – with graffiti and sunlight from outside

sunset shot

DM (D = Tak or Duck, M=Mabel) is a special couple, both of them are working in the wedding industry, while dm is a photographer, Mabel is a make up artist, so they have attended a lot of weddings and they ‘d like to have an extraordinary wedding themselves , and they really like to share the joy and happiness with all friends. The wedding party, the dress, the rundown, the invitation, the backdrop, the march – in, the wedding video, all the details ‘re so unique, they planned their wedding for over 10 months and everything was recorded on their 329 wedding blog.

date: 29 Mar, 2008
reception: Aberdeen Marina Club (AMC)

amazing, isn’t it? They had a bowling session with their friends and looked like they ‘re really good at that. This is one of my fav photo of the day — I found it very difficult to take bowing photo — sometime the lighting ’s not correct, focus ’s not right, or press the shutter too early or too late, when everything ’s correct, then the expression ’s not there. I shot around 6-7 pic before I got this shot, and the second I got this, I jumped and screamed!!!!

amazing amazing — look at the corsage !!!!

get ready, mabel and her mother. The sunlight was there for only 1 min, so lucky to have it at the right time and right moment

the wedding shoes

Mabel and suky. Mabel couldn’t stop herself helping the bridesmaid on makeup

the game … sorry dm, this photo is so funny that I have to betray you to put this on blog

the happy parents

amazing details … … of their car

you haven’t seen this kind of wedding photo before, have you?

rice throwing … …

before lunch, we had a 15 min private photo session. As you expected, they never stop running, laughing, jumping in front of my camera

let’s play basketball

jump, jump, jump

they had arranged a special march-in during the reception, they ran into the ball room and had a dance with the whole wedding party !!! This is the rehearsal in the afternoon.

the bowling session

as a photographer, dm didn’t disappoint you and he had prepared some very special photos on every single table

the band – ladybird

the real march – in and dance session — awesome !!!!! You can see the video on their 329 wedding blog

look at mabel, her parents ‘re speaking on stage.

They have prepared a video showing all the preparation works of past ten months. you can look at the full version of the video at their 329 wedding blog

they couldn’t stop crying in front of their best friends

don’t cry, don’t cry … …

the talented photographer — dmwedding

We broke the record again — we had over 41 persons (is it correct?) in this self portrait !!!!!!! Congratulataions and Good Show !!!!!!!!!

Date: Mar 24, 2008 (Easter Holiday)
Ceremony: Methodist International Church, HK
Reception: AMC

Look at them !!!! twelve people dancing on the street

Getting ready in the morning

Wendy got a very lovely smile

Wendy ’s family … ….

the ceremony at Methodist Church

Wendy ’s sister — So lucky to capture something happening behind Wendy during the ceremony

kissing the bride

I do … …

"It ’s official !!!!", father said

congratulations !!!!!

the flower girl

Wow !!!!!! amazing reflection from the table

the boys … …

the girls … …

I love that photo so much. Great smiles and great expressions …. …

kiss kiss kiss …. …..

Oh, pic of the day !!!!

The theme of the evening was "Fire and Crystal", the whole ballroom of AMC was partitioned into two areas – "Fire" and "Crystal". When I asked Fiona who is the decoration company, I was so surprised when she told me that she didn’t hire any decoration or event company and she designed all by herself — amazing !!!!!

the celebration — James and Father dancing on the table !!!! So excited !!!!
It was lucky that I could capture this pic — once they started to do that, you ‘d be in the middle of the crowd and you couldn’t move at all. The tricks are "anticipation" and a little bit of "luck".

Let me introduce — the Walton family

"Fire" — the cocktail . The whole area was in red

Looking from outside, fire and volcano movies ‘re projected on the "big" screen

the "crystal" area — everything was in white

James and his best friends !!

watch out !!!!  We had real fire to play !!!!

the opening of the dinner !!

James ’s brother — Robert was the mc of the night

speech from the father

Look at James!!!!

the two brothers

Wow !!!!

Fiona and her sister & mother

James ’s speech — one of the best bar mitzvah ’s boy speech !!!! And he even offered an open question session for all the guests

James ’s playing his favorite musical instrument — human beatbox !!!

a band by James ’s  best friends

James listening to the band.

Going to Fiona ’s party, she never ever disappointed you at the dessert time

Let’s dance and sing !!!

special dance

Look at me, James !!!

the mother and son

a happy moment!!!

a family time

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 was very bad, we decided to cancel it finally

When I arrive at Aberdeen Marina Club (AMC) in the afternoon, it was still raining. But we decided to go out for a while. It ’s interesting to include the umbrella as part of the pic

the reception was held in the marquee

A photo from outside. It was still raining, thanks Vickie for holding the umbrella for me (and the camera)

the reception

A very funny best man speech

Ceremony: Bethanie Chapel
Reception: Aberdeen Marina Club (AMC)

My fav of the day. I love taking picture of putting on the veil. Not only it looks beautiful, it also marks the change of a lady into a bride

Gwen ’s sister and the bridesmaids ‘re helping her

Looks gorgeous, doesn’t she?

I love this picture — a nice curtain at the back and nice windows light from the left

a happy moments between Gwen and the bridesmaids

Before the ceremony, we had 15 min portrait time at the Bethanie.

A long waited moment

A top shot by my assistant "Siu B"

the father ’s giving away the bride

a very nice chapel

the paper signing. I shot this pic at the back of the chapel

another nice shot by "Siu B"

Hi Hi !!!

They kept talking and laughing all the time, it ’s not difficult to take picture of them

We got 30 min to take some portrait before we went to AMC. I really love this location, we got a lot of colored window light and look at the window pattern at the top right corner, it is just beautiful

Another nice location with beautiful light from the door outside. and there are lots of details on the door — something we can’t fine in other locations.

dancing with the bride

Thanks Gwen and Ian waiting for this moment. Instead of going to AMC, we waited for the sunset and went to the top floor of the Bethanie to take this shot

Another sunset shot

Congratulations. I believe we broke the record again, can you count how many of us in the pic?

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 found the light very good here, so I asked the staff of the bar if I could take a few photos here for two minutes. So we need to do everything quick. I used a video light for lighting instead of flash. We could use flash to do similar light, but it might take longer time to setup. The color of the video light also matched the available light very well

the wedding shoes. the background was the carpet of the hotel room. Always look for something interesting for background

the bouquet

the bridal pickup session

the groomsman

this shot was taken below the apartment of Alan ’s family. I found the pattern of the ground very interesting, so when they left for AMC, I didn’t follow them and wait inside the apartment until this moment happened

Christina

location shooting at AMC

there ‘re a lot of nice locations inside AMC

the ballroom

congratulations !!!