Posting date: December 9th, 2009 | Category: engagement (pre-wedding) | - (Comments are closed)  In my first meeting with cordelia and fred, cordelia had a very special request for me in their engagement photo session.
“Hi Simon, I have a special request … … “ asked cordelia.
“ yep, what ‘s that ?”
“I ‘d like to wear glasses in front of the camera, I just can’t get used to my look without glasses, it is not me!!” replied cordelia.
“No problem, why not?” I answered quickly.
However, after this quick answer. I am thinking if I had any other bride wearing glasses in their photo session – the answer is NO.
Did I see any similar bridal photo photo before on internet – the answer is NO.
sounds interesting and challenging, right?
HI cordelia and fred, thanks and see you soon again in your wedding in Jan 2010
locations: Central, Shek O, home
been to Shek O hundred times. No rush, no planned (or must have) shots required, the day was so relaxed [......]
Continue reading … … a special request
e-session of cordelia and fred
Posting date: November 10th, 2009 | Category: engagement (pre-wedding), personal | - (Comments are closed)  Let’s talk about oversea pre-wedding photos today.
I didn’t do too many oversea photo sessions in last two years. There are several reasons behind.
First, looking at my working schedule and my family life, it is almost impossible to be away from home town for anything over 3-4 days. In addition, I hate flying home and then having to shoot a wedding the day after. there are so many accidents that can happen and I really don’t like taking the risk of it.
Then, I can’t work out the justification of the time and effort needed for oversea assignment. When I stay in Hong Kong, I can shoot 3-4 weddings/pre-weddings a week, and I can still work on post-processing and albums and meet clients for the rest of the time (not to mention, have the time to play with shulin as well), so why spend the extra time on travelling for shooting just [......]
Continue reading … … nice couple from shanghai
– clara and kevin
Posting date: November 5th, 2009 | Category: I-do (wedding day) | - (Comments are closed)  just survived from the crazy busy October. Sorry for not updating the blog as frequently as I planned and make some of my clients worry (about their photos)
the wedding of purdy and hok pui ( a referral from my previous client tsui kit) was in Sept. This is my first time to have the bridal pickup game on the beach (and at the noon time). It ‘s still very hot in Sept (in fact, we had the “very hot warning” from the HK Observatory)!!! How hot is it? Don’t miss to see the “behind the scene” video below.
ceremony and reception: four seasons hotel hong kong
the awesome hok pui and his team of crazy groomsmen !!! We found this construction site near purdy ‘s home – and thank everyone for making this photo work. The title of this photo “getting ready to fight with the bridesmaids”
the gorgeous purdy
Posting date: September 7th, 2009 | Category: engagement (pre-wedding), photo shooting technique | - (Comments are closed)  a set of happy and warm photos.
I love the idea that they preferred to have the night shoot at home instead of going to those popular places. What a great idea, especially during the summer time !!!! We could have a can of coke during the shooting.
locations: Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Shek O, Home
joey, stephen and their babies.
This pic was done by 3 flashes (one for joey, one for stephen, and one for the background). If I could do it again, I would use one more flash so that the background was more “white” (you can notice that the background is not pure white on the left)
they are music players. Lovely !!!
Posting date: July 11th, 2009 | Category: engagement (pre-wedding), photo shooting technique | - (Comments are closed)  “I love you, simon”, “I love you, canly”. – the most heard beautiful words during the e-session of terry and stephen. Whenever I get a great photo, always love to show it to my client on the camera lcd. Love to see their reaction and feel encouraged if they love the photo. This is not an exception for terry and stephen. But what made the day different was, when I showed the LCD to terry, she always loved to say “I love you simon, I love you canly” – wow, that made us so happy on the day!!!!!
Hi Terry, we had to say “We love you too !!!!”
locations: St. Stephen College, Shek O, Central (night shoot), does it really care?
we started the session at St. Stephen college, stephen, thanks for bring us here.
the above photo was done by one off-camera flash (shooting through a white umbrella) to make it look [......]
Continue reading … … “We love you too.”, said simon and canly
e-session of terry and stephen
Posting date: June 22nd, 2009 | Category: engagement (pre-wedding) | - (Comments are closed)  If you come in to read this post because of the post title, I may disappoint you.
I get asked by so many clients if I can take good photos on a rainy day, the answer is yes and no.
I understand a lot of my clients love to see ” blue sky / white cloud / sun set ” in their engagement photos, if you expect these, I ‘d never be able to give you the same feel / style on a rainy day. There is nothing wrong with these expectation from clients, in fact, I find it much easier to take happy photo without the worry of having the dress, make-up, hair or equipments getting wet.
The weather in last three weeks ‘re so unstable that almost all the outdoor sessions ‘re postponed. I shot the session of gloria and vico three weeks ago, it was also a rainy day. The [......]
Continue reading … … how to take good photo in rain
- sneak peek of gloria and vico ‘s e-session
Posting date: May 3rd, 2009 | Category: engagement (pre-wedding) | - (Comments are closed)  never expect so many shootings in april and may, but my schedule is fully packed by engagement sessions in these two months.
I did venena and benedict ‘s session on last Thu and the weather was so nice that we all could get into the water finally (the water was still too cold in April). And the beach was so beautiful on the day – blue sky, sun set light, very smooth sand … …
nice couple – already look forward to their wedding in Nov.
locations: University of Hong Kong (HKU), Shek O, and Central (night shoot)
makeup artists: polly of faces hk
we all got wet from head to toe, so I asked verena to wave her hair in the air to get rid of the water and sand – that ‘s how I got this shot. My fav of the day !!!
Posting date: February 19th, 2009 | Category: engagement (pre-wedding) | - (Comments are closed)  this is a very special e-session I took last year.
First, when I have meeting with clients discussing the rundown of e-session, the most common topic is the choice of location. I always tell them that locations is the least important for my style of photography and make joke that we can even decide the location on the day of photo taking. Of course, it never happen until the session of karen and wanson. When we met in the morning and got onto the car, we ‘re still discussing where we should go. As they lived in NT, I finally suggested going to Luk Keng, Nam Sang Wai, and to Shek O (the most popular location for my clients) in the afternoon.
When we finished shooting at Nam Sang Wai and on our way to Shek O, I found that we didn’t have enough time and might not have any sunlight [......]
Continue reading … … better not to have a plan sometime,
e-session of karen and wanson
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