ceremony and reception: Intercontinental Hotel Hong Kong
makeup artist: Man Chan of Miracle (tel:27391988)
music and band: unison production
video: ken of simon.the.photo

my fav bridal portrait of the day, taken at spoon of intercontinental

getting ready shots

the happy wedding party !!!

wow!!!

love all the games of the day, everyone was so involved

the poor groomsman

beautiful words from charles

and the happy tears from rachel

don’t miss to watch the summary video below prepared by ken

split second moment, just have to make sure 100% focus to take this shot !!!

rachel ’s father @ tea ceremony

charles ’s family @ tea ceremony

LOVE this shot – four layers in composition.

the happy charles  family

get ready before the ceremony

after learning that they got to know each other at a wine tasting gathering, then I thoughtwe should take some photos at the wine shelf at the spoon

the ceremony

nice decoration

“my love for you ….. …… ”

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

getting ready in the morning

so happy. cordelia prepared some gifts for her bridesmaids

it is a diy hand bag

all the girls

and the boys

the tea ceremony

what made them so happy ??

nice decoration at home

the dress

love her dress, her hair style, her bouquet !!!!!

and the wedding shoes

and the head piece

the ceremony at the helena may, love this moment just before the ceremony – cordelia and her father

beautiful wedding ceremony

small detail … … great moment. so happy I found this

the wedding cake, noticed those  birds with glasses ???

fred played a song for cordelia !!!

fred ’s sister helped them for the reception decoration, lots of beautiful stuff

congratulations !!!!!

ceremony: kau yan church
reception: island shangri la
makeup artist: polly of facehk
video: ken of simon.the.photo

havn’t been uploading video here for a long time. I ‘d like to upload more video, but it really takes time for video conversion and uploading. Let me upload more videos from Ken in next two weeks.

did you notice that I posted less and less portrait photos on wedding day posts? I found that most of my clients love my photojournalist style on wedding day. Yes, we still do some portraits, but it usually doesn’t take more than  10-15 min. The followings are some of my fav portraits of Jo – which we did under 5 min (just before we left the church and still able to catch the last few min. of sunset light from windows)
as time is very short.  we only used available light and NO flash or video light was used. But the result was still stunning !!!

desmond in the morning

the bridesmaids

the beautiful bride – jo

the game

meeting the bride

meeting desmond ’s family

big family

the wedding gown

wow !!!!!!

arrived at  kau yan church

praying before ceremony

a big chaos for managing 4 pairs of flower boy and girls

ceremony at  kau yan church

something interesting at the back

congratulations !!!!

jo and desmond sang a song after the ceremony

reception at island shangri la. You can not imagine how much works involved in the photo, will be shared in later blog post

friends of jo. preparing hand made cake for the reception !!!!

gift for guests

reception about to start

desmond prepared a song for jo

see how much jo enjoyed this moment !!!!

same day video edit by ken of simon.the.photo

thank you jo for your big thumb up !!!!!!

However, I couldn’t wait to write up the wedding on last sat – vickie and joseph.

if you are a long time reader of this blog, you may already know vickie is my assistant during the period of 07-08. Since I knew her wedding day, I was so looking forward to this date.

vickie, you ‘re super gorgeous on the day !!!! Here is a sneak preview of the day.

ceremony: st. teresa church

reception: mandarin oriental Hong Kong

makeup artist: polly of faces hk

one of the fav bridal portrait at st. teresa church

the happy getting ready shots in the morning

becoming a hair stylist ????

joseph in the morning

the game – bridesmaids vs groomsmen

“baby 抱抱”

tea or champagne ceremony ???

all the happy girls

vickie and her beautiful wedding gown

behind the scene – busy steaming of the veil during the tea ceremony

ready to go !!!

details of the dress

ceremony at st. teresa church

so cute !!

congratulations !!!!

one of my fav bridal portrait at mandarin oriental

a happy party

yeah !!!!

Most of the girl would dream – one day she walks into the hotel ballroom in their beautiful wedding gown, in front of all their friends and families. However, virginia and Jerome liked to have something special, that they finally decided to wear the very tranditional chinese dress at the start of the banquet at four seasons hotel. Really Cool !!!

ceremony: st. anthony’s church
reception: four seasons hotel hong kong
wedding planner:  marriage maestros

virginia in “掛” ，”鳳冠” and “轎”

踢”轎”門

get ready shots – virginia, her mother and all the happy bridesmaids

wow !!!! Jerome and his ice hockey friends

love that shot. Jerome was looking forward to see the bride !~~~

tea ceremony

tea ceremony at jerome ’s family

finished all the games and chinese rituals – finally got some private time for the two

changed into wedding dress

love this shot so much. just before the ceremony, virginia was waiting alone

flower boys and girls.

very very nice details of the flower girl dress

the bride !!!!!!

the happy couple

congratulations !!!!

we only did a few portraits at four seasons, here are two of my fav.
very beautiful sunlight at the hotel lobby

nice decoration

a surprise from jerome – he prepared a video secretly himself as a gift to virginia

enjoyed a lot to be the wedding photographer of ron and albert. such a nice and happy couple, no matter what happened … …

Just 5 min before the wedding ceremony to be started, they suddenly found that they left the wedding rings in hotel, and no way they could manage to get it back on time … ….

At that time, I was really worrying myself and thought they ‘re going to be very very upset and might start to blame others. Didn’t dare to say anything but keep silence (BTW, should I keep on shooting photos if they start arguing, look very upset … …  wedding photojournalism ??? )   To my surprise, just within 1 min, they smiled again and forgot about it completely, looked like nothing happened. If I don’t tell you this here, you would not notice at all in the photos below.

I was really impressed by this couple, even though I have been to uncounted number of weddings before. I couldn’t stop myself asking albert at night “How can you be such a happy guy?”

Wish I can have such a happy and nice couple in all my wedding works.

ceremony: club house of Leighton Hill
reception: island shangri la
video: ken of simon.the.photo

some of my fav bridal shots of ron. all taken at the club house
I think I am very lucky, how come all my clients are so beautiful.  this photo was shot under available light, we had very beautiful and directional sun light from the window. straight from camera, just a little bit burn and dodge. BTW, love her dress, lots of  details, and she looks very very slim !!!

like this iron/glass gate a lot. by  putting a flash behind, the glass could already give  a very beautiful  diffused light.

the ceremony location. very nice, isn’t it?
it was challenging as the ceremony started at 1200pm, we had a sunny day with harsh light coming almost overhead.

below are my fav “get ready” shots in the morning

ron and her mother

it ’s ready !!!!

the girls

and the boys

Yeah!!! 開門利事 in cash … ..

love this shot, “the waiting bride”

look at that, everyone is so looking forward to seeing the bride !!!!

Oh … … what ?

the tea ceremony

on the way to albert ’s family

the ceremony ’s about to start. ron and her brother

gorgerous !!!!

another side of the ceremony venue.

BTW, guess how could they get a “replacement ring” for the ceremony?

albert, you may kiss the bride … ..

after the ceremony, we had 30 min for some portraits inside the club house. same iron/glass gate, different photos.

reception at Island Shangri La.  nice decoration at the welcoming corridor

about to march in  — — the naughty couple

same day video edit by ken of simon.the.photo

the farewell time – I was hiding behind a door and shooting through the glass. But they could still find me.

lovely !!!! Congratulations !!!!!

Honestly, I personally feel that tsui kit has a “hyperactive” problem , he just never stop, full of energy anytime, anywhere !!!

But, on the wedding day, I learn the other side of him, and it is very touching to me.

In the middle of the day, charis took me into a room and asked me to take some photos of a present that she received the day before – this is the last present she received from tsui kit as his girl friend.

What is it? This is a box full of notes, paper, letter … … Since the 1st day they met eight years ago, tsui kit believed that he ‘s going to spend the rest of his life with charis. Day by day, he wrote down what he felt about charis onto this little notes, paper, he never showed them to charis for eight years, and never told her about this. He kept this box of papers to himself, until the day before their wedding, it became the last present to his girl friend.

what a man, very impressive !!!!

ceremony and reception: four seasons hotel
makeup artist: Eva of faces hk
video: ken of simon.the.photo

a box full of love and memories

charis ‘s reading one of the letter

the same day video edit by ken

the flower girl – very adorable

I felt happy to meet a group of happy bridesmaids on the day

“papa, more smile please,” said Charis

the crazy team

love this photo, it is expression of everyone that makes this photo work !!!

a big hug from mama

I love you two !!!!

a getting ready shot – wedding ceremony at four seasons hotel

everyone of tsui kit ‘s family was busy at this moment

when I was taking picture of charis walking down the aisle. I heard someone was sniffing next to me. OMG, tsui kit was non-stop crying already.

the beauty

and the handsome !!!!

when a crazy couple met the crazy photographer
can you guess where I took this shot, feel free to put your answer at the comment below, I ‘ll put the answer a few days later.
[hint: somewhere inside four seasons hotel]

a scene setting shot

are you ready???

tsui kit singing a song – very impressive when he talked about the details of why he choose this song

First, we had wonderful weather on the wedding day of alice and bosco, in the photos below,  you can easily find beautiful window light and lots of sunlight outdoor.

Second, when we arrived at Central in the morning, we found out the old Central police station was open for public and we could go inside for location shooting. Great !!!

Third, not only you can always see smiling faces from alice and bosco, but their families and friends as well . Perfect day.

Last but not least, we had a pretty pretty bride. All my team members agreed that alice looked like a gorgeous actress on the day (like a mix of 鍾嘉欣 and  徐淑敏, what do you think?).

ceremony and reception: the peninsula hotel hong kong
makeup artist: rainbow (tel: 92586602)
video: GiveFunLa

portrait at the Old Central Police Station.

getting ready – alice and her beautiful wedding gown

detail shot of the veil

nice – mother and daughter

very relax in the morning as we didn’t have game or tea ceremony. Final touch up before going to Central

the happy family

one of my fav shot of alice

yes. ready to go

some of my fav shots in Central

we didn’t do too many portrait inside hotel, here is one of my fav

all the girls

and all the boys

everyone was listening to Bosco as he ‘s giving a briefing before the ceremony

ceremony at peninsula

the happy bosco

Let me introduce Mr. and Mrs. Ng !!!!

congratulations !!!!

Even it could be very tired sometimes, I feel blessed as we had lots of beautiful weddings and people in last few weeks.

The beautiful wedding of Christy and Plato in early Oct.

ceremony: the bethanie chapel
makeup artist: Eva of faces hk
reception: Langham Hotel

the two photos below are my fav of the day – both taken at University of Hong Kong (after the ceremony)

Beautiful light and perfect timing of the flying veil !!!

Really love this photo – A corner at HKU that I never thought we could take good photo before.

father and daughter

the bride pick up game session

yes, I make it !!!

happy moment

I love shooing tea ceremony, always lots of touching moments

nice available light

gorgeous !!!!

ceremony at Bethanie

happy bridesmaids

a long long match – in line

who’ s the lucky bridesmaid ??

congratulations !!!

I love this pic !!!

another pic at HKU

reception: Langham Hotel -  love this backdrop

happy parents

touching moment

it ‘s not easy that jodie and alvin could be together today.

It ‘s a long story … … one day when jodie flipped through some old books, she found a letter. it was a letter that alvin wrote to her over 10 years years ago. At that time, jodie didn’t notice alvin at all and had no interest developing any relationship with him.

out of curiosity after she saw this letter again,  she searched alvin ‘s name on ICQ (still remember ICQ ??). Guess what ?? Alvin ‘s ICQ account popped up at the top of the search. Despite the fact that alvin was already working aboard, they started to communicate through ICQ for two years and that ‘s how they started their relationship.

it is a miracle and god ‘s work that they exchanged the vows, the rings in the church today. A wedding that ‘s full of happiness, joy and tears.

ceremony: 循道衛理聯合教會安素堂
reception: hong kong parkview

Look at alvin! This is what love and happiness are !!!! My fav of the day !!!

happy bridesmaids

waiting for the arrival of the groom

when alvin met jodie

moments during the tea ceremony

no special lighting, no special location
it ‘s just their happiness that makes this photo stands out

waiting for the start of the ceremony

beautiful jodie !!!

the ceremony is about to start

hey, all my petals are gone !!!

nothing to say … … photo speaks for itself

I am yours … …

lovely details

15 min bridal portrait session after the ceremony

another fav of the day.

we ‘re married !!!!

reception at parkview

congratulations !!!!

As schedule in Sept and Oct is very tight, I ‘ll stop meeting new client during this period and priority will be given to all the existing client. Meeting will be resumed in Nov.

I shot connie and vincent ‘s wedding few weeks ago. The weather was so hot outside and we stayed inside the hotel most of the time. Having said that, peninsula is such a nice hotel that we ‘re never short of beautiful and interesting locations.

These two photos ‘re taken after the finish of the banquet. Really love the first one, light ‘s beautiful and the big mirror behind was perfect !!

ceremony and reception: the peninsula hotel Hong Kong
Makeup artist: Janice Lam (you blog is so informative !!!)
video: ken of simon.the.photo

the wedding dress with a very long detailed train

details of the wedding gown

the veil

the wedding ring. photo was taken by Canon G9, very good for close up shot like this

Vincent in the morning

is this what we call “偷偷看，偷偷望”

a happy moment

love the light, reflection and emotion in the photo !!!

a few portraits inside the hotel after lunch

getting ready for the ceremony

tea ceremony, interesting angle with the wedding train captured

the ceremony

everyone was excited (including the waitress) !!!

reception – march in time

first dance or … …

running bride in front of the farewell line, hurry, hurry !!!

Hi Cherry and Freddy,

I love you and thanks for your support and trust !!!!

ceremony: st. andrew ‘s church
reception: langham place hotel

so happy that freddy can fly … …

I said “happy bride, happy bride”

then I said, “beautiful bride, beautiful bride”

let ‘s go , baby !!!

before going to church, I had a one hour bridal portrait at the railway museum

that one is cool !!!

cherry ‘s ready, waiting for the start of the ceremony

the church was fully packed with friends

a view of the church from the back

listening to the choir … … remember to smile

I do, I do

Hey, how ‘re the rings ??

not only we had happy couple, but happy bridesmaids as well.

congratulations

the happy and funny bridesmaids

a few bridal portraits after the ceremony

the bouquet toss … …

cherry loves this dress, so we tried to shoot a few portrait with it, before guest coming

behind the scene – two off-camera flashes ‘re used for the above photo, one (CTO gel and held by canly) shoot through white umbrella on camera right, another one (CTB gel) held by Ken on camera left and shoot through a plant (sorry, couldn’t remember where ken got it) to create the blue pattern on ceiling

It was the wedding of winnie and marcus, around 6:00pm, everyone was taking a rest to prepare for the cocktail. Not many guest at the cocktail area, so I took the time to take some shots of the decoration. After taking a few shots of the (blank) backdrop, I ‘d like to add some elements to it to make it more “alive”. So I set up the camera on tripod and WAIT for something to happen in front of the backdrop. In fact, I was anticipating children running around (it is not uncommon, is it?). After 1-2 min, a waiter walked across and I got the 1st shot below. I love it, better than a blank backdrop and it looked more interesting. After a few min., nothing interesting happened, my assistant Canly asked me “ What are you waiting for?” , “ waiting for something unexpected” I answered. the very second I said this, to my surprise, winnie finished changing wedding dress and walked across the backdrop — Wow, that ‘s how I managed to get second shot below.

So, do you think it is by anticipation or by luck to get this photo ??

venue: Grand Hyatt Hotel, Hong Kong
video: ken of simon.the.photo

happy bridesmaids

marcus !!!

awesome team !!!

winnie and parents waiting inside for marcus

the tea ceremony

getting ready:  another fav shot of the day

ceremony at Grand Hyatt Hotel.

marcus, you may kiss the bride now

another nice backdrop

a bird eye ‘s view

watching the same day video edit (prepared by ken)

first dance

what a beautiful dance !!!

let’s dance !!!

ceremony: St. Margaret ‘s Church

reception: four seasons hotel hong kong

video: tomoko of simon.the.photo

on arrival at the church. Karen was still in the limo, with the reflection of the bridesmaids on the window. My fav photo of the day

the whole day summary prepared by tomoko. A brief introduction of tomoko: she joined my team since last year. Prior to joining us, she has been working with NHK for years and with experience producing over hundred documentary films before. I really love her style – documenting a wedding, with lots emotions and details.

wanson in the morning

bridesmaids in the morning

karen and her mother

karen and her two brothers

still remember MO Chai (毛仔) in their engagement session ??

waiting for wanson

the tea ceremony

the departure time

wow !!!!

nice shoes

preparing for the ceremony

love this shot – it doesn’t work without happy bridesmaids

nice moment

the ceremony

happy karen

crying karen

the crying wanson

two thumbs up !!!

congratulations

love this backdrop, thanks for using the e-session photo on it

“媽咪，你唔好唔開心呀。”Karen said in the video

you can click this photo to see who is who

So the song was so meaningful to him and he sang this song to miranda again on their wedding day.

ceremony: St. Teresa ‘s Church
reception: Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel
video: ken of simon.the.photo

I have to say, anthony is really good at singing, and no wonder he finally won the singing contest in university

and he can play guitar as well !!!

lots of touching moments, don’t miss  watching the video below

summary video prepared by ken of simon.the.photo. it takes 2-3 minutes to load

beautiful bride

yeah !!!

tea ceremony

love this shot

preparation before going to church

we got wonderful light everywhere that day

ceremony at st.teresa’s church

congratulations !!!

all the bridesmaids are

good friends of miranda at secondary school

location shooting at TST before going to Sheraton

did I say “we had wonderful light everywhere on the day”

my fav of the day !!!!

A moment after the ceremony … …

“Alice, I have something to say to you … …”  said Ronald. “But, I don’t know how to say it … … ”

“So, I prepared a letter for you”.

Ronald brought out a letter from his pocket, passed it to Alice.

Not many man is willing to write a letter to his love today. It ‘s so warm, so romantic … …

ceremony: Shatin Baptist Church
reception: Harbour Plaza Metropolis, Patio.

ronald giving the letter to alice. so sweet, so romantic

Alice reading the letter

the letter

ronald played the piano and sang a song for Alice

bridesmaids in the morning, preparing the game

looked cool and smart

alice and her father

ronald knows how to play guitar as well !!!

when ronald met alice

the happy groom

look like a TV series … …

tea ceremony

so many interesting and touching moments at the ceremony

the shatin baptist church

an extraordinary choir

the parents

reception @ Harbour Plaza Metropolis, Patio.

Here is the 2nd series of my team introduction,
and I ‘d like all of you to meet Siu B.

Siu B has been working for me for last two years and he is mainly responsible for preparing same day photo slideshow for me. I still remembered when he first started, he knew NOTHING about the slideshow software, photo editing, and didn’t know how to operate a camera neither… … After two years ‘ training, he can now prepare a slideshow ALL BY HIMSELF –— from photo selection, photo editing, creating the slideshow, to synchronize it with the music — and all can be done within 2-3 hours !!!!!

Not only is he good at slideshow, but now he is a good photographer as well. He can help me to take photos in some of the weddings, especially during the ceremony when I ‘d like to have more coverage.

I said “I am lucky”, do you agree?

Below is another stunning same day photo slideshow he prepared for the wedding of karina and joseph.

I feel blessed to be part of this wedding. Beautiful bride, nice people, interesting rundown and wonderful location — this was one of the last wedding at repulse bay before they ‘re going to have the renovation.

date: 13 feb 2009
ceremony & reception: repulse bay
make-up artist: Elaine Tsang
video: ken of simon.the.photo

beautiful bride !!!! Thanks Elaine (mua) for finishing the make up so fast and I had so much time taking photos in the morning !!!

last wedding @ repulse bay … … So definitely need to get a extraordinary shot of the venue – this was taken from the roof (yes!!! I climbed onto the roof !!!!)

remember to click the link below to see “what exactly does siu b look like”?

joseph was moved during the tea ceremony

got some free time before the ceremony

another fav of the day !!!!!

the happy bridesmaids !!!!

OK!!! Let me introduce — Mr. Siu B

congratulations !!!

click here to go to my facebook fans page to see more behind the scene photos. BTW, are you a fans of me ????

Even though I was the only ONE (and only one) photographer of the wedding, I didn’t need to do any formal / group /posing shot at all, and  I could walk around and have the freedom to take all the shots I like. Feel so good of it !!!!

date: 7 nov 2008
ceremony and reception: the repulse bay hotel
video: Ken of simon.the.photo

beautiful Natalie

a little bridal pickup game in the morning

Chinese tradition … playing with slow shutter in this shot to create a feel of motion

beautiful bridesmaids dresses

Natalie waiting for the start of the ceremony

the happy bride

ceremony at the repulse bay

Hi Ben, what scared you ?

the happy couple

happy bridesmaids

the vow from Ben

the wedding rings

tea ceremony on the lawn

the running kids

speech by ben ‘s father

that made them cry and laugh

the reception … … a scene setting photo

we moved to Verandah for party after the dinner
the DJ of the night, COOL !!!!!!

the first dance … … the color dots ‘re laser light

Let’ s dance !!!!

Natalie and Ben escaped from the crowed and walked around outside. So happy that I could capture this intimate moment !!!!!

I can’t believe 2008 became a history so fast. It is a very challenging and meaningful year for me – the arrival of Shulin changed everything, and it was also the most busiest year since I started taking wedding photo in 2005.

I am excited to have the wedding of kitty and john to end 2008 – my 2nd time to have a new year eve count down wedding at four seasons hotels.

date: 31 dec 2008
ceremony: Bethanie Chapel
reception: Four Seasons Hotel HK

Happy new year from Ken, Canly and Simon !!!!! Waiting for the countdown !!!!! You can see more crazy “behind the scene” photos on my facebook fan pageppy

We had 1 hr for location shooting in the afternoon, as most of their friends came from oversea, Kitty ‘d like to go with the whole wedding party to some interesting locations in Hong Kong. We decided to go to Central, and finally we went to the “大排檔”on the stanley street.

The schedule in the morning was rush as we had to leave for Bethanie at 0930. just a few get ready shots were taken

leave for Bethanie Chapel

the happy bridesmaids

ceremony at Bethanie

the arrival of the bride !!!!

waiting for this moment

this was a religious ceremony

love this shot

kiss the bride

mother of John gave blessing to the newly wed

congratulations !!!! Mr. and Mrs. Koeshadi

same day video edit made everyone laugh !!!

Kitty sang two songs for John – 我願意 and you raised me up

the count down time

congratulations !!!!!!

And so happy to see joyce & wilson and ringo again

Also thanks for inviting me to the after party, lots of fun !!!!!

date: 25 oct 2008
ceremony and lunch reception: repulse bay
after party: shelter
video: ken of simon.the.photo

Congratulations !!! Mr. and Mrs. Lee !!!!!

We didn’t do much portrait on the day. Thanks for giving me “5 min” for bridal portrait before the lunch reception.

a detail shot at the after party – Leo and Janice. click here to see how Canly and Ken helped me to setup this shot (and other crazy photos of us)

Leo in the morning. did I tell you Leo is a comic book and kung fu lover ?

lovely

we had a windy day and this helped to create a lot of beautiful veil shots

Wow !!!! (from the bridesmaids)

janice and her parents

speech from janice ‘s Japanese friends

made them smile and

cry … …

but looked like the flower girl ‘s not interested

speech by best man wilson

kiss the bride

love this shot !!! When I was taking a wide angle shot, janice turned back and looked at me just at the right time

another shot from the 5 min portrait session

friends singing the song “ perhaps love”

the first dance

let’s dance, everyone

after party

everyone watching a funny video prepared by their friends

wow !!!