romance in rain, queenie and sidney

A very special day for queenie and sydney. it ’s also special for simon as well.

just the day before the shooting, the weather forecast was bad, thunderstorm was expected. I thought the session would be postponed, but out of my expectation, queenie told me they would keep going no matter what.

So what happened? The very second we got on the 7-seater van, it started pouring, and it ’s so bad that we couldn’t even get off the van any more. six persons in car, we kept  discussing where we could go. They liked going to the peak, but I said there ’s no way I could take photo at the peak under the thunderstorm.  Then Gracy suggested the Central pier, at least, we could  hide under the pier ceiling … .. That ’s how we started the day …. ….

finally, I learned that the day  was their 8th anniversary of [......]

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more and more love everyday, rachel and charles

“I ‘ll love you more and more everyday”, said charles. simple but beautiful words.

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

a special request
e-session of cordelia and fred

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 [......]

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e-session of cordelia and fred

let’s BT a wedding

ha ha. I am not talking about bit torrent, it ‘s the wedding of Bertina and Telun in Sept.

it was as very relaxing day, no game, no bridesmaid, no groomsman, no need to travel around, in fact, we stayed at home whole day until the ceremony at 5:00pm.

We took a few portrait of them at home in the afternoon, then we planned to continue the portrait session at the club house. Unluckily, soon after we started, we ‘re stopped by the club house staff … … Still wondering why they ‘re not allowed to take a few wedding photo at their own club house !!!!!!

date: 28 sept 2008
ceremony: Methodist International Church, HK
reception: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Happy Valley Club house
video: Ken of Simon.The.Photo
makeup artist: Maggie Li

Don’t worry, we could still take beautiful photos at home !!!!! This was taken on their bed !!!!!

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

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

wedding of agnes and jim

Hi agnes and jim,

thanks for your trust on me in your wedding. there is a little story. About 1 month before the wedding, we arranged a pre-meeting to discuss the rundown. However, I forgot to mark it in my personal calendar and made them wait for me in the coffee shop whole night. At that time, I guessed they must be very worry about me … …

On the contrary, they ‘re very nice on their wedding day and showed a lot of trust on me. Big big thanks to you !!!!!

date: 12 jan 2008 ceremony: Eden Marriage Registry, TST reception: Langham Place Hotel

this is the fav of the day. location: the swimming pool at 42/F of the Langham Place Hotel. I decided to go there at around 5:30pm as the weather of the day was very good and we expected that there would [......]

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wedding of gwen and ian

On 21 Oct, I had the pleasure of photographing Gwen and Ian ’s wedding at the Bethanie Chapel. Watching two people very much in love made the day very beautiful. This is my first time to shoot a wedding at Bethanie, it is a very nice location for wedding.

Ceremony: Bethanie ChapelReception: 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

wedding of valerie & cypri

I have been waiting for the wedding of Valerie and Cypri for a long time (a referral from Virginia and Kingsley) . Your wedding was beyond gorgeous, not only were they adorable, the venue fabulous, and the details just amazing, your friends and families were nice and wonderful as well!!!!

Date — 28 July, 2007Wedding – St. Andrew Church Reception – InterContinental Hong Kong hotel

the flower girl — Maggie. while Valerie & Cypri ‘re having the group shots, I walked around in the church and looked for something interesting. I found the flower girl was sitting at the back and watching other people. Wait for a good moment with dramatic lighting