As some of you may know (from my facebook fans page),  I took the wedding photos of noel last month.  It ’s my pleasure to be the photographer of  noel and bernard ’s wedding.

Noel is definitely one of the person that I really admired for in the wedding industry of hong kong . Not only because of her success in her wedding gown design business, but also her pleasant and nice character as well. the more I talk to her,  the more I understand why she is so successful.

OK, back to the photos, as Noel already had her wedding ceremony on another day, so the day was very flexible before the banquet at night. Hers  idea was  to take some good portraits of bernard and her in the afternoon, somewhere in Central (close to her studio) and inside peninsula hotel.  As I took numerous wedding photos in Central and peninsula before, it sounds easy, right? However, when I discussed with Noel about the idea, I had a very very strong feeling that I should do something more special, more unique and more personal for Noel, not just another set of central or peninsula wedding photos. During the meeting, I suddenly had the idea of taking the photo at her studio, and asked her if she had any photos taken before there. Surprisingly, she never had any good photo taken there, and we all love the ideas !!!!

let’s talk about the challenges I have. Before the wedding day, I already start think about the approach / direction, as a wedding gown designer, I shouldn’t miss any details of noel ’s wedding dress, the photos should be able to show the characteristics of all the dress. And as the studio is so meaningful, including  as many elements/features of the studio as possible in the photos is a key to me.

hope you all enjoy this set of wedding photos !!

here is one of my fav shot of Noel !!!!!

the wedding gown of a wedding gown designer

with “God is in nature NBC2″ on the wedding gown, a phase that is very important and meaningful to both bernard and noel, and changed their lives  

love this “getting ready” shot

let’s start !!

we had wonderful available light on the day !!!!!

inside the changing room 

this is absolutely one of my fav bridal shot of day !!!!!

I just don’t know how to use words to describe how beautiful of this dress ….. … 

a very interesting decoration concept from noel ’s friend vincent. It is just amazing !!!!! He just kept moving the bits and pieces around throughout the whole night, and created different look and feel. amazing !!!

father ’s speech

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 ….. …… ”

The Catholic Cathedral is not very popular for me, only have 4-5 weddings there every year.  Personally, I don’t like all these big catholic church, specifically, their arrangement on wedding day. All of them just look like a wedding factory (sorry about this term), 4-5 weddings a day, one after the other, crowed with all different groups of people,  time is always very tight and makes people nervous.

Have said that, all these catholic Churches are very beautiful, both outside and inside.  I shot the wedding of Valerie and Andrew at the Catholic Cathedral in last wedding season. Love this couple – always had smile on their face, especially Andrea, you could hear the big laughters from him (something like haha haha) throughout the whole day.

ceremony: Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
reception: peninsula hotel
video: ken of simon.the.photo
wedding planner: Noel Chu

Love the following pic a lot. My fav shot of valerie of the day. When we arrived, there ‘re so many people at the church (from previous wedding). And Valerie had to wait inside the limo as there is no bridal room there … … Look at the way Valerie looking at the church, you can see how much she looked forward to her own wedding. Always love this kind of window reflection shot, the results are always unexpected !!!

nice rings. taken by the Ricoh GRD III.

a very nice invitation card. Both Ken and I wondered how we could  capture this special metallic feel, finally we decided to put some water drops on it. Not bad ar !!!

wedding gown by Noel Chu. Lots of details !!!

ready !!!

the crying father behind.
Lots of emotion on a wedding day. As a wedding photojournalist, we have to keep focus on what ’s going to happen.
love the layering of this pic

another limo shot during the wait – lucky we had a ceiling light inside – just strong enough to make this shot

the ceremony

“I do”

the crying valerie

don’t cry baby

we are the final wedding of the day, so we could do a few portraits inside after the ceremony.

very special decoration at peninsula