a beautiful sunset wedding
– tracey and danny

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I did several weddings at the Atrium room of island Shangri-La before, but I was really impressed by the wedding of tracey and danny. Perfect timing of the wedding ceremony with beautiful sunset light.

I didn’t met tracey until a few days before the wedding. Thanks for her trust on me and changed the rundown, the time of the ceremony and the setup of the venue, so that we could have such a beautiful sunset wedding

ceremony and reception: Atrium, Island Shangri-La
makeup artist: polly of faces hk
video: ken of simon.the.photo

beautiful wedding, beautiful light.
At the same time, it was a challenge for photography with such a strong directional light

my fav bridal portrait of tracey. love the details of the veil very much

beautiful wedding of harriet and jim – simon.the.photo x ann choi

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a very beautiful wedding in Oct. Not only we had beautiful bride, beautiful  (and nice) bridesmaids, but it was so nice to see everyone dressed beautifully as well.

I had made a small (or big ) mistake that I finally couldn’t take photo during the reception at night. When I was worrying about this, I was so happy that ann choi could offer to help me in this wedding (in fact, she had to postpone another family portrait session to help me)

I haven known ann for over a year, she is always on my recommendation list when people asks me for photographer referral. A real PJ (photojournalistic) style and crazy wedding photographer like me, and it is always a fun to work with her. You can see Ann ‘s photo for harriet and jim here

date: 24 oct 2009 2008get ready: island shangri la ceremony: St. John’s cathedral [......]

Continue reading … … beautiful wedding of harriet and jim – simon.the.photo x ann choi

wedding of netta and kelvin

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if you love the same day video edit for the wedding of netta and kelvin, you ‘ll definitely love their photos as well. One of my fav wedding in Sept., lots of touching moments !!!! Enjoy the photos !!!!

date: 14 Sept 2008 ceremony: Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception reception: Island Shangri-la video: Ken of simon.the.photo

my first time to select a “father daughter photo” as the 1st photo of the blog. The photo itself tells you why I select it. Everyone was having fun playing the bridal pickup game outside and left netta and her father alone here.

love between father and daughter

mid-autumn festival wedding<br>- netta and kelvin

I did shoot wedding on Easter holiday, Christmas day, new year eve, new year day … … but this is my 1st year to have wedding during the mid-autumn festival. I have two weddings during the long weekend, and netta & kelvin is one of them.

In Chinese, mid-autumn festival is a time for family gathering, sharing the good time with your love ones … … it ‘s this feeling that made the day so warm … …

date: 14 Sept 2008
ceremony: Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
reception: Island Shangri-la

here is their same day video edit,
filming & editing by Ken of Simon.The.Photo
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wedding of mei and allen

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this is one of my fav wedding in Nov 2007. As their ceremony was at 6:00pm, we got plenty of time in the afternoon for location shooting. We walked around in Central and explored a lot of interesting locations.

Mei and Allen,  like all of my couples are friendly, and very fun to work with (as you can see from the photos !!!)

Date: 11 Nov 2007Reception and Ceremony: Island Shangri-la

Though I had taken photos in Central a lot of times, this ‘s my first time to be at this gate. Like this place a lot. A brown tone was added to enhance the mood. It became one of my fav place for location shooting of weddings in Nov & Dec 2007

 

wedding of tammy and arnold

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Tammy and Arnold were married on 6 Oct at St Margaret Church. They ‘re so great that I could see real emotions and reactions through my camera anytime, any place. 

After the ceremony, we went to the library of Island Shangri-La for a portrait session. On arrival, Tammy said she was very tired and I made a joke that Arnold should give a foot massage to her. When I said that, I never expect that they would do it !!! Out of my surprise, they liked the idea very much. The room was filled with laugh !!!

A beautiful bride from Tien Jin

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What a beautiful bride!! Nancy is from Tien Jin and had a simple wedding banquet (at Island Shangri la) to celebrate with her families in Hong Kong. It was a pity that I only had little time taking  photo of her (in fact, it’s less than 5 min). Congratulations to Nancy & Ronald !!!

wedding of Winnie & Stanley

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I am glad to be part of this wedding. Winnie & Stanley had their registry of marry yesterday at the roof garden of Island Shangri-La Hong Kong. The wedding was simple but everyone enjoyed a lot. After the finish of the reception at 4, we went out to have location shooting until 10:00 pm.

This was the last photo of the day. Just before we got on the car and returned to Island Shangri-La, I found this advertisement board to be very eye-catching and believed it could be a great background. I am happy that I made a good decision