the AA same day photo edit

Oh … … almost a month since I post wedding photos, sorry about it.

a same day photo slideshow I did in a wedding during the Easter holiday, really love it !!!! every time  I watched it again in last few days, it recalls my memory of all the happiness in the wedding of annie and angus.

so happy to see annie and angus again after their pre-wedding, which is one of my fav photo session last year (you can see that I have used annie ’s photo in my rate card).

I observed a trend recently that I was shooting more and more alone in wedding , there was no 2nd photographer and I am the only paid photographer for the whole day. I always believe the less no. of crew member on the day, the more natural the wedding couple and the wedding party will look in the camera. Sometimes when I [......]

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Love doesn’t mean being inseparable; it means being separated and nothing changes, wing and gordon

From the 1st day they met each other, it ’s a long distance relations — four years, both of them had to fly around the world – Austria, Baltimore, Boston, Brussels, Budapest, Guilin, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Iceland, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, London, New York, Morocco, Montreal, Orlando, Paris, Prague, San Francisco, Quebec, Vienna, you name it. Even though it ’s difficult to keep that relationship, they always to manage to catch other when the other ’s in need.

As Gordon said, “Love doesn’t mean being inseparable; it means being separated and nothing changes”

It ’s really a joy taking photos for them, both of them are very nice and kind, and easy to work with. Being based in the states now, they just had their wedding ceremony in Hawaii one week before coming to Hong Kong,  to have a dinner with their relatives here. Even though the stay only last for three days, [......]

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a very special client meeting, rita and seto

I can still remember the first time I met Rita and Seto back in May 2009. At that time, I didn’t have a studio yet and I usually met my clients in coffee shop. It was a Friday night, it was so crowded everywhere. As we didn’t find a good cafe, so we finally met each other inside karaoke!!!!! yes, meeting a client inside  karaoke !!!!!!!

what even worse, my 17″ laptop broken down just before the meeting and the only thing I could bring was a 13″ old laptop. there was not much I could show from this old laptop and you can imagine how embarrassing and unprofessional it was.

some photographer love to do big and grand wedding, some love to do oversea job,  … … … for me, nothing better and important than having clients that are totally trust me and love my work.

Rita and Seto, without your trust, I don’t [......]

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god is in nature - noel and bernard

yes, yes, so many of my clients asked me to post this set wedding photos.

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) [......]

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beautiful wedding anita.gary

Thank god for giving such a beautiful wedding to kick start the peak wedding season. everything is perfect, gorgeous bride, sweet couple, friendly family and wedding party and all gathered at the beautiful peninsula garden suite.

ceremony and reception: peninsula hotel
make up artist: Mini Chan
video: ken of simon.the.photo
celebrant: anthony lam
decoration: masterpiece wedding decoration

here is the same day video edit by ken of simon.the.photo
ken tried to challenge himself by using a music only (no lyrics) for this same day edit. Like the feeling, so warm and documentary

wedding of valerie and andrew at Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

Which church is the most popular among simon ’s client? I ‘d definitely say the St. Margaret church and the Bethanie Chapel (though Bethanie is not an church officially). I can go to these two places almost once every 1-2 weeks during the peak season.

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 [......]

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what a beautiful day<br> - wedding of alice and bosco

what a beautiful day !!!!

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.

wedding of connie and vincent

The peak season is ON, can’t imagine that it starts so soon. Thanks for all your support, bookings from September to March are completely FULL now (no more new client can be accepted). I hope that I can keep updating this blog during this peak season, and share more and more great photos with all of you !!!!

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, [......]

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