Posting date: September 23rd, 2009 | Category: photo shooting technique, pregnancy | - (Comments are closed)  I didn’t do any pregnancy session before (except for my wife Xandra) as I am not good at that and my time and schedule doesn’t allow me to spend time in this area. But when Ruby asked me to take some photos for her, I don’t have any hesitation and I am really happy to be her photographer. When I started as a freelance wedding photographer back in 2005, ruby was the first few customer whom confirmed booking with me (and we finally had the pre-wedding photo session in 2007) . Since then, we became good friend.
This photo session was done last month and guess what? The new baby will arrive on this coming Friday! God bless Ruby, Simon and their family.
makeup artist: KK Chan
I ‘d like to share some photo techniques I used in this session. Everyone loves to have sunlight in their photo session, but unfortunately, it doesn’t [......]
Continue reading … … pregnancy session of ruby and simon
the sun in my pocket part two
Posting date: September 16th, 2009 | Category: I-do (wedding day) | - (Comments are closed)  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, [......]
Continue reading … … wedding of connie and vincent
Posting date: August 7th, 2009 | Category: engagement (pre-wedding) | - (Comments are closed)  Since I put up the photo shot under rain in the post of e-session of gloria and vico, I got a lot of positive feedbacks from friends and clients. I couldn’t believe I got another chance so soon to shoot in rain again.
It is the e-session of connie and ah nam. Since we started the night shooting in Central, it rained and didn’t seem to stop. Instead of keep on waiting, I discussed with them the idea to shoot under the rain. Thanks for their trust and we could manage to get the following wonderful shots.
locations: HKU, stanley market, military cemetery, central
makeup artist: Elaw Wong
Let’s push to the extreme. Ah nam did great !!!!
the rain didn’t stop, let ‘s do some crazy shots !
Posting date: July 22nd, 2009 | Category: engagement (pre-wedding), personal | - (Comments are closed)  sometimes I am amazed how people get to know me. I don’t have a studio or office, other than those two listings on yahoo and google search engine, I don’t do any print advertisement. I always wonder if I can still do any business if there is no internet … …
Michelle and Tony didn’t have any plan for pre-wedding photo before their wedding day. The plan didn’t change until they went to the hotel last year for site visit and, so happened my other clients (Karen and William) were playing their pre-wedding photo slideshow in the ballroom. Felt so glad that Michelle and Tony love my photos and get my name finally from Karen and William via the hotel staff.
That ‘s how we get to know each other, amazing, isn’t it ??
So, how do you get to know simon. Take some time to answer the poll below. If you know [......]
Continue reading … … how do you get to know simon – michelle and tony
Posting date: July 5th, 2009 | Category: personal, wedding photographers | - (Comments are closed)  wpja (wedding photojournalist association) just released the result of their 09 Q1 contest. So nice to learn that I am ranked as one of the top 20 wedding photographer. This is highest points and ranking I ‘ve ever achieved in wpja contest.
to give you some background of the wpja contest, it is a contest that only allows photojournalist style wedding photos to enter and NO IMAGE ALTERNATION (that is photoshop) is allowed. hence, it is a contest of photography technique, rather than photoshop technique. That ‘s why I like this contest a lot. (Having said that, there is nothing wrong using photoshop to enhance your clients’ photos, in fact, I did a lot, but I just like the style of wpja contest)
an extract from wpja contest rules
’Images submitted to the Contest must not have been altered either in-camera with filters or with digital capture effects, developmentally or electronically.
Images manipulated through [......]
Continue reading … … simon.the.photo ranked as one of the top 20 wedding photographers in wpja 09 Q1 contest
Posting date: June 22nd, 2009 | Category: engagement (pre-wedding) | - (Comments are closed)  If you come in to read this post because of the post title, I may disappoint you.
I get asked by so many clients if I can take good photos on a rainy day, the answer is yes and no.
I understand a lot of my clients love to see ” blue sky / white cloud / sun set ” in their engagement photos, if you expect these, I ‘d never be able to give you the same feel / style on a rainy day. There is nothing wrong with these expectation from clients, in fact, I find it much easier to take happy photo without the worry of having the dress, make-up, hair or equipments getting wet.
The weather in last three weeks ‘re so unstable that almost all the outdoor sessions ‘re postponed. I shot the session of gloria and vico three weeks ago, it was also a rainy day. The [......]
Continue reading … … how to take good photo in rain
- sneak peek of gloria and vico ‘s e-session
Posting date: June 2nd, 2009 | Category: I-do (wedding day) | - (Comments are closed)  Bethanie – a very popular location for wedding. During peak season, we could go there 3 or 4 times a month. However, I still love this place a lot.
1) it is really a beautiful place, and has lots of photo opportunity both inside and outdoor
2) compared to to other catholic church, we can have more time and flexibility. Recently, I had a very very bad experience at the Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception – it was a rainy day and it rained so bad after the ceremony. Even thought there is no other wedding or event after my clients ‘ ceremony, we ‘re all forced to go outside …
3) It is not uncommon to have wedding after wedding for other catholic church.
4) If you have time, you can have a very nice cocktail at the studio at the roof (you can take a look at andrea and ken [......]
Continue reading … … I love bethanie
- wedding of kaman and kahing
Posting date: February 26th, 2009 | Category: I-do (wedding day) | - (Comments are closed)  I think I am lucky — becauseI have a good team working with me.
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 [......]
Continue reading … … my dear assistant – siu b,
wedding of karina and joseph
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