We didn’t go to University of HK  on the day, instead we went to a student hostel in the Chinese University of HK . For the outdoor session, no stanley market, no shek O this time, we choose to go to the Ma On Shan Park. What about the night shoot? When we ‘re on our way to Central, we suddenly changed our plan and went to the Shatin Central park instead (OMG, I have never heard any other wedding photographers taking wedding photos there at night before)

I was worried before going to these three locations as I had never taken any pre-wedding photos there (and I don’t think  I ‘d suggest them to my clients). Guess what!!!!!  I  got lots of new shooting ideas and lots of new photos on that day. What I learned this time —  we really need to get out the safety and comfort zone sometimes, and take the risk, in order to get inspired. A very great experience for me !!!

make up artist: rainbow (tel: 92586602)

one of my fav photo taken at the Ma On Shan Park. Big thanks to cosette for trusting me. you can click here to go to my facebook fans page to see how I got this in ma on shan park

a comic book corner at the student hostel  - both cosette and ben lived in this hostel when they studied in CUHK .
I felt very anxious before going there, as you can expect, there is few nice and beautiful spot  in a student hostel like this. Having said that, this is the place at where I got the most interesting photos !!!! Feel very excited about it !!!

night shoot at Shatin Central Park

our 1st stop : Ma On Shan Park

our 2nd stop: Chinese University of HK

I did a lot of this kind of top shot recently

other interesting shots inside the hostel

it was taken outside a room that Ben lived before

our unplanned last stop: Shatin Central park.
seldom taking this kind of wide landscape shot (can you find them in the photo?)

can you imagine this is a spot in  shatin ??????

if you like these photos, don’t miss to see other “behind the scene shots” at my facebook page

this location is  getting very very popular among my clients in last few months. Can’t imagine that  I had already  shot 4 times there for wedding and pre-wedding just in april.

my fav of the day : the big stair – one of the feature location in the club house

feel so sweet

wow !!! it is BIG !!!

it was very windy when we took this photo … …

another fav of day … … so elegant !!

Winnie and Jacky – nothing happier than having such a super nice and happy couple in a pre-wedding photo session.

Winnie – a beautiful girl that really knew how to smile in front of the camera. she made my works  a lot easier on the day.

Jacky – an awesome guy !!! Enjoyed and very involved on the day.

location: University of Hong Kong, Sunny Bay, Central

love this set of photos as it has a large variety of shots – stunning bridal shot , funny moment, beautiful landscape and cool shots .. …

my fav shot of winnie !!!

the funny moment !!!! Yeah !!!!

beautiful landscape at sunny bay

it is cool, isn’t it?

the happy winnie

the staircase has been closed for renovation for last few months, it finally reopened in april

funny face, funny face.

another fav shot of winnie.

our second stop at sunny bay. As the name of the location, we had a very beautiful sunny day.

love the sun light reflection on the sea — it ’s not easy to take this shot as the reflection was much brighter that the light on their face. it really took me a while to figure out how to make this shot.

a very special location at the sunny bay

are you bored???

last stop: Central — wow !!!!

wow ~~~~ 好型呀！

thanks everyone, it was a happy day !!!

You may notice there are several wedding locations/venues got very very popular among my clients.

for reception venue, AMC, four seasons, peninsula, island shangri la and repulse bay are the most popular

for church, bethanie chapel, St. Margaret church – almost go there once every week during the peak season.

Shooting at the same location every week is a good and bad thing – you get very familiar with the places, but easily get bored at the same time. To avoid getting bored, I ‘ll try my best to get a few new and creative shots every time, if I can get 2-3 new shots on the day, then I am satisfied, and don’t have pressure at all for the rest of the day. 2-3 new shots may sound too less for you, but please remember, we may have over 20 weddings in a month during the peak season, that translates to creating 40-60 new shots in a month, it ’s pretty challenging in fact.

here are the 2-3 new shots in the wedding of vivian and vincent.

ceremony: bethanie chapel
reception: four seasons hotel hong kong

love love this shot !!!! with this camera position, I always scared that I would fall onto the bride one day (touch wood !!!). the wedding ceremony was at 1200pm, so the chapel was very bright with diffused light from all directions. One flash (just outside the top of the photo) was used to create the dramatic lighting of this portrait. The challenge here is to confine the light to the bride only

another off camera flash shot, flash was just outside the top right corner of the photo.  To make it look like a window light from the top of the chapel, had to position the flash very very high.  Also have to balance the color, size and direction of the light very carefully to make it look natural.

another fav of the day. Here is the corridor connecting four seasons and the podium of IFC. There is a big mirror with very beautiful pattern. I tried to challenge myself to shoot in front of the mirror, but without seeing my image in the mirror reflection.

some of my fav shots in the morning

Oh !!!!!

vivian is a happy bride, isn’t she?

ceremony at bethanie

so much in love

congratulations

thanks everyone ’s help to get this shot done

a few other portraits after the ceremony. I put a flash outside the window to create the “sunset” look.

reception at four seasons

nice backdrop and evening dress

same day video edit

lots of happy moments !!!!

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