anniversary session – hazel and derek

wedding of clara and thomas - day 1 1
wedding of clara and thomas – day 1
February 22, 2010
wedding of ron and albert 2
wedding of ron and albert
March 9, 2010
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wedding of clara and thomas – day 1
February 22, 2010
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wedding of ron and albert
March 9, 2010

a very happy photo session.

I did several anniversary sessions every year, and I always love doing it. Why ??? It is not uncommon that most grooms are not interested in wedding photos, so if a man love to do another photo session with his wife after wedding, the session usually turns out very very sweet !!!!

look forward to this session for a long long time, as they booked it almost 1 year before their wedding (even though I was  not their wedding day photographer), so it was booked almost two years before. Thank hazel and derek for having me as your anniversary photographer, really enjoyed a lot on the day.

locations: home, central, Pak Nai, Gold Coast (night shoot)

both hazel and derek love taking photo and they took their DSLR on the day.
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we started the day at home with wii  !!!!! yeah !!!!!
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2nd location: central. beautiful smile
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smile, baby … …
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a how we created this beam of light ???
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awesome !!!!
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3rd location. Pak Nai.  we had beautiful sunset light on the day
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gorgeous
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one of my fav shot of the day. The background is a small river, love the pattern and love the color.
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“behind the scene” of the above shot. One light (with shoot through umbrella), an additional reflector was used as fill light
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32 Comments

  1. sean says:

    hi simon!
    love your shots so much and have been browsing yr blog for such a long time…
    may i ask where you bought the umbrella?
    as i found most of this kind of umbrella in hk are very think and seem not really good in diffuse the light….
    looking for a better one quite a while and think the result from yr photo by it looks great!
    thank you so so much!!

    • mine is westcott from us.

      I think the problem you have is the position of the umbrella, not the thickness of the umbrella material.

      Simon

      • sean says:

        thanks simon!
        but i typed wrong, i wanna said mine is very thin instead of thick! hahaa…
        even i try to make the distance between the umbrella and the flash longer, the light still so strong on the subject’s face… looks like just using the light without umbrella!
        Will try to find a thicker one and test again!
        really thanks! 😀

  2. sean says:

    hi simon!
    love your shots so much and have been browsing yr blog for such a long time…
    may i ask where you bought the umbrella?
    as i found most of this kind of umbrella in hk are very think and seem not really good in diffuse the light….
    looking for a better one quite a while and think the result from yr photo by it looks great!
    thank you so so much!!

    • simon says:

      mine is westcott from us.

      I think the problem you have is the position of the umbrella, not the thickness of the umbrella material.

      Simon

      • sean says:

        thanks simon!
        but i typed wrong, i wanna said mine is very thin instead of thick! hahaa…
        even i try to make the distance between the umbrella and the flash longer, the light still so strong on the subject’s face… looks like just using the light without umbrella!
        Will try to find a thicker one and test again!
        really thanks! 😀

  3. Kat Tong says:

    waited for quite some time to see this set, and of course worth waiting! bravo!! as always, hazel is very very gorgeous, and simon-the-papa has done very very well!! just love love love all the photos posted here!! 😀

    hazel & mr. ng, i look forward to seeing the whole set when i come back!

  4. Kat Tong says:

    waited for quite some time to see this set, and of course worth waiting! bravo!! as always, hazel is very very gorgeous, and simon-the-papa has done very very well!! just love love love all the photos posted here!! 😀

    hazel & mr. ng, i look forward to seeing the whole set when i come back!

  5. Hazel says:

    Thanks Simon for the post and the lovely photos! Well worth the wait!
    And of course, thanks both you and Canly for the wonderful job and for all the fun we had on the day.

    Kat, no need to wait till you’re back. I’ll send you a link to all photos once I’ve got them uploaded. 😉 (but of course I’m looking forward to your coming back! miss you!)

  6. Hazel says:

    Thanks Simon for the post and the lovely photos! Well worth the wait!
    And of course, thanks both you and Canly for the wonderful job and for all the fun we had on the day.

    Kat, no need to wait till you’re back. I’ll send you a link to all photos once I’ve got them uploaded. 😉 (but of course I’m looking forward to your coming back! miss you!)

  7. Edmond says:

    Did you use a snoot of some sort to create the beam?

  8. Edmond says:

    Did you use a snoot of some sort to create the beam?

  9. Mel says:

    LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

  10. Mel says:

    LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

  11. kit says:

    hihi Hazel & Derek,好開心見到你地呀,你記唔記得我呀,我係幫你地影wedding day 傑呀.
    好快便一年了,知你地找simon影post wedding ,祝你地一生快樂.
    ps : simon 的相好正呀 haha

  12. kit says:

    hihi Hazel & Derek,好開心見到你地呀,你記唔記得我呀,我係幫你地影wedding day 傑呀.
    好快便一年了,知你地找simon影post wedding ,祝你地一生快樂.
    ps : simon 的相好正呀 haha

  13. Ling Ling says:

    Lovely! Hazel is so gorgeous, as usual!

  14. Ling Ling says:

    Lovely! Hazel is so gorgeous, as usual!

  15. Ling Ling says:

    Lovely! Hazel is so gorgeous, as usual!

  16. jenny says:

    the photoes are stunning!! Did you take the photoes in Bak Lai? (white soil)