Chinese wedding photography in London
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 8:32PMI documented Fun and John's wedding in London recently. It was a lengthy and tiring but ultimately incredibly rewarding day, as Asian weddings always are.
There were two traditional Chinese tea ceremonies in the morning and then onto a civil ceremony at the stunning Admiral's House in Greenwich before we headed off to the restaurant near the docklands for the evening, so plenty of locations to keep me on my toes.
It was great to see John's family again, the last time was in May 2009 during one of his relatives weddings, so I knew I'd be in good company. I often find myself working for the same families over the years which I really do appreciate. Not only can you make more familiar, personal photography because you have more of an insight into their lives but you get to see them growing as a couple and often starting a family.
Below are just a few of my favourites.
Reader Comments (5)
Beautiful set of photos Allister! :-)
Beautiful images, Allister.
superb colour again Allister.....perfect exposure throughout the whole of the photograph which is very tricky to do when you are not using flash like you do....a personal question here and wouldn't mind if you didn't want to answer it Allister, do you document the whole day without ever setting up a shot ? I decided not to do it so it would keep me thinking and watching constantly but I know some guys who see a scene, just miss it and get the couple/guests to quickly go over it again. Im asking this because in most of your weddings you seem to be at exactly the right place when something (like a toast or a conversation/interaction) is going on and wanted to know whether that is just great perception ad years of experience or asking the scene to be re enacted ? Whatever you are doing its working
Thanks for the comment Warren.
I only set up shots like groups and the occasional bride and groom images, everything else is how it happened on the day. There is a little prediction and a little guess work involved, which does benefit from experience but often you can see how things are going to unfold, especially if you work at a close range rather than with a telephoto, this allows you to be much more aware of what's going on/just about to happen.
Any more thoughts on your switch?
Hi allister
Hope you rememeber me, i was the other photographer for john , pic of me is in one of your shots, just dropped by to say great work my friend ... sadly my pics didnt come out as great :(