Metrophoto was back in Hongkong again last month for the E-session of Daniel and Maybz. For this shoot, we went with the old and the new, with the new being the old and old being the new. hahaha! I know that seemed confusing and senseless but I promise it’s not. When I said the old and the new, I meant we shot in a location that we’ve shot at before, which was the Tsim Sha Tsui so it was an “old” location. But since the Heritage 1881 is fairly new, I said the “new” being the “old”. right? :) If that somehow made some sense already, then I go to the “new” place which was at the Aberdeen. Even if this area is one of the oldest ports in Hongkong, it’s a fairly new thing to shoot here. Thus, the “old” being the “new”. You may have to read this entire paragraph again to understand it better (although there is a chance that it just really sucked how I wrote the whole thing). hehehe.

But you know what? understanding it doesn’t really matter as much as enjoying what’s in store. I’m really happy how this shoot turned-out – we never really planned a lot and also got a little bit lost trying to find the boat in Aberdeen. But in the end, we nailed it at the head with time to spare for some good old roasted goose dinner :)

Enjoy the photos and special thanks to my Metrophoto Groom, Millan for helping me out in this shoot :)

Today we’re excited to share to you the e-session of Sonny and Abby that we shot in Hongkong. This shoot was originally set to be in Bangkok but with the flooding there late last year, we had to move it last minute with really limited time to work with. Worse, it seemed that the rain was following us because as we were about to start our main shoot in Central Hongkong, it began pouring again. Yet nothing ever really deter us from making the most and bringing out the best in every shooting situation so we embraced it and enjoyed it :)

Hope you enjoy the resulting photos as well. Overall, it took is around 8 hours overall to shoot this entire set. I guess it’s hard to take all the credit when couples as awesome as Sonny and Abby make our jobs much easier than they actually look :)

Styling and Make-up:
The couple’s own

I remember that it was in Hongkong where I got my first out-of-the-country gig doing wedding photography. That was January 2008. After 1 visit in-between and countless other destinations in barely 3 years, I was back in Hongkong and this time it was for Jorel and Joyce’s e-session.

Again, I chose to shoot at the Hongkong cultural center and inside the MTR station. I guess there is just something with their tiles that intensely draws me to them – perhaps it’s because you can’t go wrong with lines. :)

Jorel and Joyce came in prepared – complete with joyce’s violin (she’s plays so brilliantly) and the vintage boat (hahaha) and everything was perfect. :)

Enjoy the photos, can’t wait for their wedding in Niagara Falls this September :)