Chinese Pre-wedding photography in London

Hi all,

Today I’d like to introduce you to Max and Vivian who booked me for a full day last week to cover their Chinese pre-wedding photo shoot in central London.  We’ve covered a number of Asian pre-wedding photo shoots over the past few months – mostly in and around the London area… so as we set out for the day, Karen and I knew we’d be in for a fun but very packed day!  After an initially wet start, we managed to get lucky with the weather and by the time we met up with Max and Vivian at Wellington Arch, Hyde Park Corner the ground was dry and we were set to go.

Did I say we had a full day booked?  Let me tell you a few of the places we visited during the photo shoot: Wellington Arch was followed by Buckingham Palace and the Mall… then on to St James’ Park, Big Ben, Westminster Bridge and The London Eye, a walk down the South Bank, Tower Bridge, and The Millenium Bridge with St. Paul’s Cathedral for a backdrop… and more!  We had a great time shooting and I can’t wait to show the full set to Max and Vivian.  Max is a photographer too, so it was fun working with him and knowing he was sharing something of the ‘vision’ as we were taking the photos.  We covered the whole gamut from traditonal posing right through to funky modern and creative photos – and had more than our fair share of laughs – especially watching Kiki (aka “Bubbles”) running around like a mad woman with her bright green bubble-gun in front of St Paul’s Cathedral -very funny!

Finally arriving home after midnight, both Karen and I agreed that the day had been exhausting but a lot of fun. We had covered all the sites in the full set of photos, but today I’d like to show you just a few of my favourite photos from the day – not necessarily the ones we took in front of the known London monuments – but some of the more creative interesting pictures I like to see and take for myself.   The opening shot above was spotted and taken within the space of about 3 minutes as we waited for our taxi by the entrance to the Marriott Hotel just along from the London Eye – and Karen and I both love it!

I love graffitti photos, the example below is no exception – the bold colours of the artwork on the South Bank where the skateboarders and BMX riders hang out makes a great backdrop for some modern pre wedding photography…

A quiet moment for our bride, Vivian, in St james Park.  We took some confetti shots here too!

During the day Max and I chatted about photography in general and he mentioned that he loves a good HDR photo (that’s a higher dynamic range, created by combining multiple exposures into a single digital image to capture more range than is possible in a single standard photo)… so I thought I’d treat him to this image, created by using a combination of HDR and off camera flash techniques to really bring out the colours and atmosphere of Tower Bridge:

And finally… a simple, but I think beautiful image taken somewhere along the South Bank – using water fountains as a simple backdrop.

I’d like to say a big thanks to Max and Vivian for being such great sports on the day, you both did fantastically well in dealing with the London crowds and were a joy to work with.  I really hope you love the pictures!  I have many more to show you including those with the various iconic London sites in them too: your album is going to look amazing!  Thanks also to our make-up artist who did a great job throughout the day and also to “Bubbles” for holding things, watching things, carrying things and making me laugh like an idiot outside St Paul’s! 🙂  And let’s not forget Karen, without whom I’d probably never arrive in the correct location in the first place 😉

Feel free to leave your comments below. All the best for now!

Rob.

Asian and Chinese pre wedding photographer in London