Queenie + Anthony | wedding at the Shangri-La
January 5, 2010INTRODUCTION:
This set was finished a while back but I felt it’s time to post it now as updates on my blog slow down a bit as I try to finish up with all the editing from the 2009 season. Queenie and Anthony had a October wedding up in Markham just a short drive north of Toronto. After the bride and groom met up in the morning, with the groom bearing many gifts as part of the Vietnamese wedding traditions, we headed off to the popular uptown photography location of Unionville Main St for some fun formals. We were greeted to a nice Saturday afternoon in November and were lucky enough to meet up with an organ grinder musician with “authentic” dancing monkey! Eventually we headed up to a fantastic afternoon ceremony and reception dinner at the Shangri-La Banquet & Convention Centre. Congratulations Queenie and Anthony!
venue | Shangri-La Banquet & Convention Centre
PHOTOS:
Steven Sow: Nice Set Spencer! I love that one of Queenie putting on the pearls, that one of them under her veil where you tilted and composed the shot to get just that right hint of flare, hot! I love that one of the guest taking a picture of the bride and groom while you're shooting one of him. And the cake cutting, great detail! I love the whole set, but those really stood out to me. I also love the post processing you did on this wedding, it just has that little something, something different that you've done from your other weddings, can't wait to see the rest of your 2009s!
spencerfu: Thanks Steven for always checking out and following my blog! The difference in look could be because of the presence of a videographer? Some videographers need a lot of light for their work and bring a lot of portable lighting gear which presents quite a challenge for us photographers and we have to learn and adapt quickly to them. Usually strong direct light doesn't look that great in photos so as photographers we have to learn to either over power their lights for a split second with our flashes or to work their light into the scene as nice hairlight or backlight. Very tricky stuff actually but rewarding when we get it right! PS: I checked out your work as well at http://www.stevensowphoto.com/ and you're quite an accomplished photographer yourself!
Steven Sow: Thanks Spencer! I hope to be where you are one day, I'm learning and growing as I shoot. And you're right, if you can use a videographer's light as backlight it can be very rewarding! Thanks for looking at my blog!